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