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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 foreach 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
List of contents
1. Diagnostic Testing and Medical Decision Making
2. Poiont-of-Care Testingand Provider-Performed Microscopy
3. Common Laboratory Tests: Selection and Interpretation
4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenetic Testing
5. Microbiology: Test Selection
6. Diagnostic Imaging: Test Selection and Interpretation
7. Basic Electrocatdiography and Echocardiography
8. diagnostis Tests in Differential Diagnosis
9. diagnostic Algorithms
10. Nomograms and Reference Material
About the author
Stephen J. McPhee, MD , Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, University of California San Francisco. Dr. McPhee is a key figure in the general internal medicine community, and a leading authority of palliative and end of life care.
