Bookedited by, Mary A. Williamson, MT (ASCP), PhD, Vice President,
... Show More Scientific Affairs & Laboratory Operations, ACM Medical Laboratory, Rochester, New York, Former Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, L. Michael Snyder, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, University of oMassachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, Cheif Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics MA, LLC, Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Summary: "Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 10th Edition serves as a practical guide to the use of laboratory tests which aids physicians in using tests more effectively and efficiently by offering test outcomes, possible meanings, differential diagnosis, and summaries of tests available. The book is organized into 2 sections. The first section is devoted to disease states. Where appropriate, a patient's chief complaint and/or physical findings are initially presented with subsequent discussions focused on discrete disease states as they relate to a patient's chief complaint. The second section is devoted to an alphabetical listing of laboratory tests while stressing the integration of the clinical laboratory in the clinical decision making process. Test sensitivity, specific and possible and negative probabilities are included whenever appropriate. Microbiology tests are listed in a separate chapter"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: Chapter 1. FALTs: Factors Affecting Laboratory Tests / Lokinendi V. Rao
Section 1. Disease States: chapter 2. Autoimmune Diseases / M. Rabie Al-Turkmani; chapter 3. Cardiovascular Disorders / Craig S. Smith; chapter 4. Central Nervous System Disorders / Juliana G. Szakacs; Chapter 5. Digestive Diseases / L Michael Snyder and Michael J. Mitchell; chapter 6. Endocrine Diseases / Hongbo Yu; chapter 7. Genitourinary System Disorders / Charles R. Kiefer; chapter 8. Gynecologic and Obstetric Disorders / Juliana G. Szakacs; chapter 9. Hematologic Disorders / Liberto Pechet; chapter 10. Hereditary and Genetic Diseases / Marzena M. Galdzicka, Patricia Minehart Miron, and Edward I. Ginns; chapter 11. Infectious Diseases / Michael J. Mitchell; chapter 12. : Renal Disorders / M. Rabie Al-Turkmani; chapter 13. Respiratory, Metabolic, and Acid-Base Disorders / Lokinendi V. Rao and Michael J. Mitchell; chapter 14. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring / Amanda J. Jenkins; chapter 15. Transfusion Medicine / Vishesh Chhibber
Section 2. Lab Tests: chapter 16. Laboratory Tests / Lokinendi V. Rao and Liberto Pechet; chapter 17. Infectious Disease Assays / Michael J. Mitchell and Lokinendi V. Rao.