Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 10th Edition serves as a practical guide to the use of laboratory tests
which aids physicians in using tests more effectively and efficiently by offering test outcomes, possible meanings,
differential diagnosis, and summaries of tests available. The book is organized into 2 sections. The first section is
devoted to disease states. Where appropriate, a patient’s chief complaint and/or physical findings are initially
presented with subsequent discussions focused on discrete disease states as they relate to a patient’s chief
complaint. The second section is devoted to an alphabetical listing of laboratory tests while stressing the integration
of the clinical laboratory in the clinical decision making process. Test sensitivity, specific and possible and
negative probabilities are included whenever appropriate. Microbiology tests are listed in a separate chapter.
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: FALTs: Factors Affecting Laboratory Tests
L.V. Rao
SECTION 1: DISEASE STATES
Chapter 2: Autoimmune Diseases
M. Rabie Al-Turkmani
Chapter 3: Cardiovascular Disorders
Craig S. Smith
Chapter 4: Central Nervous System Disorders
Juliana Szakacs
Chapter 5: Digestive Diseases
L Michael Snyder and Michael J. Mitchell
Chapter 6: Endocrine Diseases
Hongbo Yu
Chapter 7: Genitourinary System Disorders
Charles Kiefer
Chapter 8: Gynecologic and Obstetric Disorders
Juliana Szakacs
Chapter 9: Hematologic Disorders
Liberto Pechet
Chapter 10: Hereditary and Genetic Diseases
Marzena Galdzicka, Patricia Minehart Miron, and Edward I. Ginns
Chapter 11: Infectious Diseases
Michael J. Mitchell
Chapter 12: Renal Disorders
M. Rabie Al-Turkmani
Chapter 13: Respiratory, Metabolic, and Acid-Base Disorders
L.V. Rao and Michael J. Mitchell
Chapter 14: Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Amanda J. Jenkins
Chapter 15: Transfusion Medicine
Vishesh Chhibber
SECTION 2: LAB TESTS
Chapter 16: Laboratory Tests
L.V. Rao, Liberto Pechet, Amanda Jenkins, Edward I. Ginns, Marzena Galdzicka, Craig Smith, Vishesh Chhibber, Charles
Kiefer, Neng Yu and Patricia Minehart Miron
Chapter 17: Infectious Disease Assays
Michael J. Mitchell and L.V. Rao