A Daviss Notes book, LabNotes provides students, nurses, and other health professionals with a quick and portable reference tool for competently explaining, preparing, and caring for patients before, during, and after common lab and diagnostic testing.
Concise information explains lab reference ranges and considerations, diagnostic test purposes and procedures, pre-test preparation, and post-test care.
Key Features:
Covers essentials for more than 400 lab and diagnostic tests
Includes lab tests, radiography, arteriography, nuclear- and non-nuclear imaging, endoscopy, organ function and electrophysiology tests
Panic lab levels and nurse alerts are identified
Illustrations show positioning and views, tube top colors, examples of x-ray, mammogram, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, whole skeleton bone scan, and lung scan images
Patient education guidelines and tips
Major sections include: Labs, X-rays, CT/MRI/US, Nuclear Scans, Other Tests, Tools.
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