{PDF} Tietz’s Applied Laboratory Medicine, Second Edition

Using a problem-based approach, Tietz’s Applied Laboratory Medicine, Second Edition presents interesting cases to illustrate the current use and interpretation of the most commonly available clinical laboratory tests. The cases present detailed descriptions of the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. The book begins with an up-to-date general discussion of selection and use of laboratory diagnostic and prognostic tests. Cases are then grouped by category, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, gastrointestinal, endocrine, gynaecologic & obstetrical, haematological, CNS, lipid, congenital, toxicological, infectious, and autoimmune diseases.
Tietz’s Applied Laboratory Medicine, Second Edition:Presents over 100 cases organised by disease group Reflects latest treatment and risk factor guidelines, testing algorithms and recommendations Newly covers coagulopathies, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases Provides excellent coverage of relevant pathophysiology and biochemistry, and includes cases in molecular diagnostics Discusses legal implications
This book is an invaluable resource for all clinical chemists, clinical lab technologists, pathologists, and allied health professionals. It is also of interest for general practitioners, residents, medical students, and educators.Content:
Chapter 1 A 45?Year?Old Man with Substantial Chest Pain (pages 3?10): Fred S. Apple
Chapter 2 A 48?Year?Old Cocaine User with Chest Pain (pages 11?15): Fred S. Apple and Ramona Evans
Chapter 3 Shortness of Breath with Productive Cough (pages 19?23): Nausherwan K. Burki
Chapter 4 Genotype?Phenotype Correlations in Cystic Fibrosis (pages 25?30): Latisha Love?Gregory, Barbara Zehnbauer and Dennis Dietzen
Chapter 5 Man with Hypertension and Fever (pages 33?39): C. Darrell Jennings
Chapter 6 Oliguria with Metabolic Acidosis after Renal Transplantation (pages 41?47): C. Darrell Jennings
Chapter 7 A Woman with Uremia, Pulmonary Infiltration, and Hemoptysis (pages 49?53): C. Darrell Jennings
Chapter 8 Young Man with Edema and Decreased Urine Output (pages 55?63): H. William Schnaper
Chapter 9 A New Doctor for a Man with Diabetes and Hypertension (pages 65?74): Michael E. Hull
Chapter 10 A Pain in the Back (pages 75?78): Kevin J. Martin and Esther A. Gonzalez
Chapter 11 Refractory Hyponatremia with Lung Cancer (pages 79?87): Manish J. Gandhi
Chapter 12 Adolescent Female with Tremor, Depression, and Hepatitis (pages 91?97): Steven I. Shedlofsky
Chapter 13 Adult Male with New?Onset Ascites (pages 99?104): Steven I. Shedlofsky
Chapter 14 An Unexpected Finding?. (pages 105?109): Nathan C. Walk
Chapter 15 I Did It Just Once?A 37?Year?Old Man with Hepatitis C (pages 111?120): Alvaro Koch and Luis R. Pena
Chapter 16 Obese Woman with Persistently Abnormal Liver Enzymes (pages 121?128): Iliana Bouneva
Chapter 17 The Irritable Wife (pages 131?137): William E. Winter
Chapter 18 The Fatigued Attorney (pages 139?142): Kenneth B. Ain
Chapter 19 The Reluctant Chef (pages 143?146): Kenneth B. Ain
Chapter 20 Child with Rapid Growth and Precocious Sexual Maturation (pages 149?154): Phyllis W. Speiser
Chapter 21 Weight Gain, Infertility, and Hypertension (pages 155?165): William E. Winter
