Laboratory Test Handbook Concise
With Disease Index
2nd Edition
Published in 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
1348 pages
978-3-7692-3150-2 (ISBN)
Description
A portable, abridged version of Lexi-Comp's Laboratory Test Handbook, 5th Edition. Intended to serve as a convenient, quick reference source of clinical laboratory test information. Clinicians, nurse practitioners, residents, nurses, and students will appreciate the concise and uniform presentation. This handbook offers information concerning patient preparation, specimen collection/handling, and clinical test result interpretation.
Features
- 960 tests, many newly introduced
- Up to 25 fields of information per test
- Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary
- Unique Disease Index: Assists the user when considering tests to support a possible clinical diagnosis or when ruling out other diagnostic possibilities.
Areas of Interest
Anatomic Pathology - Chemistry - Clinical Microscopy - Coagulation
Cytogenetics - Cytopathology - Hematology - Immunology - Infectious Disease - Molecular Genetic Testing - Molecular Oncology - Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - Toxicology/Drugs of Abuse - Transfusion Medicine - Urinalysis
New to this edition
- Over 200 new tests
- Extensively revised to reflect contemporary medical practice
200 new or revised tables and graphics
- Cross-referencing to websites
"Of the many laboratory manuals available, it's hard to find one that packs as much information into so few pages, yet is so user-friendly, as this one. This second edition could not come a moment too soon, considering the explosion of new testing confronting the practicing physician. Any physician who must make quick decisions with respect to patient testing will find this handbook extremely useful."
- Donald Frey, MD
Creighton University Medical Center
Features
- 960 tests, many newly introduced
- Up to 25 fields of information per test
- Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary
- Unique Disease Index: Assists the user when considering tests to support a possible clinical diagnosis or when ruling out other diagnostic possibilities.
Areas of Interest
Anatomic Pathology - Chemistry - Clinical Microscopy - Coagulation
Cytogenetics - Cytopathology - Hematology - Immunology - Infectious Disease - Molecular Genetic Testing - Molecular Oncology - Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - Toxicology/Drugs of Abuse - Transfusion Medicine - Urinalysis
New to this edition
- Over 200 new tests
- Extensively revised to reflect contemporary medical practice
200 new or revised tables and graphics
- Cross-referencing to websites
"Of the many laboratory manuals available, it's hard to find one that packs as much information into so few pages, yet is so user-friendly, as this one. This second edition could not come a moment too soon, considering the explosion of new testing confronting the practicing physician. Any physician who must make quick decisions with respect to patient testing will find this handbook extremely useful."
- Donald Frey, MD
Creighton University Medical Center