Rapid Review Laboratory Testing in Clinical Medicine
with STUDENT CONSULT Access
- 1st Edition - October 4, 2007
- Imprint: Mosby
- Authors: Edward F. Goljan, Karlis I. Sloka
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 4 0 1 0 - 9
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Request a sales quoteGet the most from your study time...with this high-yield print and electronic study package! This volume in the "Rapid Review" series - a series that is highly rated in the First Aid rankings - makes it easy for you to master laboratory testing in clinical medicine. An outline format and abundant charts, tables, and diagrams enable you to quickly access important information, and 212 review questions - presented in USMLE format - provide crucial self assessment for maximum exam and ward preparation. It's the perfect resource for medical students, residents, or practitioners who are preparing for the USMLEs, certification, or recertification.
- Emphasizes clinically relevant content including disease diagnosis, test selection, and test-altering variables.
- Provides an at-a-glance, outline-format review of all of the information you need to know.
- Makes studying easier with a user-friendly 2-color layout, Hi-Yield Margin Notes, and Key Points.
- Offers 212 USMLE-style review questions inside the book at the end of each chapter, with a full rationale for why every possible answer is right or wrong.
- Each of the 212 questions is available online at www.studentconsult.com - using the Rapid Review Testing Tool, providing detailed feedback on which areas you may need to study more.
Medical Students
Laboratory Test Interpretation
Purpose of laboratory tests
Sensitivity and specificity
Predictive value
Precision and accuracy
Normal (reference) range
Variables affecting laboratory test results
Clinical Chemistry
Plasma proteins
Lipids
Electrolytes and acid-base
Iron studies
Renal
Liver
Endocrine
Cardiac
Pancreas
Gastrointestinal
Reproductive
Body Fluid Analysis
Cerebrospinal fluid
Synovial fluid
Effusions
Pulmonary Function
Calculation of Alveolar-arterial gradient
Spirometry and flow volume curves
Hematology
Reticulocyte count
Complete blood cell count (CBC)
Bone marrow exam
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Red blood cell (RBC) disorders
White blood cell (WBC) disorders
Immunology
B and T cells
Immunodeficiency disorders
Human leukocyte antigens
Complement
Hypersensitivity disease
Autoimmune disease
Coagulation
Platelets
Coagulation
Fibrinolysis
Platelet disorders
Coagulation disorders
Summary table
Blood Bank and Transfusion
Medicine
Blood groups
Rh groups
Blood transfusion
Blood components
Transfusion reactions
ABO and hemolytic disease of newborns
Laboratory Aspects of Cancer
Tumor markers
Ectopic hormone syndromes
Purpose of laboratory tests
Sensitivity and specificity
Predictive value
Precision and accuracy
Normal (reference) range
Variables affecting laboratory test results
Clinical Chemistry
Plasma proteins
Lipids
Electrolytes and acid-base
Iron studies
Renal
Liver
Endocrine
Cardiac
Pancreas
Gastrointestinal
Reproductive
Body Fluid Analysis
Cerebrospinal fluid
Synovial fluid
Effusions
Pulmonary Function
Calculation of Alveolar-arterial gradient
Spirometry and flow volume curves
Hematology
Reticulocyte count
Complete blood cell count (CBC)
Bone marrow exam
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Red blood cell (RBC) disorders
White blood cell (WBC) disorders
Immunology
B and T cells
Immunodeficiency disorders
Human leukocyte antigens
Complement
Hypersensitivity disease
Autoimmune disease
Coagulation
Platelets
Coagulation
Fibrinolysis
Platelet disorders
Coagulation disorders
Summary table
Blood Bank and Transfusion
Medicine
Blood groups
Rh groups
Blood transfusion
Blood components
Transfusion reactions
ABO and hemolytic disease of newborns
Laboratory Aspects of Cancer
Tumor markers
Ectopic hormone syndromes
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 4, 2007
- Imprint: Mosby
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780323240109
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Edward F. Goljan
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairman of Pathology, Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OklahomaKS
Karlis I. Sloka
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK