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Ferri's Best Test A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging

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ISBN-10: 032302453X

ISBN-13: 9780323024532

Edition: 2004

Authors: Fred F. Ferri

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This unique new resource directs readers to the most efficient and cost-effective imaging and laboratory studies for any diagnostic challenge. Written by best-selling author Fred Ferri, MD, FACP, FERRI'S BEST TEST presents complete guidance on both radiologic and laboratory approaches in a single, user-friendly source. It is available in soft-cover book format, and as software for most handheld devices. Describes the most common imaging studies for each organ system, reviewing their indications advantages disadvantages and approximate costs. Examines over 200 laboratory tests, describing the normal range of results in adult patients typical abnormalities (positive tests, increased or…    
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List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 6/25/2004
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 392
Size: 4.33" wide x 7.37" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Diagnostic imaging
Abdominal/GI imaging
Breast imaging
Cardiac imaging
Chest imaging
Endocrine imaging
Genitourinary imaging
Musculoskeletal and spinal cord imaging
Neuroimaging of brain
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Vascular imaging
Laboratory values and interpretation of results
ACE level
Acetone (serum or plasma)
Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody
Acid phosphatase (serum)
Acid serum test
Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT, SGPT)
Albumin (serum)
Aldolase (serum)
Alkaline phosphatase (serum)
Alpha 1-antitrypsin (serum)
Alpha 1-fetoprotein (serum)
ALT
Aluminum (serum)
Ammonia (serum)
Amylase (serum)
Amylase, urine
ANA
ANCA
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE level)
Anion gap
Anticardiolipin antibody (ACA)
Anticoagulant
Anti-DNA
Antiglomerular basement antibody
Antimitochondrial antibody (AMA)
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)
Antinuclear antibody (ANA)
Antiphospholipid antibody
Anti-RNP antibody
Anti-Sm (anti-Smith) antibody
Anti-smooth muscle antibody
Antistreptolysin O titer (streptozyme, ASLO titer)
Antithrombin III
Arterial blood gases
Arthrocentesis fluid
ALSO titer
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, SGOT)
B-type natriuretic peptide
Basophil count
Bile, urine
Bilirubin, direct (conjugated bilirubin)
Bilirubin, indirect (unconjugated bilirubin)
Bilirubin, total
Bilirubin, urine
Bleeding time (modified Ivy method)
BRCA1, BRCA2
BUN
C3
C4
Calcitonin (serum)
Calcium (serum)
Calcium, urine
Cancer antigen 125 (CA-125)
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Carbon monoxide
Carboxyhemoglobin
Cardiac markers (serum)
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
Cardio-CRP
Carotene (serum)
Catecholamines, urine
CBC
CD4+ T-lymphocyte count (CD4+ T cells)
CER
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Ceruloplasmin (serum)
Chloride (serum)
Chloride (sweat)
Chloride, urine
Cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein
Cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein
Cholesterol, total
Chorionic gonadotropins, human (serum) (hCG)
Circulating anticoagulant (antiphospholipid antibody, lupus anticoagulant)
CK
Clostridium difficile toxin assay (stool)
CO
Coagulation factors
Cold agglutinins titer
Complement (C3, C4)
Complete blood count
Conjugated bilirubin
Coombs, direct
Coombs, indirect
Copper (serum)
Copper, urine
Cortisol (plasma)
C-peptide
CPK
C-reactive protein
Creatine kinase (CK, CPK)
Creatine kinase isoenzymes
Creatinine (serum)
Creatinine clearance
Creatinine, urine
Cryoglobulins (serum)
Cryptosporidium antigen by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (stool)
CSF
D-dimer
d-Xylose absorption test
Digoxin (Lanoxin)
Dilantin
Dopamine
Electrolytes, urine
Electrophoresis, hemoglobin
Electrophoresis, protein
ENA complex
Endomysial antibodies
Eosinophil count
Epinephrine, plasma
Epstein-barr virus serology
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (Westergren)
Erythropoietin (EP)
