Publisher's Synopsis
This thoroughly updated text contains information on over 350 laboratory and diagnostic tests in an alphabetical format. Each entry covers: the name of the test, reference values/normal findings, description, clinical problems, procedures, factors affecting laboratory and diagnostic results, and nursing implications with rationales. Nursing implications are provided through nursing assessment, judgement, implementation, teaching, and interaction. New to this edition are antiviral tests: Encephalitis virus, Herpes Simplex I and II, Adenovirus and Enterovirus. An additional 41 drugs have been included in the therapeutic Drug Monitoring list.
