Wallachs
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 Wallachs 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
patients chief complaint and/or physical findings are initially presented with
subsequent discussions focused on discrete disease states as they relate to a
patients chief complaint. Current molecular diagnostic testing, cytogenetics,
common pitfalls, test limitations, and identification of appropriate tests for
specific clinical presentations are also addressed. Ninth Edition highlights
include: Detailed listing and description of routine and esoteric tests listed
alphabetically, with information on when to order and how to interpret the test
results based on evidence-based laboratory medicine. Information on how to work
up patients with specific symptoms and the appropriate lab tests to order
Up-to-date test procedures including molecular diagnostic tests Detailed
microbiology chapter of infectious diseases.
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