Full Description
This new edition of a classic text interprets normal and abnormal laboratory results for the wide range of tests that have become part of everyday clinical practice. Fully updated, it includes new tests, such as PSA velocity and free/total PSA and coeliac serology. New guidelines on specific clinical conditions such as heart failure, management of female infertility, specific lipid monitoring in diabetes and guidance for monitoring heart failure are also outlined.
Contents
Part 1 Haematology: referring to a haematologist; cases that the haematologist must see; red cell indices; anaemia; platelets; blood coagulation tests; warfarin in practice; thrombolia; haemoglobinpathies; effects of drug therapies on blood; common haematological terms. Part 2 Microbiolgy: gastrointestinal organisms; urogenital organisms; other organisms; cerebrospinal fluid (CFS). Part 3 Fertility and pregnancy testing: female hormone profiles; semen analysis; pregnancy tests; rhesus blood group testing; alpha-fetoproteins. Part 4 Rheumatology: testing from rheumatoid arthritis; autoantibodies. Part 5 Biochemistry: liver function tests; faecal urobilinogen; urea and electrolytes; urine biochemistry; blood sugar; creatine kinase; lactic dehydrogenase; thyroid function tests; blood lipids; special cases; miscellaneous.
