Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition (PDF/EPUB Version)

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