Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests,
Third Edition
Authors: Nicoll D, McPhee SJ, Pigone M, Detmer WM, Chou TM.
University of California, San Francisco
Publisher: Lange/McGraw-Hill
Pages: 511
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Doody's Health Sciences Book Rating (96/100)
"This is a useful handbook...helpful to the medical professional at any level of training. [It] would be a useful addition to a resident library or to have in the office"
-- Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"A lean, mean reference machine...seldom have I seen a book with such a high density of information"
-- The Journal of Family Practice (on the first edition)

Table of Contents

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1. Basic Principles of Diagnostic Test Use and Interpretation. Full chapter (61K)
2. Laboratory Procedures in the Clinical Setting. Table of contents (11K)
3. Common Laboratory Tests: Selection and Interpretation. Intro and sample (18K)
4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Principles and Test Interpretation. Intro and sample (22K)
5. Microbiology: Test Selection. Intro and sample (14K)
6. Diagnostic Imaging: Test Selection and Interpretation Intro and sample (17K)
7. Basic Electrocardiography. Intro and sample (18K)
8. Diagnostic Testing: Algorithms, Nomograms, and Tables. Intro and sample (39K)