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Understanding laboratory investigations : (Record no. 32786)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780470659519
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number QY 4.
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal author Higgins, Chris
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Understanding laboratory investigations :
Subtitle a guide for nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals
250 ## - EDITION
Edition statement 3rd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication Chichester :
Publisher Wiley Blackwell,
Date 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description viii, 416p.
520 ## - ABSTRACT
Abstract Providing nurses with information about the tests performed on patient samples in hospital laboratories, including clinical relevance of test results, this work explains the physiological function being measured, details of reference ranges and the clinical significance of test results for diagnosis or patient monitoring. The purpose of this book is to help nurses, midwives and health professionals to better understand how the work of clinical laboratories contributes to patient care. It answers the following questions: Why is this test being ordered on my patient? What sort of sample is required? How is that sample obtained? And most importantly: What is the significance of the test result for my patient? Retaining its accessible and user-friendly style, the aim of this book remains the same: to provide nurses with as much relevant information as possible about the most commonly requested laboratory tests. This is not a book about laboratory technique - its focus is on the clinical significance of test results, and therefore the patient. The third edition is more comprehensive in terms of the number of tests discussed, incorporates colour to aid the accessibility, and includes more paediatric content.
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Subject term Diagnosis, laboratory
9 (RLIN) 5872
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Subject term Diagnostic tests, routine
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Subject term Pathology, clinical
9 (RLIN) 7333
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