Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
Authors: Thomas G. Tape
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2001)

Medical Writings: Book Notes3 July 2001Interpretation of Diagnostic TestsThomas G. Tape, MDThomas G. Tape, MDUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. (Tape)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-135-1-200107030-00043 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Seventh edition. Wallach JB. 1026 pages. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. $49.95. ISBN 0781716594. Order phone 800-638-0672.Field of medicine: Laboratory medicine.Format: Softcover book.Audience: Clinicians and trainees.Purpose: To provide current, concise, and practical diagnostic data on laboratory tests.Content: The first section lists reference ranges and critical values. The second section covers commonly ordered blood and urine tests and differential diagnoses for abnormal results. The third section, organized by organ system, contains the bulk of the content. Material within each chapter is organized by laboratory test and by disease. For example, the hematology chapter first lists ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. (Tape) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEEG responses to standardised noxious stimulation during clinical anaesthesia: a pilot studyEEG-based sensory testing reveals altered nociceptive processing in elite endurance athletesDiagnostic performance of anthropometric indicators used to assess excess body fat in adolescenceThe prediction of surgical complications using artificial intelligence in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic reviewDevelopment and validation of an immune gene-set based prognostic signature for soft tissue sarcomaClassification and differentiation of bladder and bowel related anxieties: A socio-cognitive explorationNocturnal oximetry in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in potentially hypoxic patients due to neuromuscular diseasesMachine learning for knowledge transfer across multiple metals additive manufacturing printersOffender personality disorder pathway screening tools evaluationTransfusion after total knee arthroplasty can be predicted using the machine learning algorithmAssociations between persistent organic pollutants and endometriosis: A multipollutant assessment using machine learning algorithmsStatistical characterization of frost zones: Case of tea freeze damage in the Kenyan highlandsA Path Towards Understanding Factors Affecting Crash Severity in Autonomous Vehicles Using Current Naturalistic Driving DataTraffic Incident Duration Estimation Based on a Dual-Learning Bayesian Network ModelComparison of short messaging service self-reported adherence with other adherence measures in a demonstration project of HIV preexposure prophylaxis in Kenya and UgandaDriver behavior formulation in intersection dilemma zones with phone use distraction via a logit-Bayesian network hybrid approachAn explanatory analysis of driver injury severity in rear-end crashes using a decision table/Naïve Bayes (DTNB) hybrid classifierBayesian network-based formulation and analysis for toll road utilization supported by traffic information provisionA multinomial logit model-Bayesian network hybrid approach for driver injury severity analyses in rear-end crashesAssessment of Neuropsychological Functioning 3 July 2001Volume 135, Issue 1Page: 72KeywordsAlgorithmsChartsClinical laboratoriesHematologic testsLaboratory testsPathologistsPleural effusionResearch laboratoriesSoftware toolsUrine ePublished: 3 July 2001 Issue Published: 3 July 2001 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2001 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...