Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

by Jacques Wallach

Book Overview

"What tests do I order, and what do the results mean?" Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, Eighth Edition provides the answers quickly and clearly for a vast range of adult and pediatric conditions.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781730554
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 1181 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Good purchase

Is the first time I bought an used book, but I'm surprised for the quality of the product, it looks like a brand-new and for a very good price!!!

A little book that stands by itself

This is a little book I've been using since day one at work, and let me say it is simply the most practical reference I had ever bought. It has a very concise overview of the principles underlying any diagnosis, an overview of some critical values, a pathologist incline clasification in the book (more disease oriented), and a super complete list of causes that may provoque the anomalies detected and outlined in this book. All in a minute consultation, really fast and easy to use. Simply very, very good.

Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

I, too, have been using this reference for several years. I consider it to be one of the five most useful medical books on my shelf. This is probably the only book I feel the need to purchase every time there is an updated edition. I strongly recommend it for medical students, residents, midlevel providers and practicing physicians. It is a core reference in medical board review. It may also be of value for nursing staff in the hospital or clinic setting, especially for critical care nurses, or for anyone who is motivated to learn about medical diagnosis. The book is less likely to be useful to patients and their families, due to its highly technical nature.

Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

An indispensable guide. Thorough and complete. Very helpful both in determining what tests to order, and how to interpret test results; especially helpful for the less common and more esoteric tests.

The most complete, handy reference of lab tests ever written

I have been using this reference for several years. I can't practice medicine without it. I have made many esoteric diagnoses with it. It is extremely helpful whenever I have abnormal lab values, which do not seem to make sense at the time. Other lab references pale in comparison. Not only are abnormal labs explained, but the disease processes as well. I really like the way the book divides the elevated lab value from the decreased lab value, with their respective etiologies. An essential, excellent book!