Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
4th Edition
Published on 1. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-07-121976-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book helps in on-the-spot test selection and interpretation of all common diagnostic tests - including risks and costs. It is useful for pocket, office, or library and includes evidence-based information as well as 350+ tests - clinic to ward, imaging to electrocardiography. It also includes diseases associated with abnormal results. Key references accompany each test. It contains algorithms, nomograms, tables. "A lean, mean reference machine..." - "Journal of Family Practice" on the 1st Edition.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-121976-1 (9780071219761)
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Previous edition
Book
02/2001
3rd Edition
Appleton & Lange
€28.51
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Content
POCKET GUIDE TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, 4th ed. AbbreviationsPreface1. Basic Principles of Diagnostic Test Use and Interpretation2. Common Bedside Laboratory Procedures3. Common Laboratory Tests: Selection and Interpretation4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Principles and Test Interpretation5. Microbiology: Test Selection 6. Diagnostic Imaging: Test Selection and Interpretation7. Basic Electrocardiography8. Diagnostic Algorithms 9. Diagnostic Tests in Differential Diagnosis 10. Nomograms and Reference Material IndexQuick Reference Guide