Kathleen Deska Pagana: Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Laboratory Technology**

Understanding and performing tests, interpreting lab results, and performing patient teaching are made easier with Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 8th Edition. This one-stop resource provides clear, concise, and consistent coverage of the most commonly performed diagnostic and laboratory tests. Valuable in academic and clinical settings alike, it is beloved for its full-color design, user-friendly organization, and illustrations that help clarify key concepts. Updated content with new tests ensures you have the most current and relevant information available.

• Tests are presented comprehensively and consistently, in a sequence that best simulates priorities in clinical practice
• UNIQUE! Tests for Most Common Clinical Problem s ection highlights the integration of medical testing as it relates to a specific disease, clinical syndrome, or medical condition
• UNIQUE! Clinical Priorities boxes emphasize priorities and procedure considerations specific to understanding and performing tests
• UNIQUE! Test Results and Clinical Significance sections describe the significance of the test findings and discuss the pathophysiology of the disease process and how it relates to the test result
• UNIQUE! Home Care Responsibilities boxes focus on post-test factors for consideration
• UNIQUE! Critical Valuessections indicate test values of particular significance
• UNIQUE! Icons indicate drugs that increase or decrease test values and patient teaching priorities
• UNIQUE! Common Reference Rangesection (for the most common tests) on the inside front cover offers quick access to this important information
• Age-Related Concerns boxes address pediatric and geriatric priorities
• Results are provided in SI units in addition to others, when applicable

• NEW! Streamlined lab test template provides need-to-know content in a more concise format
• NEW! Lab tests in this edition include acute kidney injury biomarkers, breath test, Cystatin C, Epi proColon, and Mpox
• Reorganized and combined lab tests help you find all necessary information on a topic in one place, such as computed tomography, genomic cancer testing, and virus testing.