Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures
Subtitle: with nursing diagnoses
By: Jane Vincent Corbett, Angela Denise Banks
Contributors: Banks, Angela Denise
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pearson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 726
ISBN-13: 9780132373326
Subjects: Laboratory Diagnosis; Nursing diagnosis; Diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Laboratory tests.; title: Using laboratory data; title: Hematology test; title: Routine urinalysis and other urine tests; title: Renal function tests; title: Four commonly measured electrolytes; title: Arterial blood gases and related tests; title: Three less commonly measured electrolytes and vitamin D; title: Tests to measure the metabolism of glucose and other sugars; title: Tests to measure lipid metabolism and other cardiac risk factors; title: Tests related to serum protein levels, tumor markers , and cancer genomics; title: Tests to measure the metabolism of bilirubin; title: Tests to measure enzymes and cardiac markers; title: Coagulation tests and tests to detect occult blood; title: Serologic tests : immunohematology microbiology and immunology; title: Endocrine tests; title: Culture and sensitivity tests and rapid tests for infections; title: Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology screens; title: Tests performed in pregnancy, the newborn period, and the genetic screening; title: Part 2 : Case studies.; title: Practice interpretation of laboratory data; title: Part 3 : Diagnostic procedures.; title: Diagnostic radiologic tests; title: Body scans : CT, DXA, MRI, PET, and SPECT; title: Nuclear scans : diagnostic tests with radionuclides or radioisotopes; title: Diagnostic ultrasonography; title: Common noninvasive diagnostic tests; title: Common invasive tests; title: Stress tests, cardiac catherizations, electrophysiologic studies, and syncope tests; title: Endoscopic procedures; title: Diagnostic procedures related to childbearing years; title: Appendixes.; title: Reference values for newborns and children compared with adult values; title: Possible alterations in reference values for the aged; title: Altered reference values for common laboratory tests in normal pregnancies; title: Units of measure; title: SI conversion factors; title: Diagrams of laboratory results