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Guide to diagnostic tests / Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA (Clinical Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Associate Dean, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Chief of Staff and Chief, Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco), Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD (Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Chief, Hematology and Hematopathology, Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco), Stephen J. McPhee, MD (Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco) ; with associate authors.

Nicoll, Diana. (Author). Lu, Chuanyi Mark, (author.). McPhee, Stephen J., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781259640896
ISBN: 1259640892
Physical Description: viii, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Edition: Seventh edition.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Diagnostic testing & medical decision making -- 2. Point-of-care testing & provider-performed microscopy -- 3. Common laboratory tests: selection & interpretation -- 4. Therapeutic drug monitoring & pharmacogenetic testing: principles & test interpretation -- 5. Microbiology: test selection -- 6. Diagnostic imaging: test selection & interpretation -- 7. Basic electrocardiography & Echocardiography -- 8. Diagnostic tests in differential diagnosis -- 9. Diagnostic algorithms -- Nomograms & reference material.