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Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests editors, Diana Nicoll ... [et al.].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nicoll, Diana, Author.
Nicoll
Contributor:
McPhee, Stephen J., Contributor.
Pignone, Michael, Contributor.
Nicoll, Diana.
Series:
McGraw-Hill's AccessPharmacy
A Lange medical book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Clinical Laboratory Techniques--Handbooks.
Diagnosis, Differential--Handbooks.
Medical Subjects:
Clinical Laboratory Techniques--Handbooks.
Diagnosis, Differential--Handbooks.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 640 pages) : ill.
Edition:
6th ed.
Place of Publication:
New York: McGraw Hill Medical Publishing Division 2012
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 commonly used diagnostic tests COVERS: Basic principles of diagnostic testing, common blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid laboratory tests, therapeutic drug monitoring, microbiologic test selection and interpretation and diagnostic imaging tests by body system , electrocardiography, and differential diagnosis tables & algorithmsTests used in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology and obstetrics and gynecology INCLUDES: Costs and risks of diagnostic testsEvidence-based informationDiseases associated with abnormal test results, including test sensitivitiesFull literature citations with PubMed (PMID) numbers included for each referenceMore than 24 NEW clinical laboratory test entries, 6 NEW differential diagnosis tables5 NEW diagnostic algorithms NEW sections on point-of-care testing, provider-performed microscopy, pharmacogenetic testing, and diagnostic echocardiography.
Contents:
Diagnostic testing and medical decision making
Point-of-care testing and provider-performed microscopy
Common laboratory tests: selection and interpretation
Therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenetic testing: principles and test interpretation
Microbiology: test selection
Diagnostic imaging: test selection and interpretation
Basic electrocardiography and echocardiography
Diagnostic tests in differential diagnosis
Diagnostic algorithms
Nomograms and reference material.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Other Format:
Print version: Pocket guide to diagnostic tests.
ISBN:
1-280-69835-7
9786613675316
0-07-176624-3
OCLC:
817089304

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