TY - BOOK AU - McPherson, Richard A. AU - McPherson,Richard A. AU - Pincus,Matthew R. AU - Henry,John Bernard TI - Henry's clinical diagnosis and management by laboratory methods / SN - 1416002871 AV - RB37 .C54 2007 U1 - 616.0756 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Saunders Elsevier KW - Diagnosis, Laboratory KW - Clinical Laboratory Techniques N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; General concepts and administrative issues --; Optimizing laboratory workflow and performance --; Pre-analysis --; Analysis: principles of instrumentation --; Analysis: clinical laboratory automation --; Point-of-care and physician office laboratories --; Post-analysis: medical decision-making --; Interpreting laboratory results --; Laboratory statistics --; Quality control --; Clinical laboratory informatics --; Financial management --; Biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism: role of the laboratory --; Evaluation of renal function, water, electrolytes and acid-base balance --; Biochemical markers of bone metabolism --; Carbohydrates --; Lipids and dyslipoproteinemia --; Evaluation of cardiac injury and function --; Specific proteins --; Clinical enzymology --; Evaluation of liver function --; Laboratory diagnosis of gastrointestinal and pancreatic disorders --; Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring --; Evaluation of endocrine function --; Reproductive function and pregnancy --; Vitamins and trace elements --; Basic examination of urine --; Cerebrospinal, synovial, and serous body fluids --; Basic examination of blood and bone marrow --; Hematopoiesis --; Erythrocytic disorders --; Leukocytic disorders --; The flow cytometric evaluation of hematopoietic neoplasia --; Immunohematology --; Transfusion medicine --; Hemapheresis --; Tissue banking and progenitor cells --; Coagulation and fibrinolysis; Blood platelets and Von Willebrand Disease --; Laboratory approach to thrombotic risk --; Antithrombotic therapy --; Overview of the immune system and immunologic disorders --; Immunoassays and immunochemistry --; Laboratory evaluation of the cellular immune system --; Laboratory evaluation of immunoglobin function and humoral immunity --; Mediators of inflammation: complement, cytokines, and adhesion molecules --; Human leukocyte antigen: the major histocompatibility complex of man --; The major histocompatibility complex and disease --; Immunodeficiency disorders --; Clinical and laboratory evaluation of systemic rheumatic diseases --; Vasculitis --; Organ-specific autoimmune diseases --; Allergic diseases --; Viral infections --; Chlamydial, rickettsial, and mycoplasmal infections --; Medical bacteriology --; In vitro testing of antimicrobial agents --; Spirochete infections --; Mycobacteria --; Mycotic diseases --; Medical parasitology --; Molecular pathology of infectious diseases --; Specimen collection and handling for diagnosis of infectious diseases --; Bioterrorism: microbiology --; Introduction to molecular pathology --; Molecular diagnostics: basic principles and techniques --; Polymerase chain reaction and other chain reaction amplification technology --; Hybridization array technologies --; Applications of cytogenetics in modern pathology --; Establishing a molecular diagnostics laboratory --; Molecular diagnosis of hematopoietic neoplasms --; Molecular diagnosis of genetic diseases --; Identity analysis: use of DNA polymorphisms in parentage and forensic testing --; Diagnostic and management of cancer using serologic tumor markers --; Oncoproteins and early tumor detection --; Diagnostic and prognostic impact of high-throughput genomic and proteomic technologies in the post-genomic era N2 - Comprehensive coverage provides an in-depth understanding of lab test selection and interpretation of results. A new full-color layout makes reference much easier. New chapters on laboratory regulations, nutrition, point-of-care testing, bioterrorism, proteomics, microarray analysis, and the human genome project as well as a completely new section on cancer testing and meticulous updates from cover to cover put all the latest, most essential knowledge at your fingertips ER -