This edition of this book is hailed as "a lean, mean reference machine."--Journal of Family Practice. This updated, information-rich resource facilitates the process of selecting and interpreting more than 350 commonly used diagnostic tests, from laboratory tests of electrocardiography. Key references accompany each test to assist with the practice of evidence-based medicine; includes chapters on laboratory procedures, therapeutic drug monitoring, useful algorithms, and more.
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"The small size of this text offers a practical advantage to the practitioner, as does its basic format of tables, algorithms, normograms, and basic illustrations that offer quick access to this information-rich reference."valuable references to literary sources..."
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On-the-spot test selection and interpretation with this information-rich reference
*Select. Interpret. Diagnose. *For pocket, office, or library *Evidence-based information *350+ tests--clinic to ward, imaging to electrocardiography *Diseases associated with abnormal results *Key references accompanying each test *Algorithms, nomograms, tables
"A lean, mean reference machine..." - Journal of Family Practice on the 1st Edition
1. Priniciples of Test Use and Interpretation 2. Laboratory Procedures 3. Laboratory Tests 4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 5. Microbiology Tests 6. Diagnostic Imaging 7. Basic Electrocardiography 8. Algorithms, Nomograms, and Tables
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The clinician's main task is to make reasoned decisions about patient care despite incomplete clinical information and uncertainty about clinical outcomes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lic foreign body, posttest probability, serologic changes, posttest odds, intracranial aneurysm clips, radiograph images, pretest odds, posterior injury, fluid profiles, reptilase time, pretest probability, osmolal gap, paired sera, thyroidal illness, repolarization abnormalities, right precordial, outline listing, group beating Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The clinician's main task is to make reasoned decisions about patient care despite incomplete clinical information and uncertainty about clinical outcomes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lic foreign body, posttest probability, serologic changes, posttest odds, intracranial aneurysm clips, radiograph images, pretest odds, posterior injury, fluid profiles, reptilase time, pretest probability, osmolal gap, paired sera, thyroidal illness, repolarization abnormalities, right precordial, outline listing, group beating Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Neg Neg, Clin Chem, Clin Microbiol, Clin Infect Dis, Arch Intern Med, Clin Pathol, Mayo Clin Proc, Current Medical Diagnosis, Obstet Gynecol, Emerg Med, Postgrad Med, Contrast Studies, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Thromb Haemost, Technical Manual of the American, American Association of Blood Banks, Arch Pathol Lab Med, Pocket Guide, Crit Care Med, Ann Clin Lab Sci, Ann Rheum Dis, Clinical Endocrinology, Med Decis Making, Semin Hematol, Semin Thromb Hemost New!
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- Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests (LANGE Clinical Science) by Diana Nicoll on 5 pages
- Technical Manual by Richard H. Walker on 5 pages
- Principles and Practice of Medicine by A.McGehee Harvey on 4 pages
- Diseases of the Liver by Leon Schiff on page 366
- Handbook of Clinical Endocrinology by Paul A. Fitzgerald on page 346
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- Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests (LANGE Clinical Science) by Diana Nicoll on 4 pages
- Bioethics: A Systematic Approach by Bernard Gert in Back Matter
- Medical Statistics from A to Z: A Guide for Clinicians and Medical Students by B. S. Everitt on page 74
- First Aid for the Wards by Tao Le in Back Matter
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