Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors: A Guide to Ordering the Right Tests for Better Patient Care - Softcover

 
9781550594911: Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors: A Guide to Ordering the Right Tests for Better Patient Care
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1550594915 ISBN 13: 9781550594911
Publisher: Brush Education, 2014

Synopsis

Choosing wisely for better patient care.

Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors is an affordable and comprehensive pocket guide for choosing appropriate lab tests. It quickly and efficiently improves patient care through better test decisions for clinical situations. This unique resource reduces the risks of: ordering the wrong test, not clearly understanding test results and options, delaying treatments, and making misdiagnoses. Refer to this essential guide for:

  • Diagnostic algorithms.
  • Advice and information on lab errors, false positives and negatives, and blood and tissue collection.
  • A quick index summarizing the clinical utility of common tests.
  • Sections on dermatology, ENT and respiratory system, endocrine system, fatigue, GI and hepatic system, gynecology and pregnancy, routine screening, and more.
  • Protocols for screening tests that follow Canadian guidelines.
  • Values in both conventional and SI units.

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About the Author

Christopher Naugler, MD, FRCPC is a diagnostic and clinical pathologist and family physician with wide-ranging research, teaching, and clinical experience. He is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.

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Publisher
Brush Education
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1550594915
ISBN 13 
9781550594911
Binding
Flexibound
Edition number
1
Number of pages
328
Editor
Naugler Christopher