Chapter 22 The Tired Teenager (pages 167?173): William E. Winter
Chapter 23 The Hypertensive Accountant (pages 175?182): Michael Stowasser and Richard D. Gordon
Chapter 24 Don’t ?Take Two Aspirin and Call Me in the Morning? (pages 183?187): Jacqueline E. Payton
Chapter 25 Unpleasant Spells (pages 189?195): Les G. K. Q. Burke and Ravinder J. Singh
Chapter 26 Recent Weight Loss and Polyuria in a 52?Year?Old Man (pages 199?203): Anders H. Berg and David B. Sacks
Chapter 27 An Unconscious Diabetic Male (pages 205?209): Anders H. Berg and David B. Sacks
Chapter 28 A Diabetic Woman’s ?Episode? (pages 211?215): Anders H. Berg and David B. Sacks
Chapter 29 Bad to the Bone (pages 219?224): Chelsea A. Sheppard and Corinne R. Fantz
Chapter 30 A Middle?Aged Woman with Colle’s Fracture (pages 225?231): Catherine A. Hammett?Stabler
Chapter 31 A 10?Year?Old Boy with Pain?Induced Seizures (pages 233?239): Lorin M. Henrich, Alan D. Rogol and David E. Bruns
Chapter 32 Laboratory Tests Ignored (pages 243?248): Oren Zinder
Chapter 33 Hot Flashes and Abdominal Pain (pages 249?253): Jennifer Snyder
Chapter 34 Feed a Cold (pages 257?261): Dennis Dietzen
Chapter 35 Acute Neonatal Ammonia Intoxication (pages 263?267): Dennis Dietzen
Chapter 36 Not Just a Picky Eater (pages 269?273): Douglas F. Stickle and Richard E. Lutz
Chapter 37 The ?Fussy? Neonate (pages 275?280): Patricia M. Jones and Dinesh Rakheja
Chapter 38 The ?Sleepy? Neonate (pages 281?286): Dinesh Rakheja and Patricia M. Jones
Chapter 39 A Happy but Developmentally Delayed 5?Year?Old Boy (pages 287?291): Alison E. Presley and David E. Bruns
Chapter 40 The Asymptomatic Iron Man (pages 293?298): Elise Krejci
Chapter 41 Tired, Hot, and Lumpy (pages 301?304): J. Stacey Klutts
Chapter 42 A Rash on the Soles of the Feet (pages 305?309): Robyn M. Atkinson
Chapter 43 When Life Gives You Lemons (pages 311?314): Robert S. Liao
Chapter 44 The Wheezing Woodsman (pages 315?318): Paula Revell
Chapter 45 Not Just Heartburn (pages 319?327): Ariel Goldschmidt
Chapter 46 The Dangers of Yardwork (pages 329?333): Nathan A. Ledeboer
Chapter 47 An Important Finding on Routine Screening (pages 337?341): Joan K. Riley
Chapter 48 Increasing Abdominal Girth (pages 343?347): Nicholas P. Taylor and Randall K. Gibb
Chapter 49 To Screen or Not to Screen? (pages 349?354): Da?elene van der Merwe and Eleftherios P. Diamandis
Chapter 50 A Male with Confusing hCG Results (pages 355?362): Kingshuk Das
Chapter 51 Size Greater than Dates (pages 363?368): Randall K. Gibb and Nicholas P. Taylor
Chapter 52 A Man with Anemia and Lymphocytosis (pages 371?377): Sylva Bem, Robert E. Hutchison and Naif Z. Abraham
Chapter 53 A Teenager with Pneumonia, Leukopenia, and Ecchymoses (pages 379?385): Anna Halldorsdottir
Chapter 54 A Middle?Aged Man with Chronic Foot Ulcer (pages 387?391): Brian Watson
Chapter 55 A Man with Progressive Effort Intolerance and Splenomegaly (pages 393?399): Mrinal M. Patnaik and Ayalew Tefferi
Chapter 56 A Man with Splenic Vein Thrombosis and Polycythemia (pages 401?407): Karen Austin
Chapter 57 A Child with Pneumonia (pages 411?417): John A. Koepke
Chapter 58 A Man with a Tender Toe and Anemia (pages 419?423): John A. Koepke
