The Right Test: A Physician's Guide to Laboratory Medicine - Softcover

Speicher MD, Carl E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721651232 ISBN 13: 9780721651231

Publisher: Saunders, 1998

Synopsis

The new, 3rdEdition of this popular resource summarizes the best recommendations for laboratory testing for more than 90% of patient-care medical problems. The book helps readers to use the most appropriate laboratory tests to achieve accurate diagnoses at lower costs.

Discusses laboratory testing recommendations for about 70 patient-care medical problems.

Features in-depth discussions of screening problems.

Organized in a user-friendly format for easy reference; recommendations are numbered and appear in bold print, followed by explanations in regular print, to make references easier.

Includes extensive annotated references for further research.

Presents 2 new chapters: Blood Component Therapy and Apheresis and Musculoskeletal Problems.

Emphasizes evidence-based recommendations and outcomes research in developing better practice guidelines.

Provides a new appendix that lists common causes (both drugs and diseases) for unexpected test results.

About this title

Review

Review of Previous Edition: "Carries on the tradition of being a user-friendly...guide to laboratory medicine...An extremely practical manual for those who deal with common problems in inpatient or outpatient medicine." -The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Edition details

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721651232
• ISBN 13: 9780721651231
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 350