Todd Sanford clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods

Abstract

The book describes laboratory methods in the fields of hematology, immunohematology, blood cell ultrastructure, blood groups, coagulation, hemostasis, nuclear medicine, spectrophotometry, clinical chemistry, clinical toxicology, drug assay, endocrinology, acid base balance, electrolyte metabolism, liver and kidney function tests, urine analysis, enzyme analysis, pancreatic disorders, stomach and duodenum analysis, feces analysis, medical microbiology, medical parasitology, medical mycology, viral, rickettsial, bedsonial and mycoplasmal disease, hospital epidemiology, serology, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, pregnancy tests, amniotic fluid, seminal fluid, cytogenetics, and laboratory computerization. The diagnostic value and the theoretical background of the results are discussed and many references are given.