This classic guide to the interpretation of normal and abnormal laboratory results is now fully revised and expanded, including updates on established and familiar tests, as well as interpretations on recent developments. It outlines new guidelines on specific clinical conditions such as heart failure, management of female infertility, specific lipid monitoring in diabetes and guidance for monitoring renal failure

A Guide to Laboratory Investigations, Fifth Edition continues to keep pace with change and remains an essential reference for all healthcare professionals.

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UPDATE

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CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION

* 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
* Thrombolia
* Haemoglobinpathies
* Effects of drug therapies on blood
* Common haematological term
* Microbiology bullet Gastrointestinal organisms
* Urogenital organisms
* Other organisms
* Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
* Fertility and pregnancy testing
* Female hormone profiles
* Semen analysis
* Pregnancy tests
* Rhesus blood group testing
* Alpha-fetoproteins
* Rheumatology
* Testing from rheumatoid arthritis
* Autoantibodies
* Biochemistry
* Liver function tests
* Faecal urobilinogen
* Urea and electrolytes
* Urine biochemistry
* Blood sugar
* Creatine kinase
* Lactic dehydrogenase
* Thyroid function tests
* Blood lipids bullet Special cases
* Miscellaneous

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