Download or read book Lab Literacy for Doctors written by Christopher Naugler, MD, FRCPC and published by Brush Education. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lab Literacy for Doctors helps you make quick and efficient decisions about the right tests for typical clinical situations, thereby improving patient care. In a study published by the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (2014-03-01), primary care physicians reported that 15% of the time they are unsure about ordering lab tests and 8% of the time they are unsure about interpreting the results. This raises concerns about the need for more efficient and cost-effective lab test utilization. Lab Literacy for Doctors addresses these concerns in a practical, up-to-date, and easy-to-use format. Refer to this essential guide for: A quick index summarizing the clinical utility of common tests. Advice and information on lab errors, false positives and negatives, and blood and tissue collection. Sections on dermatology, ENT and respiratory system, endocrine system, fatigue, GI and hepatic system, gynecology and pregnancy, routine screening, and more.
Download or read book Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors written by Christopher Terrance Naugler and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Canadian medical schools no longer teach lab literacy, yet it's knowledge doctors require every day. Laboratory testing is one of the fastest growing segments of health care spending, so knowing when to order the right test (and just as importantly, knowing when not to order a test), not only enhances patient care, it also helps keep system costs under control.This convenient, compact guide is an essential reference for busy med students, recent graduates, and Canadian doctors seeking a quick, easy reference for ordering lab tests. "Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors" contains the latest information on test ordering, patient preparation, interpretation of results, and common lab errors to watch out for.
Download or read book Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors written by Christopher Terrance Naugler and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lab Values written by Nathan Orwell and published by Nathan Orwell. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you curious about Lab Values and want to learn to read them? Would you like to be able to understand them once and for all? If so, then keep reading! Medical laboratory testing is a vital medical procedure that allows for the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. More often than not, these tests are making the difference between life and death, and they are one of the first defense lines that protect patients and their general well-being. Laboratory results greatly influence almost every decision regarding a patient - diagnosis, treatment, hospital admission, and discharge - all of them. That's why it's crucial to understand and learn how to conduct and order these tests efficiently. This guide is written from a skilled nurse's personal experience so that you can have easy access to all essential testing procedures at all times. Organized the way a nurse thinks, up-to-date, and easy to navigate. Perfect when you are in a rush and have no time to search for the information you need--an excellent choice for medical students and doctors, not just nurses. This book contains step-by-step guides on choosing the correct procedure (that depends on the anamnesis), tips on preparing the patient for the procedure, and expert information for accurate interpretation of results. Here is what this practical handbook to medical laboratory testing can offer you: Convenient way to always find the right test for your patient Quick access to relevant information (abbreviations, measurements, etc.) Full description of each test with reference values (normal values) Easy way to reference increased and decreased values with clinical implications and factors that can affect results Quick way to review or update yourself on some concepts and procedures And much more! If you want to stay on the top of your game and be the expert that you and your patient deserve to be, then this practical guide is a must-have in your collection. What are you waiting for?
Download or read book Medical Terminology Express written by Barbara A Gylys and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its 2nd edition, Medical Terminology Express adapts Barbara Gylys’s proven word-building techniques for the short-course. Organized by body system, this text shows the connection between anatomical structures and associated medial word roots.
Download or read book Evidence based Laboratory Medicine written by Christopher P. Price and published by Amer. Assoc. for Clinical Chemistry. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gross Pathology Handbook 2nd Ed written by Christopher Horn and published by Brush Education. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The updated second edition of this highly practical guide helps pathology professionals quickly and accurately describe surgical and autopsy specimens as they perform gross dissection. It also helps clinicians and medical students interpret pathology reports with ease and precision. Gross Pathology Handbook provides a comprehensive list of 171 gross descriptive terms paired with images of gross specimens, including five new listings for the second edition. Each listing includes a brief commentary describing the gross appearance, the underlying disease process and commonly affected tissues. Christopher Horn and Dr. Christopher Naugler lay the framework for a standardized method of description, resulting in easier interpretation of reports by clinicians and improved communication among healthcare providers.
Download or read book Clinician s Guide to Laboratory Medicine written by Samir Desai and published by Md2b. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With lab test results impacting 60-70% of all critical patient care decisions, clinicians must not only choose the right test - they must also evaluate lab data in the context of the patient's clinical presentation. For over 20 years, the Clinician's Guide to Laboratory Medicine: Pocket has provided clinicians with the strategies needed to interpret complex lab data in a sequential, cost-effective, and evidence-based manner. This thoroughly revised new edition is a must-have resource that was developed to help you answer lab test questions in a flash. Inside This New Edition Unique step-by-step approaches to lab test interpretation that have been updated to reflect the latest advances in laboratory medicine, Completely redesigned algorithms to allow quick access to essential information needed at the point-of-care, New Patient Safety Tip boxes to prevent errors in test ordering, interpretation, and patient management, Hundreds of user-friendly tables and boxes with high-value content, Evidence-based recommendations to optimize the delivery of high-quality care, Cost-effective approaches that incorporate the latest guidelines, including Choosing Wisely, Relevant to all healthcare professionals - physicians, students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists - this guide has all the tools necessary to tackle the challenges of lab test interpretation. Book jacket.
