Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition: Edition 6
Diana Nicoll · Chuanyi Mark Lu · Michael Pignone · Stephen J. McPhee
Jun 2012 · McGraw Hill Professional
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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 & algorithms
- Tests used in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology and obstetrics and gynecology
INCLUDES:
- Costs and risks of diagnostic tests
- Evidence-based information
- Diseases associated with abnormal test results, including test sensitivities
- Full literature citations with PubMed (PMID) numbers included for each reference
- More than 24 NEW clinical laboratory test entries, 6 NEW differential diagnosis tables
- 5 NEW diagnostic algorithms
- NEW sections on point-of-care testing, provider-performed microscopy, pharmacogenetic testing, and diagnostic echocardiography
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About the author
Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA
Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Staff and Chief, Laboratory Medicine Service
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Staff and Chief, Laboratory Medicine Service
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Chief, Hematology and Hematopathology
Laboratory Medicine Service
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
Michael Pignone, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Stephen J. McPhee, MD
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
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