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Purpose
Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests is intended to serve as a pocket
reference manual for medical and other health professional students,
house officers, and practicing physicians. It is a quick reference guide
to the selection and interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests,
including laboratory procedures in the clinical setting, laboratory tests
(chemistry, hematology, and immunology), microbiology tests (bacteriology,
virology, and serology), diagnostic imaging tests (plain radiography,
CT, MRI, and ultrasonography), and electrocardiography.
This book will enable readers to understand commonly used
diagnostic tests and diagnostic approaches to common disease states.
Outstanding Features
• Over 350 tests are presented in a concise, consistent, and readable
format.
• Fields covered include internal medicine, pediatrics, general
surgery, neurology, and gynecology.
• Costs and risks of various procedures and tests are emphasized.
• Literature references are included for most diagnostic tests.
• An index for quick reference is included on the back cover.
Organization
This pocket reference manual is not intended to include all diagnostic
tests or disease states. Rather, the authors have selected those
tests and diseases that are most common and relevant to the general
practice of medicine.
The Guide is divided into eight sections:
1. Basic Principles of Diagnostic Test Use and Interpretation
2. Laboratory Procedures in the Clinical Setting
3. Common Laboratory Tests: Selection and Interpretation
4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Principles and Test Interpretation
5. Microbiology: Test Selection
6. Diagnostic Imaging: Test Selection and Interpretation
7. Basic Electrocardiography
8. Diagnostic Testing: Algorithms, Nomograms, and Tables
