Clinical Use of Laboratory Data

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

I. INTRODUCTION

• 1. Reference (Normal) Values
• 2. Causes for Variation in Laboratory Testing
• 3. Evaluating Usefulness of Laboratory Tests
  

II. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY

• 4. Acid-Base and Blood Gas Disorders
  
• 5. Water and Electrolyte Balance
  
• 6. Renal Function and Urinalysis
  
• 7. Carbohydrate Metabolism
  
• 8. Lipids
  
• 9. Plasma Proteins
  
• 10. Laboratory Evaluation of Mineral and Bone Metabolism
  
• 11. Laboratory Diagnosis of Liver Disease
  
• 12. Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle
  
• 13. Laboratory Evaluation of Thyroid Function
  
• 14. Laboratory Evaluation of Adrenal Function
  
• 15. Pituitary Function
  
• 16. Gonadal Function Test
  
• 17. Diagnosis and Monitoring of Pregnancy
  
• 18. Principles of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
  
• 19. Toxicology
  
• 20. Body Fluids
  
• 21. The GI Tract and Pancreas
  
• 22. Evaluation of Nutrition
  
• 23. Tumor Markers
  

III. HEMATOLOGIC PATHOLOGY

• 24. Red Blood Cell Disorders
  
• 25. White Cells and Related Disorders
  
• 26. Evaluation and Diagnosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
  
• 27. Laboratory Evaluation of Hemostasis
  

IV. DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF INFECTIONS

• 28. Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection
  
• 29. Respiratory Tract Infection
  
• 30. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  
• 31. Evaluation of Suspected Infectious Diarrhea
  
• 32. Wound and Body Fluid Infections
  
• 33. Opportunistic Infections
  
• 34. Selecting and Monitoring Antibiotic Therapy
  
• 35. Use of Serologic Procedures to Diagnose Infections
  

V. IMMUNOLOGY

• 36. Laboratory Assessment of Immunologic Function
  
• 37. Laboratory Evaluation of Autoimmunity
  

VI. FACTORS AFFECTING LABORATORY TESTS

• 38. Factors Affecting Labortory Tests
  

Index