Chapter 59 A Woman with Fatigue and Pallor (pages 425?433): Naif Z. Abraham and Robert E. Hutchison
Chapter 60 Pulseless Leg 9 Days after a Myocardial Infarction (pages 435?441): Majed Refaai
Chapter 61 Young Girl with a Bloody Knee Effusion (pages 443?451): Danielle Stueber
Chapter 62 A Young Man with Chest Pain Following a Knee Injury (pages 453?457): Ganesh C. Kudva
Chapter 63 A Young Woman with Postpartum Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Abnormal Coagulation Tests (pages 459?464): Hans?Joachim Reimers
Chapter 64 A Baby with Petechiae and Bruises (pages 465?473): Lori Luchtman?Jones
Chapter 65 Evaluation of a Reference Range Outlier (pages 475?483): Charles Eby
Chapter 66 A Woman with Abdominal Pain and Thrombocytopenia (pages 485?490): Ji Lu
Chapter 67 Sudden Jaundice and Painful Fingers (pages 491?495): Arnel Urbiztondo
Chapter 68 The Good in ?Bad? Fish Tacos (pages 497?501): Kimberley G. Crone
Chapter 69 The Jaundiced Mother (pages 503?509): Nathan Walk
Chapter 70 Young Woman with Recurrent Abdominal Pain (pages 513?522): Steven I. Shedlofsky
Chapter 71 A 9?Year?Old Boy with Skin Lesions and Headaches (pages 523?530): David Bruns and Audrey K. Bennett
Chapter 72 Personalized Medicine for a Renal Transplant Patient (pages 533?537): Paul J. Jannetto
Chapter 73 Personalized Medicine for Pain Management (pages 539?542): Paul J. Jannetto and Nancy C. Bratanow
Chapter 74 A Man with Colitis and Pancytopenia (pages 543?549): Alison Woodworth
Chapter 75 A 46?Year?Old Female with a Painful, Swollen Right Calf (pages 551?554): Syamal Bhattacharya, Bradley D. Freeman and Barbara A. Zehnbauer
Chapter 76 A Case of Mixed Club Drugs Abuse (pages 557?560): Susan B. Gock, Run?Zhang Shi, Jeffery M. Jentzen and Steven H. Wong
Chapter 77 A 43?Year?Old Male with Chronic Pain (pages 561?565): Run?Zhang Shi, Susan B. Gock, Jeffrey M. Jentzen and Steven H. Wong
Chapter 78 Metabolic Acidosis of Unknown Origin Among Burn Patients (pages 567?572): Deborah Chute and David Bruns
Chapter 79 The Family Reunion Party (pages 575?579): Veronica Luzzi
Chapter 80 A 5?Year?Old Boy with Yellow?Orange Tonsils: Hypoalphalipoproteinemia (pages 581?584): Raffick A. R. Bowen and Alan T. Remaley
Chapter 81 Worsening Diarrhea in a 5?Year?Old Girl (pages 585?588): Masako Udewa and Alan T. Remaley
Chapter 82 A 4?Year?Old Girl with Yellow Xanthomas and Arthritis (pages 589?592): Robert D. Shamburek and Alan T. Remaley
Chapter 83 Woman with Morning Stiffness and Tender, Swollen Joints (pages 595?600): Liron Caplan and Sterling G. West
Chapter 84 Woman with a Rash and Lower Extremity Pain (pages 601?607): Liron Caplan and Sterling G. West
Chapter 85 Woman with Diarrhea and Anemia (pages 609?613): Nikola Baumann
Chapter 86 Where’s My Baby? (pages 617?622): Jennifer A. Egan and David G. Grenache
Chapter 87 Elevated Concentrations, but Not Elevated Enough (pages 623?627): Ann M. Gronowski
Chapter 88 I Want To Go Home! (pages 629?634): Mitchell G. Scott
Chapter 89 Is That Really the Calcium Value? (pages 635?639): Mitchell G. Scott
Chapter 90 A Man with Fever and Acute Polyarthritis (pages 643?647): William Eugene Davis
Chapter 91 Middle?Aged Alcoholic with Jaundice and Ascites (pages 649?657): Luis R. Pena and Alvaro Koch
Chapter 92 Where Did the Red Cells Go? (pages 659?663): Arnel Urbiztondo