Lab Values: Everything You Need to Know about Laboratory Medicine and its Importance in the Diagnosis of Diseases: Second Edition

Excellent reference book to add to your collection! It is broken down into disease diagnosis sections, making it easy to access pertinent labs per dx. The free gift choices also make purchasing this book well worth it! It also arrived super quick.

Great book. Includes all necessary information I was hoping for in one spot. Has a great variety with little extras. As described and arrived on time.

This is good information separated by body system. It does not include all labs. I was very surprised anion gap was not included. This is one that I struggle with and was hoping for some clarity. It would also be helpful if there was an index at the end to quick-find specific labs. Beginners may not know what system each lab is associated with.

Im an RN and nurse practitioner student. Overall impression of this lab book is that the information is presented very concisely and in an easy-to-understand format. While there are always more tests that can be run, I think this book does a fantastic job of providing information on the most commonly used lab tests. I have purchased many lab reference books that are quite overwhelming with the amount of information included. I believe your lab book addresses the most frequently used tests and can be useful to a variety of medical professionals. I very much like that you have included some common causes of abnormal laboratory values. This is incredibly useful when discussing lab results with patients as one of the most common questions is “why?” The text is written in a way that is not overly technical, making it easier to understand for a variety of medical professionals and students.

First thing is I like how easy this is to read. It goes over the basics, and quick blurbs of why certain lab values are important and what reduced or elevated levels might indicate. However, the authors need to either pay up for an editor or get a better one. There are a lot of typos, random letters, for instance I’ve seen “count” spelled without the “o”, clozapine referred to as a anti hypertensive instead of an antipsychotic, etc. So far the overall picture seems sound, but the authors should realize that many small errors might cause questions about the accuracy of everything else.

Really nice material. Well written and appropriate for my level and needs as a young provider.

Overall, this book is a fantastic resource! I certainly wish I’d had access to it when studying for the NCLEX several years ago. The book’s contents are well-organized into easily digestible chapters and the listing of laboratory tests is comprehensive for a general hospital or clinic setting. I appreciate how each individual test is given its own section and how well the mechanism and purpose of each test is explained. The assessment questions at the end of each chapter are a good way to review and clearly correlate to the information in the text. I’d certainly say the book would be a valuable companion both to nurses and physicians and could serve as a quick reference when determining appropriate patient testing and interpreting test results.

I wish I had had this while in medical school but the info is still very useful as a qick review and reference. The book contains an overview of the types of lab tests there are in medicine, organized by organ system. It's succinct, all the basics are there, no fluff. There is much needed practical information, such as how to take blood, what lab panels to choose under different clinical circumstances and it also has reference blood levels for different drugs. I also really like the review questions at the end of each chapter. I think this is a 'must have' for health science students. It's inexpensive and when I bought the print version I even received the kindle version free.

Ideal for nursing

Informative, easy to read and follow the subject highlighted in book. Self tests helpful to locking down the subject matter in memory.

Me gustan sus explicaciones simples directas y con tablas que ayudan

Very well written lab book

The results are given in American values and this is not obvious until book arrives. Sadly not n ot useful in the UK.