Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests (LANGE Clinical Science) - Softcover

Nicoll, Diana; McPhee, Stephen J.; Pignone, Michael; McPhee, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071411844 ISBN 13: 9780071411844

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2003

Synopsis

Now completely updated, this information-rich resource offers instant access to selecting and interpreting more than 350 commonly used diagnostic tests, including laboratory tests, microbiology tests, diagnostic imaging, and electrocardiography. Key references accompany each test to facilitate the practice of evidence-based medicine.

"a lean, mean reference machine...seldom have I seen a book with such a high density of information."
--Journal of Family Practice, review of 2nd edition

About this title

From the Back Cover:

On-the-spot test selection and interpretation of all common diagnostic tests—including risks and costs.

*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 accompany each test
*Algorithms, nomograms, tables

"A lean, mean reference machine..."
--Journal of Family Practice on the 1st Edition

About the Author:

Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA: Clinical Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Associate Dean, University of California, San Francisco; Chief of Staff and Chief, Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco.

Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Michael Pignone, MD, MPH: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0071411844
• ISBN 13: 9780071411844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 500