Clinical chemistry : a laboratory perspective
"Clinical Chemistry: A Laboratory Perspective presents a case-based approach, teaching the principles of clinical chemistry through realistic scenarios commonly encountered in the lab. This practical approach will assist students in applying the concepts and content to laboratory practice and encourage development of critical-thinking skills." "Key features: Organized almost entirely by organ systems, Realistic, laboratory-based scenarios introduce each major topic and are continued throughout the chapter to correlate presentation, assessment, diagnosis, and follow-up, Clinical cases that illustrate the type of information presented to and generated by the laboratory regarding patients, Common Sense Check boxes highlighting important, yet often simple, concepts vital in quality lab testing, Test Methodology boxes summarizing pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical aspects of lab tests, Clinical Correlation sidebars connecting theoretical concepts directly to practice, An emphasis on the Team Approach and how other members of the healthcare team interact with the lab. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2007
F.A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, ©2007