Presents information on common tests as well as rare and highly specialized tests and procedures including a summary of the utility and merit of each test. Biological variables that may affect test results are discussed, and a focus is placed on reference ranges, diagnostic information, clinical interpretation of laboratory data, interferences, and specimen types. New and updated content has been added in all areas, with over 100 new tests added.

Revised edition of: Clinical guide to laboratory tests / edited by Norbert W. Tietz. 3rd ed. c1995. Rev. ed. of: Clinical guide to laboratory tests / edited by Norbert W. Tietz. 3rd ed. c1995.

Sect. I. Preanalytical aspects of clinical testing -- Sect. II. General clinical tests. Overall reviewer / Matthew Meerkin -- Amino acids / Dean Carlow --- Autoimmune diseases / Henry a. Homburger [and others] -- Blood gases and electrolytes / Anthony O. Okorodudu -- Bone markers / David B. Endres -- Cardiac markers / Fred S. Apple, Alan H.B. Wu -- Catecholamines / david G. Grenache, Jennifer A. Snyder -- Coagulation / Enrique ballesteros -- Diabetes tests / Ibrahim A. Hashim [and others] -- Endocrinology / Robert Moore -- Environmental and chemical toxicology / Roger L. Bertholf -- Fertility and pregnancy testing / Frank H. Wians, Jr., Jiaxi Wu -- Fetal lung maturity / David G. Grenache, Jenifer A. Snyder -- Fluid analysis / Darryl Erik Palmer-Toy -- Gastrointestinal and pancreatic / Michael D. McNeely -- Heavy metals / Sidney M. Hopfer.