Nursing Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests Demystified, Second Edition

Jim Keogh is on the faculty of Columbia University teaching courses in its technology certification program. He has spent 15 years developing computer systems for major Wall Street firms such as Salomen, Inc. and Bear Stearns and has written several best-selling books for Prentice Hall and IDG.

• Introduction CHAPTER 1 Hematology TestsHow to Collect Blood Specimen from a Vein How to Collect Blood Specimen from a Heel Stick How to Collect Blood Specimen from a Finger StickBlood Type Test 5 Partial Thromboplastin Time  Total Serum Protein Blood Alcohol Lead Serum Osmolality Uric Acid in Blood C-Reactive Protein  Complete Blood Count Chemistry Screen Vitamin B12 Cold Agglutinins Toxicology Tests (Tox Screen) Folic Acid Gastrin FerritinLactic Acid Prothrombin Time Reticulocyte Count Schilling Test  Sedimentation Rate Iron Serum Protein Electrophoresis Summary CHAPTER 2 Electrolytes Calcium Magnesium  Phosphate Potassium Sodium Chloride  Summary CHAPTER 3 Arterial Blood Gases Test Arterial Blood Gases Total Carbon Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Summary  CHAPTER 4 Liver Tests Hepatitis A Virus Test Hepatitis B Virus Tests Alanine Aminotransferase Alkaline Phosphatase Ammonia Aspartate Aminotransferase Bilirubin Summary CHAPTER 5 Cardiac Enzymes and Markers Tests Brain Natriuretic Peptide Test Cardiac Enzyme Studies Homocysteine Renin Assay Summary CHAPTER 6 Serologic Tests Immunoglobulins Antinuclear Antibodies Human Immunodeficiency Virus Tests CD4+ Count Viral Load Measurement Rheumatoid Factor Summary CHAPTER 7 Endocrine Tests Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cortisol Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test Aldosterone in Blood Cortisol in Blood Estrogens Growth Hormone Luteinizing Hormone Parathyroid Hormone Thyroid Hormone Tests Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Testosterone Summary CHAPTER 8 Glucose Tests C-peptide D-xylose Absorption Test Blood Glucose Glycohemoglobin Summary CHAPTER 9 Tumor Markers Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125)  Carcinoembryonic Antigen Prostate-Specifi c Antigen Summary CHAPTER 10 Pregnancy and Genetic Tests Antisperm Antibody Test α-Fetoprotein Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Inhibin A Test Prolactin Phenylketonuria Test Tay-Sachs Test Sickle Cell Test Hemochromatosis Gene Test Summary  CHAPTER 11 Tests for Infection Antibody Tests Blood Culture Mononucleosis Tests Helicobacter pylori Tests Herpes Simplex Virus Tests Lyme Disease Test  Rubella Test Syphilis Tests Summary  CHAPTER 12 Renal Function Tests Blood Urea Nitrogen Creatinine and Creatinine Clearance Summary CHAPTER 13 Pancreatic and Lipid Metabolism Tests Amylase Lipase Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests Summary CHAPTER 14 Diagnostic Radiology Tests How an X-ray Is Taken Abdominal X-ray Extremity X-ray Spinal X-ray Mammogram Chest X-ray Dental X-ray Facial X-ray Skull X-ray Summary CHAPTER 15 Computed Tomography Scan Full-Body CT ScanCT Scan of the Head CT Scan of the Spine Summary  CHAPTER 16 Ultrasound Scan Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Ultrasound Transvaginal Ultrasound and Hysterosonogram Testicular UltrasoundAbdominal Ultrasound Breast Ultrasound Cranial Ultrasound Doppler Ultrasound Fetal Ultrasound Pelvic Ultrasound Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Summary CHAPTER 17 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abdominal MRI Breast MRI Head MRI Knee MRI Shoulder MRI Spinal MRI Summary