Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition

Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition

<p><b>A quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 commonly used diagnostic tests</b></p><br /><br /><p><b>COVERS:</b></p><br /><br /><ul> <li>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</li><br /><br /><li>Tests used in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology and obstetrics and gynecology</li><br /><br /></ul><br /><br /><p><b>INCLUDES:</b></p><br /><br /><ul> <li>Costs and risks of diagnostic tests</li><br /><br /><li>Evidence-based information</li><br /><br /><li>Diseases associated with abnormal test results, including test sensitivities</li><br /><br /><li>Full literature citations with PubMed (PMID) numbers included for each reference</li><br /><br /><li>More than 24 NEW clinical laboratory test entries, 6 NEW differential diagnosis tables</li><br /><br /><li>5 NEW diagnostic algorithms</li><br /><br /><li> NEW sections on point-of-care testing, provider-performed microscopy, pharmacogenetic testing, and diagnostic echocardiography</li><br /><br /></ul>