Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures
Subtitle: with nursing diagnoses
By: Jane Vincent Corbett.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 805
ISBN-13: 9780131597006
Subjects: Diagnosis, Laboratory; Diagnosis; Nursing diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Using laboratory data; title: Hematology tests; 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; 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 test 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 for genetic screening; title: Practice interpretation of laboratory data; title: Diagnostic radiologic tests; title: Body scans: CT, MRI and others; 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 catheterizations, electrophysiologic studies, and syncope tests; title: Endoscopic procedures; title: Diagnostic procedures related to childbearing years; title: App. A: Refference values for newborns and children compared with adult values; title: App. B: Possible alterations in refference values for the aged; title: App. C: Altered refference values for common laboratory tests in normal pregnancies; title: App. D: Units of measure; title: App. E: Answers to questions for part I (laboratory test); title: App. F: Answers to questions for part III (diagnostic procedures); title: App. G: SI conversion factors; title: App. H: Diagrams of laboratory results.