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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Reviewers | |
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| Laboratory Tests | |
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| Using Laboratory Data | |
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| Hematology Tests | |
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| Routine Urinalysis and Other Urine Tests | |
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| Renal Function Tests | |
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| Four Commonly Measured Electrolytes | |
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| Arterial Blood Gases and Related Tests | |
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| Three Less Commonly Measured Electrolytes | |
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| Tests to Measure the Metabolism of Glucose and Other Sugars | |
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| Tests to Measure Lipid Metabolism and Other Cardiac Risk Factors | |
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| Tests Related to Serum Protein Levels, Tumor Markers, and Cancer Genomics | |
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| Tests to Measure the Metabolism of Bilirubin | |
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| Tests to Measure Enzymes and Cardiac Markers | |
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| Coagulation Tests and Tests to Detect Occult Blood | |
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| Serologic Tests, Immunohematology, Microbiology and Immunology | |
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| Endocrine Tests | |
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| Culture and Sensitivity Tests and Rapid Tests for Infections | |
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| Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Toxicology Screens | |
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| Tests Performed in Pregnancy, the Newborn Period, and for Genetic Screening | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Practice Interpretation of Laboratory Data | |
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| Diagnostic Procedures | |
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| Diagnostic Radiologic Tests | |
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| Body Scans: CT, MRI and Others | |
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| Nuclear Scans: Diagnostic Tests with Radionuclides or Radidisotopes | |
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| Diagnostic Ultrasonography | |
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| Common Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests | |
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| Common Invasive Tests | |
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| Stress Tests, Cardiac Catheterizations, Electrophysiologic Studies, and Syncope Tests | |
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| Endoscopic Procedures | |
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| Diagnostic Procedures Related to Childbearing Years | |
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| Reference Values for Newborns and Children Compared with Adult Values | |
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| Possible Alterations in Reference Values for the Aged | |
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| Altered Reference Values for Common Laboratory Tests in Normal Pregnancies | |
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| Units of Measure | |
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| Answers to Questions for Part I (Laboratory Tests) | |
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| Answers to Questions for Part III (Diagnostic Procedures) | |
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| SI Conversion Factors | |
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| Diagrams of Laboratory Results | |
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| Index | |