Laboratory Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation: An Evid

"Laboratory Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation: An Evidence-Based Approach This is the only book to explicitly guide clinicians through an evidence-based approach to ordering and interpreting laboratory tests. With over 160 commonly ordered tests, this book is designed to foster more accurate clinical decision-making to attain the highest level of patient care. This book summarizes more than 3000 pieces of evidence and incorporates clinical expertise and decision-making on the ordering and interpretation of tests. To promote ease of use, a convenient table maps labs and their corresponding chapter numbers to the relevant body system to promote ease of use. Each laboratory test is presented in a consistent format with information on physiology, indications (screening, diagnosis, and monitoring), algorithms, test interpretation and follow-up testing, patient education, and related diagnoses. Kelly Small Casler, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE, has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2006 working in both urban and rural family practice. She "