Concise conversational entertaining and easy to use at any level of healthcare experience
The Only Diagnostic Lab Book You’ll Ever Need clarifies the when where why and how of
laboratory testing to help you make informed testing decisions and draw confident clinical
conclusions. This approachable how-to guide focuses on the most common and clinically
useful diagnostic tests and panels employed in everyday healthcare practice regardless of
specialty making it the ideal introduction for medical PA nurse practitioner and nursing
students embarking on their healthcare education. Residents fellows and practicing clinicians
will find many new insights and clinical pearls that can immediately improve their practice and
teaching. Straightforward clinically oriented coverage walks you through selecting and
employing the right diagnostic tests from the thousands available. The result is an informative
engaging text that will help you hone your clinical reasoning and streamline your approach to
ordering and interpreting lab tests in the clinical decision-making process. Abundant
illustrations tables and flow charts highlight key concepts in selecting and interpreting
diagnostic lab tests. Lively lighthearted text gets right to the point without compromising
clarity or detail. Discussions emphasize what the tests actually mean within the relevant
clinical context stressing understanding over memorization you will know what to do next
what to avoid and why.
