New edition of a pocket-sized quick-reference for medical students and residents to interpreting clinical laboratory data. Previous edition 1984.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Best lab book:
Can't be beaten for giving quick run down on normal lab values with age adustments
Invaluable resource!:
Essential for students, providers new to the industry, and even those who have been around for a while. Makes evaluation, interpretation and follow-up a little easier and more comprehensive.
Bakerman's ABC's of Interpretive Laboratory Data:
This is the single most helpful book I have in regards to my profession as a Med tech
There's a new edition for this excellent book!:
This book goes beyond a "lab" book, encompassing etiologies, algorithms on further evaluation, and pathophysiology. Inside you can find, for example, the incidence of neonatal conjunctivitis in mothers with chylamydial infections, clinical features of primary biliary cirrhosis, and diagrams of the red blood cell reactions in indirect vs direct Coombs reactions. I first bought this book as a medical student when I spent over an hour doing a lit search on immunoglobulins and the intern found a better answer... more info