Description
This full-color book is easy to use and covers virtually every clinically significant test, including more than 50 new to this edition. A full color interior design and over 140 vivid color photographs and illustrations depict procedures, equipment, techniques, and concepts, making the content more visually appealing to the reader and the concepts easier to understand. Comprehensive coverage of all diagnostic and laboratory tests routinely performed today.
Over 700 individual tests are covered in approximately 360 entries. Clinical significances of test results, indicated in italic type, explain the pathophysiology of disease processes and how they relate to test results. Color-coded chapter thumb-tabs, alphabetically organized chapters, and two lists of all tests make every test easy to find.
ISBN: 0323057470
ISBN-13: 9780323057470
Format: Textbook Paperback, 1264pp
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Edition Number: 4
Pub date: 2009
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 3
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can eviate from them if they feel another need is met.
2060 Immunology
2080 Microbiology, food toxicology
2090 Micronutrients: vitamins, minerals
2100 Nutritional biochemistry
3000 Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
3005 Nutrition Diagnosis
3010 Assessment methodology
3060 Laboratory tests
3070 Pharmacological, drug/nutrient, herbal interaction
3090 Screening parameters, methodology, and surveillance
3100 Supplemental nutrients, botanicals
4000 Wellness and public health
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
5120 Autoimmune diseases, arthritis, lupus
5130 Bone diseases, osteoporosis
5150 Cancer
5160 Cardiovascular disease
5170 Critical care, trauma
5180 Developmental disorders
5190 Diabetes mellitus
5200 Disordered eating
5220 Gastrointestinal disorders
5230 Hematological disorders, anemia
5240 Hepatic disorders
5250 HIV/AIDS
5290 Metabolic disorders, Inborn errors
5330 Pulmonary diseases
5340 Renal diseases
5390 Care planning, documentation, and evaluation
5400 Case management
5410 Client protocols, clinical guidelines