(Ebook) Tietz clinical guide to laboratory tests by Alan H.B. Wu (ed.) ISBN 9780721679754, 0721679757

(Ebook) Tietz clinical guide to laboratory tests by Alan H.B. Wu (ed.) ISBN 9780721679754, 0721679757

The fourth edition highlights fournew sections. Section I, written by Sol Green, contains preanalytical factors that affect clinicallaboratory data including patient status, collection factors, processing and centrifugation, and specimentransportation. This section also generically describes the dozens of blood collection tubesused in modern phlebotomy. Section VI, written by C. Mark Lu, consists of an updated catalog ofthe hundreds of immunophenotyping markers measured by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry.Part I contains Cluster of Differentiation or “CD” antigens and other immunophenotypicmarkers, while Part II consists of immunophenotypic markers of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms.Section VII, written by Steve Wong and Paul Jannetto, consists of tests useful in theemerging field of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics. Part I consists of Phase I liver drugmetabolizing enzymes, Part II consists of Phase II liver drug metabolizing enzymes, Part III consistsof drug transporters, and Part IV consists of drug receptor targets. Section VIII, written byJohn Halsey, lists the tests useful for allergy detection. Table VIII-1 lists the various allergens thatare commonly tested such as pollens, molds and yeasts, mites, animal proteins, foods, insects, parasites,drugs, and occupational and miscellaneous allergens.In addition to these new sections, each of the sections from the third edition has been greatly expanded.Section II consists of nearly 700 entries of the general clinical laboratory tests, with dozensof new entries and the elimination of many tests that are now obsolete. All entries have been reviewedand updated by contributors largely new to this series. For selected clinical chemistry tests,we have added new data on reference intervals for random urine concentrations, expressed as pergram of creatinine. This is the result of a large database generated by Larry Bond, Bill Ottinger, andCarl Garber for Quest Laboratories. Section III on molecular diagnostics tests written by GregTsongalis has been greatly expanded to reflect the many changes that this field has undergone in thelast decade. In addition to a summary of molecular diagnostic techniques, tests cover the areas of infectiousdisease, bacteriology, cancer, genetic diseases, and identity testing. Section IV consists oftherapeutic drugs written by Kiang-Teck Jerry Yeo, Hong Kee Lee, Joyce Liu Flanagan, and CatherineHammett Stabler, and has been combined with Drugs of Abuse Testing, written by Larry Broussard.As in the previous edition, therapeutic ranges are combined with pharmacokinetic parameters.Section V, written by Yvette McCarter, Susan Sharp, Diane Halstead, and Jaber Aslanzadeh, consistsof antimicrobial susceptibility tests and combined entries for over 150 microbiology tests forthe identification of bacteriological, spirochetal, mycoplasmal, chlamydial, rickettsial, fungal, parasitic,and viral diseases. Tests include cultures, serologies, and special procedures.Throughout the sections, we have listed the references immediately after each entry to makethis guide more user-friendly. Although this book has become a mainstay for clinical laboratories,it was also written for medical practitioners. Thus this book is a Clinical Guide to LaboratoryTests. We would like to acknowledge David Stein of Elsevier for his proof-reading assistance.