The Right Test: A Physician's Guide to Laboratory Medicine

By Carl E. Speicher and Carl E. Speicher MD

Book Overview

The new, 3rdEdition of this popular resource summarizes the best recommendations for laboratory testing for more than 90% of patient-care medical problems. The book helps readers to use the most appropriate laboratory tests to achieve accurate diagnoses at lower costs.Discusses laboratory testing recommendations for about 70 patient-care medical problems.Features in-depth discussions of screening problems.
Organized in a user-friendly format for easy reference; recommendations are numbered and appear in bold print, followed by explanations in regular print, to make references easier.Includes extensive annotated references for further research.
Presents 2 new chapters: Blood Component Therapy and Apheresis and Musculoskeletal Problems.Emphasizes evidence-based recommendations and outcomes research in developing better practice guidelines.
Provides a new appendix that lists common causes (both drugs and diseases) for unexpected test results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721651232
• ISBN13: 9780721651231
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"