Understanding laboratory investigations : a guide for nurses, midwives and health professionals /

Higgins, Chris, FIBMS.

Understanding laboratory investigations : a guide for nurses, midwives and health professionals / Chris Higgins. - 3rd edition. - Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. - 424 p.

Previous ed.: published as Understanding laboratory investigations for nurses and health professionals. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Providing nurses with information about the tests performed on patient samples in hospital laboratories, including clinical relevance of test results, this work explains the physiological function being measured, details of reference ranges and the clinical significance of test results for diagnosis or patient monitoring.

Specialized.

9780470659519 (pbk.) : £29.99


Nursing assessment.
Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Health and Fitness.

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