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Tables of Contents for Laboratory Test Handbook
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
2
1
Acknowledgments
3
1
About the Authors
4
4
How to Use This Handbook
8
2
Maximizing the Information from Laboratory Tests - The Ulysses Syndrome
Tests in Search of a Disease
10
1
The Reference Range Problem and Biologic Variation
10
5
Probabilities of Test Results within Reference Range on Multiple Panels
15
1
Analytical Error and the Coefficient of Variation
15
1
Decision Analysis - Predictive Value Theory - What Does This Result Mean?
15
2
Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) Curves
17
3
Concurrent Disease Processes
20
1
Ulysses Reaches Home at Last
20
2
Specimen Collection
22
3
Overview and Regulatory Considerations
22
1
Communication of Hazards
23
1
Record Keeping
24
1
Patient Satisfaction Issues
24
1
Anatomic Pathology
25
1
Chemistry
26
1
Clinical Microscopy
27
1
Coagulation
28
1
Cytogenetics
29
2
Cytopathology
31
2
Hematology
33
15
Anemia Flowchart
34
9
Cluster of Differentiation (CD) Antigens
43
5
Immunology
48
1
Infectious Diseases
49
1
Molecular Genetic Testing
50
4
Approach to Testing
50
1
Special Situations and Ethical Issues
51
1
Alternatives to Testing
52
1
Electronic References on Genetic Diseases and Genetic Testing
52
2
Molecular Oncology
54
2
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
56
6
Anticonvulsants Table
59
1
Antibiotics Table
60
1
Cardiac Drugs Table
61
1
Toxicology/Drugs of Abuse
62
7
Poison Control Centers
65
3
Chain-of-Custody Form
68
1
Trace Elements
69
1
Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)
70
9
Summary Chart of Blood Components
77
2
Urinalysis
79
2
Alphabetical Listing of Tests
81
1090
Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary
1171
10
Disease Index
1181