Laboratory Medicine: The Diagnosis of Disease in the Clinical
Laboratory Author: Michael Laposata, MD, PhD Publisher: McGraw
Hill Medical Date Published: 2010 Pages: 437 plus index Cover
Type: Soft Cover Laboratory Medicine: The Diagnosis of Disease
in the Clinical Laboratory is a guide for medical students and
practicing physicians to select the correct laboratory test and
accurately interpret the results. It covers the entire field of
clinical pathology, presented in the context of various disease
states and body systems. Chapters begin with a brief description
of the disorder followed by a discussion that includes tables
detailing the laboratory evaluation of specific disorders.
Special features include full-color blood-smear micrographs
demonstrating common abnormal morphologies of red blood cells,
and a 13-page table of Clinical Laboratory Reference Values
showing the conversions between U.S. and SI units for each
value. Although some of the material may be a review for
practicing cllinical laboratory pe