Laboratory and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses by Jane Vincent Corbett (1996, Trade Paperback)

Prentice Hall PTR

0838555950

9780838555958

204059

Jane Vincent Corbett

Laboratory and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses

Trade Paperback

English

1996

Textbook

800 Pages

9.2in

1.2in

6.9in

40.3 Oz

Rt48.5.C67 1996

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I. LABORATORY TESTS. 1. Using Laboratory Data. 2. Hematology Tests. 3. Routine Urinalysis and Other Urine Tests. 4. Renal Function Tests. 5. Four Commonly Measured Electrolytes. 6. Arterial Blood Gases. 7. Three Less Commonly Measured Electrolytes. 8. Tests to Measure the Metabolism of Glucose and Other Sugars. 9. Tests to Measure Lipid Metabolism. 10. Tests Related to Serum Protein Levels. 11. Tests to Measure the Metabolism of Bilirubin. 12. Tests to Measure Enzyme and Isoenzyme Levels. 13. Coagulation Tests and Tests to Detect Occult Blood. 14. Serological Tests. 15. Endocrine Tests. 16. Culture and Sensitivity Tests. 17. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Toxicology Screens. 18. Tests Performed in Pregnancy and the Newborn Period. II. CASE STUDIES. 19. Practice Interpretation of Laboratory Data. III. DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES. 20. Diagnostic Radiological Tests. 21. Tomography and Body Scans. 22. Diagnostic Tests Using Radionuclides or Radioisotopes. 23. Diagnostic Ultrasonography. 24. Common Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests. 25. Common Invasive Tests. 26. Stress Tests, Cardiac Catheterizations, and Electrophysiology Studies. 27. Endoscopic Procedures. 28. Diagnostic Procedures Related to Childbearing Years. APPENDICES: REFERENCE VALUES AND OTHER INFORMATION. A. Tables. 1: General Chemistry Values.2: Endocrine Chemistry Values.3: Immunology Values.4: Hematology and Coagulation Values.B. Reference Values for Newborns and Children Compared with Adult Values.C. Possible Alterations in Reference Values for the Aged.D. Altered Reference Values for Common Laboratory Tests in Normal Pregnancies.E. Common Abbreviations for Laboratory Tests (Part I).F. Common Abbreviations for Diagnostic Procedures (Part III).G. Units of Measurement.H. Answers to Questions for Part I (Laboratory Tests).I. Answers to Questions for Part III (Diagnostic Procedures).Index.

1996

College Audience

Diagnosis, Laboratory Medicine, Nursing / Assessment & Diagnosis

95-036448

616.07/5

20

Yes

Medical