The patient's guide to medical tests
Subtitle: everything you need to know about the tests your doctor orders
By: Joseph C. Segen and Josie Wade
Contributors: Wade, Josie
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780816046522; 9780816046515
Subjects: Laboratory Diagnosis; Popular works; Popular Works; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis
Description: Provides a basic understanding of the diagnostic procedures and tools used by physicians, hospitals, and commercial laboratories. Each test entry includes a description of the test, patient preparation required, a description of the procedure itself, the reference range, what abnormal values may signify, and the approximate cost of the test.
Notes: Includes index.