Main description:

Access the clinically relevant information you need easily in any setting with "Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, Ninth Edition". This best-selling handbook provides concise coverage of tests without sacrificing important details. Each test entry includes, where relevant, alternate or abbreviated test names; type of test; normal findings; possible critical values; test explanation and related physiology; contraindications; potential complications; interfering factors; procedure and patient care (before, during, and after); and, abnormal findings. Related tests are extensively cross-referenced throughout the book. With its simple format and portable size, this is a handy reference you'll always want by your side.

Contents:

User's Guide to Test Preparation and Performance List of Figures Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, A to Z Appendices Appendix A: List of Tests by Body Systems Appendix B: List of Tests by Test Type Appendix C: Disease and Organ Panels Appendix D: Symbols and Units of Measurement Bibliography Index