Provides clinical information on specimen collection and diagnostic test interpretation. This title explains hundreds of diagnostic tests, including preparation, normal values, abnormal values, easy-to-identify crisis values, and nursing considerations. It also provides information for nurses, with bullets, lists, and hundreds of illustrations.

Biomedical imaging is a fascinating research area to applied mathematicians. This book highlights mathematical developments in biomedical imaging techniques. It focuses on multi-physics and multi-scales imaging approaches. It also provides the basic mathematical concepts and tools for image reconstruction.

Offers guidance on diagnostic and laboratory testing for health professionals in both academic and clinical settings. In this title, the tests are presented in a format that includes normal findings, indications, contraindications, potential complications, interfering factors, procedure and patient care, test results, and clinical significance.

Traces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, the filming and broadcasting of surgical operations, the creation of plastinated corpses for display as art objects, and the use of digitized cadavers in anatomical study.

Intended to help beginning clinicians and trainees to more efficiently gather, organize, assess and diagnose a patient's history and current illness.

Covers 100 common presenting problems, which occur in both medicine and surgery. Each problem is dealt with in a standard manner: a brief definition of the problem, a reference table of possible diagnoses ordered by body system and a step-by-step guide to the history and examination of the patient with a view to making a final positive diagnosis.

Helps the student and junior doctor to move from a presenting problem to a diagnosis. This product provides the user with the diagnostic content for loading onto a PDA from the enclosed CD-ROM. It provides a brief definition of each problem; a reference table of possible diagnoses ordered by body system; and others.

Problem-based learning (PBL) places formal emphasis on the teaching and development of medical problem-solving skills. This book examines the nature of the clinical reasoning process, its development in relation to clinical expertise and the methods available for its assessment and evaluation.

Helps students and physicians to navigate from the patient's symptoms and presenting signs to the diagnosis. This book covers 139 chief complaints and signs and is organized to parallel the diagnostic reasoning process. It includes a collection of 192 full-color illustrations that show diagnostically important observable signs.

Describes a method of pulse assessment. This book provides an insight into this system of diagnosis drawing upon the traditions of Chinese medicine, the knowledge of biomedical constructs and the relationship of each to contemporary TCM clinical practice. It contains sections on reliability and validity of pulse diagnosis.

Immunoassays are biochemical tests that rely on antibodies that used in diagnostics, from home pregnancy testing kits to AIDS testing. This work offers a review of information and clinical applications in the field of immunoassay technology. It also gives information on advanced technology, including micro- and nanoscale immunoassays.

When a patient presents to a clinician, it is vitally important for that doctor to be able to differentiate quickly and correctly between the various diseases to which the presenting symptoms may be attributed. This work provides the clinician with assistance in this regard. It is arranged alphabetically, based upon presenting symptoms.

With updates in the biochemical underpinnings of metabolic medicine and the integration of laboratory findings with clinical practice, this classic textbook retains its focus on clinical relevance and is updated with illustrations and case histories throughout.

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Presents an examination of specimen processing of effusion fluids, detailing the steps needed to obtain accurate diagnoses. This book offers an approach to the evaluation and interpretation of specimens which enables you to establish a definitive diagnosis in these cases.

Presents the different aspects of clinical chemistry for the senior clinical medical student or junior doctor on the ward. This book explains the rationale underlying the common clinical chemistry tests to request and gives guidance as to what action is required on receipt of abnormal results.

Contains information on continuing pregnancy following the diagnosis of fetalabnormality and prenatal diagnosis in a multicultural society. This work presents a glossary of the meanings of words used in couselling for prenatal diagnosis. It also provides an insight into personal and first-hand experience of prenatal screening.

Teaches students the steps in history taking, which is the most important part of the clinical examination. Focusing on the patient interview, this book is organised by specific complaints, and talks about the patients encountered in a clinical or office setting.

Offers medical students with some basic principles of diagnosis and management, medico-legal pitfalls and roles of evidence in primary care. Using practical examples, this book describes the mental process of arriving at a clinical diagnosis, with emphasis on important signs or symptoms and investigations to look out for.