Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures with nursing diagnoses /
Jane Vincent Corbett.
- 5th edition.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall Health, c2000.
- xii, 813 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents Ch. 1. Using laboratory data Ch. 2. Hematology tests Ch. 3. Routine urinalysis and other urine tests ch. 4. Renal function tests ch. 5. Four commonly measured electrolytes ch. 6. Arterial blood gases ch. 7. Three less commonly measured electrolytes ch. 8. Tests to measure the metabolism of glucose and other sugars ch. 9. Tests to measure lipid metabolism and other cardiac risk factors ch. 10. Tests related to serum protein levels and tumor markers ch. 11. Tests to measure the metabolism of bilirubin ch. 12. Tests to measure enzymes and cardiac markers ch. 13. Coagulation tests and tests to detect occult blood ch. 14. Serologic tests ch. 15. Endocrine tests ch. 16. Culture and sensitivity tests ch. 17. Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology screens ch. 18. Tests performed in pregnancy and the newborn period ch. 19. Practice interpretation of laboratory data ch. 20. Diagnostic radiologic tests ch. 21. Tomography and body scans ch. 22. Diagnostic tests with radionuclides or radioisotopes ch. 23. Diagnostic ultrasonography ch. 24. Common noninvasive diagnostic tests ch. 25. Common invasive tests ch. 26. Stress tests, cardiac catheterizations, and electrophysiologic studies ch. 27. Endoscopic procedures ch. 28. Diagnostic procedures related to childbearing years.