Urinalysis and Body Fluids: A Colortext and Atlas

• The text is 10% clinical lab procedure, safety and quality assurance, 70% urinalysis (physical, chemical and microscopic examination) and 20% miscellaneous body fluids cerebrospinal, synovial, serous, seminal, amniotic).
• The atlas chapter is not set apart from the rest of the book, but is integrated into the discussion of urine sediment constituents (casts, cells, and crystals).
• Pedagogy: Chapter outlines, highlighted key terms, over 100 self assessment questions with answer key, 15 detailed case studies with answer key, 17 laboratory procedures in How-to format, consistent use of tabular material including boxes, tables, and algorithms, quick-find index to art, glossary with abbreviations.