Estradiol (serum)
Ethanol (blood)
Extractable nuclear antigen (ENA complex, anti-RNP antibody, anti-Sm, anti-Smith)
FDP
Fecal fat, qualitative
Fecal fat, quantitative (72-hour collection)
Ferritin (serum)
Fibrin degradation product (FDP)
Fibrinogen
Fluorescent treponemal antibody
Folate (folic acid)
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Free T4
Free thyroxine index
FSH
FAT-ABS (serum)
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Gastrin (serum)
Glomerular basement membrane antibody
Glucose, fasting
Glucose, postprandial
Glucose tolerance test
Glucose-6-phosphate (G6PD) dehydrogenase screen (blood)
[gamma]-Glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Glycated (glycosylated) hemoglobin (HbA1c)
Ham test (acid serum test)
Haptoglobin (serum)
HDL
Helicobacter pylori (serology, stool antigen)
Hematocrit
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Hemoglobin, glycated
Hemoglobin, glycosylated
Hemoglobin, urine
Hemosiderin, urine
Hepatitis A antibody
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
Heterophil antibody
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
Homocysteine, plasma
Hs-CRP
Human immunodeficiency virus antibody, type 1 (HIV-1)
5-Hydroxyindole-acetic acid, urine
Immune complex assay
Immunoglobulins
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) (serum)
International normalized ratio (INR)
Iron-binding capacity (TIBC)
Lactate (blood)
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes
Lanoxin
Lap score
LDH
LDL
Legionella titer
Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP)
Leukocyte count
LH
Lipase
Lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
Lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
Lupus anticoagulant
Luteinizing hormone (LH) (blood)
Lymphocytes
Magnesium (serum)
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
Metanephrines, urine
Monocyte count
Myoglobin, urine
Natriuretic peptide
Neutrophil count
Norepinephrine
5' Nucleotidase
Osmolality, serum
Osmolality, urine
Paracentesis fluid
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
pH, blood
pH, urine
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin (Dilantin)
Phosphatase, acid
Phosphatase, alkaline
Phosphate (serum)
Platelet count
Potassium (serum)
Potassium, urine
Procainamide
Prolactin
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
Protein (serum)
Protein electrophoresis (serum)
Prothrombin time (PT)
Protoporphyrin (free erythrocyte)
PSA
PT
PTT
RDW
Red blood cell count
Red blood cell distribution width (RDW)
Red blood cell folate
Red blood cell mass (volume)
Renin (serum)
Reticulocyte count
Rheumatoid factor
RNP
Schilling test
Sedimentation rate
SGOT
SGPT
Smooth muscle antibody
Sodium (serum)
Streptozyme
Sucrose hemolysis test (sugar water test)
Sudan III stain (qualitative screening for fecal fat)
T3 (triiodothyronine)
T3 resin uptake (T3RU)
T4, serum T4, and free T4 (free thyroxine)
Serum free T4
Tegretol
Testosterone
Theophylline
Thoracentesis fluid
Thrombin time (TT)
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
TIBC
Transferrin
Triglycerides
Triiodothyronine
Troponins (serum)
TSH
TT
Unconjugated bilirubin
Urea nitrogen (BUN)
Uric acid (serum)
Urinalysis
Urine amylase
Urine bile
Urine calcium
Urine cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophosphate)
Urine catecholamines
Urine chloride
Urine copper
Urine cortisol, free
Urine creatinine (24 hour)
Urine crystals
Urine eosinophils
Urine glucose (qualitative)
Urine hemoglobin, free
Urine hemosiderin
Urine 5-hydroxyindole-acetic acid (urine 5-HIAA)
Urine indican
Urine ketones (semiquantitative)
Urine metanephrines
Urine myoglobin
Urine nitrite
Urine occult blood
Urine osmolality
Urine pH
Urine phosphate
Urine potassium
Urine protein (quantitative)
Urine sodium (quantitative)
Urine specific gravity
Urine vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratories)
Viscosity (serum)
Vitamin B12
d-Xylose absorption
Diseases and disorders
Abdominal abscess
Abruptio placentae
Achalasia
Acoustic neuroma
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Acromegaly
Actinomycosis
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Addison's disease
Adrenal mass
Aldosteronism
Alpha[subscript 1]-antitrypsin deficiency
Alzheimer's disease
Amaurosis fugax
Amebiasis
Amenorrhea, primary
