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Author Higgins, Chris, FIBMS.
Title Understanding laboratory investigations : a guide for nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals / Chris Higgins.
Publication Info Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Edition 3rd ed.


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 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  RB 37 H6  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  RB 37 H6  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Descript 416p.
Edition 3rd ed.
Contents Introduction to clinical laboratories -- Some principles of laboratory testing -- Blood glucose and HBA1C -- Plasma/serum sodium and potassium -- Plasma/serum urea and creatinine : and eGFR -- Plasma/serum calcium and phosphate -- Arterial blood gases -- Plasma/serum cholesterol and triglycerides -- Cardiac markers : troponin, CK(MB) and BNP -- Tests of thyroid function : T4, T3, and TSH -- Liver function tests : alanine transferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (AP), bilirubin and albumin -- Serum/plasma amylase -- Drug overdose : paracetamol and salicylate -- Therapeutic drug monitoring : lithium, digoxin, and theophylline -- Full blood count 1 : red blood cell count : haemoglobin and red cell indices -- Full blood count 2 : white cell count and differential -- Tests of haemostasis : platelet count, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, and D-dimer -- Laboratory investigation of anaemia : serum iron, total iron binding capacity, serum ferritin, serum B12, and folate -- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and serum CRP -- Blood group, antibody screen, and crossmatch -- Urine microscopy, culture, and sensitivity -- Blood culture -- Newborn screening blood tests -- Cervical screening test -- Dipstik testing of urine.
ISBN 9780470659519 (pbk.)
0470659513
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Author Higgins, Chris, FIBMS.
Subject Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Nurses.
Allied health personnel.
Descript 416p.
Edition 3rd ed.
Contents Introduction to clinical laboratories -- Some principles of laboratory testing -- Blood glucose and HBA1C -- Plasma/serum sodium and potassium -- Plasma/serum urea and creatinine : and eGFR -- Plasma/serum calcium and phosphate -- Arterial blood gases -- Plasma/serum cholesterol and triglycerides -- Cardiac markers : troponin, CK(MB) and BNP -- Tests of thyroid function : T4, T3, and TSH -- Liver function tests : alanine transferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (AP), bilirubin and albumin -- Serum/plasma amylase -- Drug overdose : paracetamol and salicylate -- Therapeutic drug monitoring : lithium, digoxin, and theophylline -- Full blood count 1 : red blood cell count : haemoglobin and red cell indices -- Full blood count 2 : white cell count and differential -- Tests of haemostasis : platelet count, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, and D-dimer -- Laboratory investigation of anaemia : serum iron, total iron binding capacity, serum ferritin, serum B12, and folate -- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and serum CRP -- Blood group, antibody screen, and crossmatch -- Urine microscopy, culture, and sensitivity -- Blood culture -- Newborn screening blood tests -- Cervical screening test -- Dipstik testing of urine.
ISBN 9780470659519 (pbk.)
0470659513
Author Higgins, Chris, FIBMS.
Subject Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Nurses.
Allied health personnel.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  RB 37 H6  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  RB 37 H6  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Nurses.
Allied health personnel.
Descript 416p.
Contents Introduction to clinical laboratories -- Some principles of laboratory testing -- Blood glucose and HBA1C -- Plasma/serum sodium and potassium -- Plasma/serum urea and creatinine : and eGFR -- Plasma/serum calcium and phosphate -- Arterial blood gases -- Plasma/serum cholesterol and triglycerides -- Cardiac markers : troponin, CK(MB) and BNP -- Tests of thyroid function : T4, T3, and TSH -- Liver function tests : alanine transferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (AP), bilirubin and albumin -- Serum/plasma amylase -- Drug overdose : paracetamol and salicylate -- Therapeutic drug monitoring : lithium, digoxin, and theophylline -- Full blood count 1 : red blood cell count : haemoglobin and red cell indices -- Full blood count 2 : white cell count and differential -- Tests of haemostasis : platelet count, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, and D-dimer -- Laboratory investigation of anaemia : serum iron, total iron binding capacity, serum ferritin, serum B12, and folate -- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and serum CRP -- Blood group, antibody screen, and crossmatch -- Urine microscopy, culture, and sensitivity -- Blood culture -- Newborn screening blood tests -- Cervical screening test -- Dipstik testing of urine.
ISBN 9780470659519 (pbk.)
0470659513

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