Blood Tests Made Easy

"Blood tests made easy is a quick reference guide designed to bring medical students up to speed when interpreting blood tests on their clinical placements ... will fill knowledge gaps on blood test interpretation, becoming a valuable asset both for medical students and, later, as a reference guide to increase junior doctors' confidence on the wards"--Back cover.

List of contents

1. Effective use of laboratory tests
2. Interpreting laboratory tests
3. Osmolality and the urea and electrolyte (U+E) profile
4. The bone profile
5. The liver profile
6. Blood gas analysis and pH
7. Endocrine testing
8. Blood proteins and enzymes
9. Disorders of glucose
10. Lipids and other tests relevant to cardiovascular disease
11. Tumour markers
12. Nutrition
13. Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology
14. Metabolic testing
15. The full blood picture (FBP)
16. Tests of coagulation
17. Blood grouping

About the author

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Product details

• Authors: Paul Hamilton, Paul (Clinical Lecturer Hamilton, Hamilton Paul
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780323870443
• ISBN: 978-0-323-87044-3
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 138 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 180 g
• Series: Made Easy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Hematology, Clinical & internal medicine, Haematology