Amenorrhea, secondary
Amyloidosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Anemia, macrocytic
Anemia, microcytic
Aneurysm of abdominal aorta
Antinuclear antibody (ANA) positive
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Aortic dissection
Appendicitis
Arthritis, infectious (bacterial)
Ascariasis
Ascites
Aseptic necrosis
Back pain, acute, lumbosacral (LS) area
Baker's cyst
Bilirubin elevation
Bleeding disorder, congenital
Brain abscess
Breast abscess
Breast implant rupture
Breast mass
Breast nipple discharge
Bronchiectasis
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Carcinoid syndrome
Cardiomegaly on chest x-ray
Cat-scratch disease
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Celiac disease
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Cholangitis
Cholecystitis
Cholelithiasis
Claudication
CPK elevation
Cushing's syndrome
Cyanosis
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Delirium
Diabetes insipidus
Diarrhea
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Diverticulitis
Dysphagia
Dyspnea
Dysuria
Echinococcosis
Ectopic pregnancy
Edema, generalized
Edema, lower extremity
Endocarditis, infective
Endometriosis
Enuresis
Epiglottitis
Esophageal perforation
Fatigue
Fever of undetermined origin (FUO)
Genital lesions/ulcers
Goiter
Gout
Gynecomastia
Hearing loss
Hematuria
Hemochromatosis
Hemophilia
Hemoptysis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B, acute
Hepatitis C
Hepatomegaly
Hepatorenal syndrome
Hirsutism
Hydrocephalus, normal pressure (NPH)
Hypercalcemia
Hyperkalemia
Hypermagnesemia
Hypernatremia
Hyperphosphatemia
Hyperthyroidism
Hypogonadism
Hypokalemia
Hypomagnesemia
Hyponatremia
Hypophosphatemia
Hypothyroidism
Infertility
Insulinoma
Intracranial mass
Jaundice
Joint effusion
Knee pain
Liver abscess
Liver function test elevations
Lung abscess
Lymphadenopathy, axillary
Lymphadenopathy, cervical
Lymphadenopathy, epitrochlear
Lymphadenopathy, generalized
Lymphadenopathy, inguinal
Lymphedema
Macrocytosis
Malabsorption, suspected
Mastoiditis
Meckel's diverticulum
Mediastinal adenopathy
Meningioma
Meningitis
Mesenteric venous thrombosis
Mesothelioma
Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic alkalosis
Microcytosis
Multiple myeloma
Multiple sclerosis
Muscle cramps
Muscle weakness
Myasthenia gravis (MG)
Myocardial ischemia, suspected
Neutropenia
Oliguria
Osteomyelitis
Osteonecrosis
Osteoporosis
Paget's disease of bone
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic mass
Pancreatitis, acute
Pelvic abscess
Pelvic mass
Pelvic pain, reproductive age woman
Peptic ulcer disease
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral nerve dysfunction
Perirectal abscess
Pheochromocytoma
Pituitary adenoma
Placenta previa
Pleural effusion
Polyarteritis nodosa
Polycystic kidney disease
Polycythemia vera
Portal hypertension
Portal vein thrombosis
Proteinuria
Pruritus, generalized
Puberty, delayed
Puberty, precocious
Prolactinoma
Prostate cancer
Pseudomembranous colitis
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary nodule
Purpura
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)
Renal artery stenosis
Renal insufficiency
Renal mass
Renal vein thrombosis
Respiratory acidosis
Respiratory alkalosis
Retropharyngeal abscess
Rhabdomyolysis
Rotator cuff tear
Sacroiliac joint pain
Salivary gland neoplasm
Sarcoidosis
Scrotal mass
Seizure disorder
SIADH (syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion)
Sialolithiasis
Sinusitis
Small-bowel obstruction
Spinal epidural abscess
Spinal stenosis
Splenomegaly
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subclavian steal syndrome
Subdural hematoma
Superior vena cava syndrome
Syncope
Temporal arteritis
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome
Testicular neoplasm
Testicular torsion
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytosis
Thyroid nodule
Thyroiditis
Tinnitus
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Trigeminal neuralgia
Urethral discharge
Urolithiasis
Vaginal bleeding, 1st trimester
Vaginal discharge
Vertigo
Viral hepatitis
von Willebrand's disease
Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
Wegener's granulomatosis
Weight loss, involuntary
Wilson's disease
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
References
Index