Download or read book Essentials Of Medical Laboratory Practice written by Constance L Lieseke and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside, you’ll find a wealth of information on important laboratory terminology and the procedures you’ll need to perform to become an effective member of a physician’s office team. Coverage of the advanced procedures performed outside of the physician’s office explains what happens to the samples you send out. There’s also information on CLIA and other government regulations and how they affect each procedure.
Download or read book Building the Case for Health Literacy written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of health literacy has evolved from one focused on individuals to one that recognizes that health literacy is multidimensional. While communicating in a health literate manner is important for everyone, it is particularly important when communicating with those with limited health literacy who also experience more serious medication errors, higher rates of hospitalization and use of the emergency room, poor health outcomes, and increased mortality. Over the past decade, research has shown that health literacy interventions can significantly impact various areas including health care costs, outcomes, and health disparities. To understand the extent to which health literacy has been shown to be effective at contributing to the Quadruple Aim of improving the health of communities, providing better care, providing affordable care, and improving the experience of the health care team, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop on building the case for health literacy. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop, and highlights important lessons about the role of health literacy in meeting the Quadruple Aim, case studies of organizations that have adopted health literacy, and discussions among the different stakeholders involved in making the case for health literacy.
Download or read book Medical Laboratory Procedures written by Mary Ellen Wedding and published by F A Davis Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- New unit dedicated to specimen collection and transport -- Increased coverage of safety and infection control; continued emphasis on quality assurance/quality control -- Competency-based and in line with AAMA requirements -- All skills are taught by incorporating procedural steps with the applicable rationale -- Each chapter begins with a list of psychomotor, cognitive, and affective objectives and a chapter outline, and closes with an outcome assessment keyed to those objectives -- For each category of tests, the introductory chapter provides a brief, easy-to-grasp overview of the medical science and clinical implications -- Each procedural chapter clearly explains each step of the process and the scientific basis of the procedure and offers technical tips and guides for patient education
Download or read book Clinician s Guide to Laboratory Medicine written by Samir P. Desai and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an approach to laboratory test interpretation. This reference leads the healthcare professional from abnormal lab test result to diagnosis through a series of logical steps, within the context of patient's clinical presentation. It contains over 50 algorithms to help the reader develop a strategy for approaching each lab test abnormality.
Download or read book Direct to Consumer Testing The Role of Laboratory Medicine An Issue of Cardiology Clinics written by Nicole V Tolan and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Nicole V. Tolan and Robert Nerenz, will cover Direct to Consumer Testing: The Role of Laboratory Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Milenko Jovan Tanasijevic. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Health Literacy, Identifying Valuable Tests, Challenges with At-Home and Mail-In Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing, Self-Ordering and Interpretations, American Association for Clinical Chemistry Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Position Statement, Data Disjunction, Integration of At-Home Testing, Wearable Devices, Oncogene Panels and Risk Calculations, Ethics, and Pharmacy’s Integration and Testing Offered, among others.
Download or read book Not Every Princess written by Jeffrey Bone and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not Every Princess takes readers on a journey that gently questions the rigid construction of gender roles and inspires readers to access their imaginations and challenge societal expectations. Also includes a “Note to Parents by the authors, Jeffrey Bone, PhD and Lisa Bone, PsyD.
Download or read book Improving Diagnosis in Health Care written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.
Download or read book Bakerman s ABC s of Interpretive Laboratory Data written by Paul Bakerman and published by Interpretive Laboratory Data. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Clinical Presentations written by Christopher Naugler, MD, FRCPC and published by Brush Education. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master clinical skills with key information on 169 common clinical presentations This comprehensive guide provides clinicians, medical students, and other health care professionals with a structured approach to navigating 169 of the most common clinical presentations with confidence and efficiency. The presentations in this book are organized by key feature and alphabetized for quick and easy reference of need-to-know information, including: - Differential diagnosis - Emergency management - Relevant aspects of patient history - Key elements of physical exam - Lab and imaging investigations for general and specific diagnoses - Management of diagnosed entities and uncertain diagnoses A section on patient encounter basics further supports readers’ clinical skills with no-nonsense advice on practical first steps, patient interview techniques, and strategies for providing culturally sensitive care.
