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Corbett, Jane Vincent.

Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures with nursing diagnoses / Jane Vincent Corbett. - 6th edition - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004. - x, 758 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I: Laboratory tests
1.Using laboratory data
2.Hematology tests
3.Routine urinalysis and other urine tests
4.Renal function tests
5.Four commonly measured electrolytes
6.Arterial blood gases
7.Three less commonly measured electrolytes
8.Tests to measure the metabolism of glucose and other sugars
9.Tests to measure lipid metabolism and other cardiac risk factors
10.Tests related to serum protein levels, tumor markers, and cancer genomics
11.Tests to measure the metabolism of bilirubin
12.Tests to measure enzymes and cardiac markers
13.Coagulation tests and tests to detect occult blood
14.Serologic tests
15.Endocrine tests
16.Culture and sensitivity tests
17.Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology screens
18.Tests performed in pregnancy, the newborn period, and for genetic screening

Part II: Case studies
19. Practice interpretation of laboratory data

Part III: Diagnostic procedures
20.Diagnostic radiologic tests
21.Body scans
22.Diagnostic tests with radionuclides or radioisotopes
23.Diagnostic ultrasonography
24.Common noninvasive diagnostic tests
25.Common invasive tests
26.Stress tests, cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiologic studies, and syncope tests
27.Endoscopic procedures
28.Diagnostic procedures related to childbearing years.

ISBN: 0130493694 9780130493699

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Diagnosis.
Nursing diagnosis.

Dewey Class. No.: WY 100.4 C789l 2004