A complete full-color guide to medical test selection and test result interpretation!

Laboratory Medicine is an essential text for medical students and residents studying clinical pathology, medical technology students, and for practitioners working in a clinical setting. By selecting the appropriate tests and interpreting the results correctly, physicians using this book should be able to optimize patient outcomes and reduce the cost of achieving a diagnosis.

This full-color guide features an easy-to-follow, consistent presentation for each disease discussed. Chapters begin with a brief description of the disorder followed by a discussion that includes tables detailing the laboratory evaluation of specific disorders, and coverage of diagnosis, baseline tests to exclude diagnostic possibilities, and clinical indications that warrant further screening and special testing.

*Updated to reflect the most current information*Board review questions appear at the end of each chapter*Approximately 50 laboratory methods presented in easy-to-understand illustrations which include information on the expense and complexity of the assays*More than 200 tables and full-color algorithms encapsulate important information and facilitate understanding*Full-color blood-smear micrographs demonstrate common abnormal morphologies of red blood cells*Valuable learning aids in each chapter, including learning objectives, chapter outlines, and a general introduction*Extensive table of Clinical Laboratory Reference Values showing the conversions between US and SI units for each value*Coverage of genetic test options that are now commonly used in clinical practice

Laboratory Medicine is the most comprehensive, user-friendly, and well-illustrated guide available for learning how to order the correct laboratory test and understand the clinical significance of the results. The book features an easy-to-follow, consistent presentation for each disease discussed. Chapters begin with a brief description of the disorder followed by a discussion that includes tables detailing the laboratory evaluation of specific disorders, diagnosis, baseline tests to exclude diagnostic possibilities, and clinical indications that warrant further screening and special testing.

With new, increasingly expensive and complicated tests appearing almost daily, Laboratory Medicine, Third Edition is required reading for medical students, clinical laboratory scientists, and healthcare professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest testing procedures and maximize accuracy and patient safety.

48 clinical laboratory methods presented in easy-to-understand illustrations that include information on the expense and complexity of the assays
More than 200 tables and full-color algorithms that encapsulate important information and facilitate understanding
Full-color blood-smear micrographs that demonstrate common abnormal morphologies of red blood cells
Valuable learning aids in each chapter, including learning objectives, chapter outlines, and a general introduction -- and new to this edition: chapter-ending self-assessment Q&A
Logical systems-based organization that complements most textbooks
Extensive table of Clinical Laboratory Reference Values that show the conversions between U.S. and SI units for each value

Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D (Galveston, TX), Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology;University of Texas Medical Branch.