A reference text aimed at hospital doctors, general practitioners, medical students and paramedical staff. It provides the information needed for correct interpretation and assessment of laboratory tests, both biochemical and haematological.

This reference book hospital doctors, general practitioners, medical students and paramedical staff provides, in a compact and comprehensive form, the information needed for the correct interpretation and assessment of laboratory tests, both biochemical and haematological. Normal test results - and the causes of any variations from the normal - are reported clearly, thus helping the clinician to reach an accurate diagnosis or, alternatively, to assess the effects of treatment already in progress. The book includes many scales and scores, as well as other methods of investigation, which are all conveniently gathered together within a single volume. Among these, for example, are amniocentesis, apgar score, cardiac stress test, confrontation tests, New York Heart Association classification of angina, flip test, infertility tests, Shick test, Spinnbarkeit test, step test, Uterberger test, visual confrontation tests and the Well-leg raising test.

• Adrenocorticotropic hormone
• acetylcholinesterase
• alanine aminotransferase
• bilirubin
• calcium
• cerebrospinal fluid
• corticosteroids
• erythrocyte count
• erythrocyte sedimentation rate
• dexamethasone suppression test
• inorganic phosphorus
• ketosteroids
• progesterone
• prothrombin time
• template bleeding time
• thyroid function tests
• tolbutamide tolerance test
• total iron
• binding capacity
• urobilinogen
• uric acid
• vitamin A
• vitamin B
• vitamin C
• white blood cell count