A guide to laboratory investigations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGhee, M. F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon : Radcliffe Medical Press, [2003]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Haematology
  • Referring to a haematologist
  • Cases that the haematologist must see
  • Red cell indices
  • Anaemia
  • White cell indices
  • Platelets
  • Blood coagulation tests
  • Warfarin in practice
  • Thrombophilia
  • Haemoglobinopathies
  • Effects of drug therapies on blood
  • Common haematological terms
  • Blood tests in heart failure
  • Microbiology
  • Gastrointestinal organisms
  • Urogenital organisms
  • Other organisms
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CFS)
  • Fertility and pregnancy testing
  • Female hormone profiles
  • Semen analysis
  • Pregnancy tests
  • Rhesus blood group testing
  • Alpha-fetoproteins
  • Rheumatology
  • Testing for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
  • Autoantibodies
  • Routine testing of patients receiving disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
  • Biochemistry
  • Liver function tests (LFTs)
  • Faecal urobilinogen
  • Urea and electrolytes
  • Urine biochemistry
  • Blood sugar
  • Creatine kinase (CK)
  • Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH)
  • Thyroid function tests
  • Blood lipids
  • Special cases
  • Faecal fats
  • Coeliac disease
  • Miscellaneous
  • Interpretation of cervical smears
  • Microscopic haematuria
  • Faecal occult blood
  • Therapeutic target ranges of commonly monitored drugs
  • Investigation on leg ulcers
  • Interpreting DEXA scans in screening for osteoporosis