Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, Sixth Edition. Kathleen D. Pagana and Timothy J. Pagana. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, An Affiliate of Elsevier Science, 2003, 1053 pp., $34.95, softcover. ISBN 0-323-02049-6.

摘要

This reference text, now in its sixth edition, is a systematic catalog of diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests. It is easily readable and organized in a fashion that will be useful to clinicians and laboratorians alike. The book consists of three main parts: an introductory user’s guide to test preparation and procedures; the body of the text, which addresses 500 diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests in alphabetical order; and appendices.The introductory section describes …