Handbook of Clinical Laboratory Testing During Pregnancy

Practicing specialists in pathology, laboratory medicine, and obstetrics comprehensively summarize the latest scientific findings and their experiences in the use and interpretation of laboratory testing in patients who are pregnant or experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss. Topics of interest include the effects of normal physiological changes on test results, test selection for diagnosis, changes in reference ranges, monitoring the pregnant patient, new technologies, and the limitations of laboratory testing. The authors not only clearly explain currently used test methods and technologies for the nontechnical reader, but also provide comprehensive details for laboratory professionals. The comprehensive appendix that compiles published normal reference ranges by first, second, and third trimester consttitutes an excellent resource for professionals caring for pregnant women. Although a pregnant woman undergoes a multitude of physiological adaptations that profoundly change her biochemical and biophysical characteristics and is also subject to a variety of pregnancy-specific diseases, until now no comprehensive text was available that focused exclusively on clinical laboratory testing during pregnancy. In the Handbook of Clinical Laboratory Testing During Pregnancy, practicing specialists in pathology, laboratory medicine, and obstetrics comprehensively summarize the latest scientific findings and their experiences in the use and interpretation of laboratory testing in patients who are pregnant or experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss. Topics of interest include the effects of normal physiological changes on test results, test selection for diagnosis, changes in reference ranges, monitoring the pregnant patient, new technologies, and the limitations of laboratory testing. The authors not only clearly explain currently used test methods and technologies for the nontechnical reader, but also provide comprehensive practical details for laboratory professionals. Beyond clinical chemistry, additional disciplines covered include molecular biology, serology, immunology, hematology, endocrinology, and microbiology, in addition to help in the evaluation of numerous pathological states. The comprehensive appendix that compiles published normal reference ranges by first, second, and third trimester constitutes an excellent resource for professionals caring for pregnant women.
Multidisciplinary and highly practical, the Handbook of Clinical Laboratory Testing During Pregnancy offers laboratory physicians, obstetricians, nurses, midwives, and pediatricians a gold-standard reference source and guide to the optimal use and interpretation of clinical laboratory testing during pregnancy today.

List of contents

1 Human Pregnancy: An Overview.- 2 Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.- 3 Biological Markers of Preterm Delivery.- 4 Markers of Fetal Lung Maturity.- 5 Maternal Prenatal Screening for Fetal Defects.- 6 Chromosome Analysis in Prenatal Diagnosis.- 7 Diagnosis and Monitoring of Ectopic and Abnormal Pregnancies.- 8 Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy: Assessment of the Mother.- 9 Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy: Assessment of the Fetus.- 10 Hematology and Hemostasis During Pregnancy.- 11 Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn.- 12 Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis of Congenital Infections.- 13 Laboratory Testing for Group B Streptococcus in the Pregnant Patient.- 14 Immunologic Diseases of Pregnancy.- 15 Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.- 16 Multifetal Gestations.- 17 Diabetes in Pregnancy.- 18 Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and Hypertension.- 19 Liver Diseases in Pregnancy.

Summary

Practicing specialists in pathology, laboratory medicine, and obstetrics comprehensively summarize the latest scientific findings and their experiences in the use and interpretation of laboratory testing in patients who are pregnant or experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss. Topics of interest include the effects of normal physiological changes on test results, test selection for diagnosis, changes in reference ranges, monitoring the pregnant patient, new technologies, and the limitations of laboratory testing. The authors not only clearly explain currently used test methods and technologies for the nontechnical reader, but also provide comprehensive details for laboratory professionals. The comprehensive appendix that compiles published normal reference ranges by first, second, and third trimester consttitutes an excellent resource for professionals caring for pregnant women.

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From the reviews:
"...a unique and valuable contribution to laboratory medicine, and the most comprehensive book around focusing on how pregnancy affects laboratory test values...anyone treating and/or testing specimens from pregnant women and their fetuses should get this book ." Weighted Numerical Score: 95 - 4 Stars! - Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal
"This book sets out to demonstrate all aspects of laboratory work that pertain to pregnancy, providing useful background detail for clinicians. Each chapter is written by an author with a particular interest in the subject and is thorough and well referenced. … should be in every department of obstetrics and gynaecology, primarily as a reference and teaching aid." (Kevin Harrington, The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, August, 2006)

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From the reviews:
"...a unique and valuable contribution to laboratory medicine, and the most comprehensive book around focusing on how pregnancy affects laboratory test values...anyone treating and/or testing specimens from pregnant women and their fetuses should get this book ." Weighted Numerical Score: 95 - 4 Stars! - Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal
"This book sets out to demonstrate all aspects of laboratory work that pertain to pregnancy, providing useful background detail for clinicians. Each chapter is written by an author with a particular interest in the subject and is thorough and well referenced. ... should be in every department of obstetrics and gynaecology, primarily as a reference and teaching aid." (Kevin Harrington, The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, August, 2006)

Product details

• Assisted by: Ann M. Gronowski (Editor), An M Gronowski (Editor), Ann M Gronowski (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2011
• EAN: 9781588292704
• ISBN: 978-1-58829-270-4
• No. of pages: 454
• Weight: 2 g
• Illustrations: 454 p. 74 illus., 13 illus. in color.
• Series: Current Clinical Pathology; Current Clinical Pathology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine