Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Seventh Edition (A & L LANGE SERIES) - Softcover

Nicoll, Diana; Lu, Chuanyi Mark; McPhee, Stephen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1259640892 ISBN 13: 9781259640896

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical, 2017

Synopsis

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The essential guide to more than 450 of the most commonly performed diagnostic tests – updated with the latest molecular, genetic, and microbiological tests

A Doody's Core Title for 2019!

Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Seventh Edition is a concise guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 of the laboratory and microbiology tests most relevant to the general practice of medicine. This on-the-spot clinical companion also includes coverage of diagnostic imaging, electrocardiology, echocardiography, and the use of tests in differential diagnosis.

Features:
• Covers areas of internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology, and obstetrics and gynecology
• Over 25 new or substantially revised laboratory tests
• New and updated coverage of emerging and re-emerging pathogens and infectious agents,including the Zika and Ebola viruses
• Updated material on molecular and genetic tests, including pharmacogenetics tests
• An entire section of diagnostic algorithms
• Full literature citations with PubMed identification (PMID) numbers included for each reference
• Details costs and risks of various procedures and tests
• Full section on electrocardiography and echocardiography

If you’ve been looking for an authoritative, up-to-date, and easy-to-carry guide to the latest diagnostic testing procedures, your search ends here.

About this title

About the Authors

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 MedicineDivision of General Internal MedicineDepartment of MedicineUniversity of California, San Francisco

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1259640892
• ISBN 13: 9781259640896
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528