A quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 commonly used diagnostic tests COVERS: Basic principles of diagnostic testing, common blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid laboratory tests, therapeutic drug monitoring, microbiologic test selection and interpretation and diagnostic imaging tests by body system , electrocardiography, and differential diagnosis tables & algorithms Tests used in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology and obstetrics and gynecology INCLUDES: Costs and risks of diagnostic tests Evidence-based information Diseases associated with abnormal test results, including test sensitivities Full literature citations with PubMed (PMID) numbers included for each reference More than 24 NEW clinical laboratory test entries, 6 NEW differential diagnosis tables 5 NEW diagnostic algorithms NEW sections on point-of-care testing, provider-performed microscopy, pharmacogenetic testing, and diagnostic echocardiography Diana Nicoll, MD, PhD, MPA Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine University of California, San Francisco Chief of Staff and Chief, Laboratory Medicine Service Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine University of California, San Francisco Chief, Hematology and Hematopathology Laboratory Medicine Service Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco Michael Pignone, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Stephen J. McPhee, MD Professor of Medicine, Emeritus Division of General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco Table of contents 1. Diagnostic Testing and Medical Decision Making 2. Poiont-of-Care Testingand Provider-Performed Microscopy 3. Common Laboratory Tests: Selection and Interpretation 4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenetic Testing 5. Microbiology: Test Selection 6. Diagnostic Imaging: Test Selection and Interpretation 7. Basic Electrocatdiography and Echocardiography 8. diagnostis Tests in Differential Diagnosis 9. diagnostic Algorithms 10. Nomograms and Reference Material