Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests. Text with Internet Access Code

Williamson, Mary A. PhD

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Edition:	9th
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN:	1-60547-667-6 (1605476676)
ISBN-13:	978-1-60547-667-4 (9781605476674)
New Edition:	1-4511-9176-6
Binding:	with Supplement Softcover + Internet Access Code
Copyright:	2011
Publish Date:	07/11
Weight:	3.00 Lbs.
Pages:	1143
Carton Quantity:	12
Subject Class:	I-M (Internal Medicine)
Remarks:	A New Edition of this Title is Available
Brandon Hill:	This is a Brandon Hill Title
Doody Star Rating:	3
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 12 months provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply. This product contains software or Internet access code(s). Returns are not accepted if seal is broken or if access code revealed.
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Class Specifications
ISSN Series:	Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests (Wallach)
Discipline:	+ Medicine
Subject Definition:	Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
NLM Class:	QY 25
LC Class:	RB38.2
Abstract:	Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, now in its Ninth Edition, has been completely revised and updated by a new author team from the Department of Hospital Laboratories/UMass Memorial Medical Center faculty who are carrying on the tradition of Jacques Wallach's teachings. This text serves as a practical guide to the use of laboratory tests which aids physicians in using tests more effectively and efficiently by offering test outcomes, possible meanings, differential diagnosis, and summaries of tests available. The book has been reorganized into 2 sections. The first section is devoted to an alphabetical listing of laboratory tests while stressing the integration of the clinical laboratory in the clinical decision making process. Test sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative infectious disease probabilities are included whenever appropriate. Microbiology tests are listed in a separate chapter. The second section is devoted to disease states. Where appropriate, a patient's chief complaint and/or physical findings are initially presented with subsequent discussions focused on discrete disease states as they relate to a patient's chief complaint. Current molecular diagnostic testing, cytogenetics, common pitfalls, test limitations, and identification of appropriate tests for specific clinical presentations are also addressed.