Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis

List of contents

1 Quality Assessment and Safety
2 Urine Specimen Types, Collection, and Preservation
3 The Kidney
4 Renal Function and Assessment
5 Routine Urinalysis-the Physical Examination
6 Routine Urinalysis-the Chemical Examination
7 Routine Urinalysis-the Microscopic Exam of Urine Sediment
Urine Sediment Image Gallery
8 Renal and Metabolic Disease
9 Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis
10 Pleural, Pericardial, and Peritoneal Fluid Analysis
11 Synovial Fluid Analysis
12 Seminal Fluid Analysis
13 Analysis of Vaginal Secretions
14 Amniotic Fluid Analysis
15 Fecal Analysis
16 Automation of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis
17 Body Fluid Analysis: Manual Hemacytometer Counts and Differential Slide Preparation
18 Microscopy
Appendix A: Reagent Strip Color Charts
Appendix B: Comparison of Reagent Strip Principles, Sensitivity, and Specificity
Appendix C: Reference Intervals
Appendix D: Body Fluid Diluents and Pretreatment Solutions
Appendix E: Manual and Historic Methods of Interest
Answer Key
Glossary
Index

Product details

• Authors: Brunzel Nancy A.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2022
• EAN: 9780323711975
• ISBN: 978-0-323-71197-5
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1090 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Pathology, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology, Medical equipment & techniques, Medical equipment and techniques