Effects of Preanalytical Variables on Clinical Laboratory Tests

As a companion reference to the EFFECTS OF DRUGS & EFFECTS OF DISEASE ON CLINICAL LABORATORY TESTS, this publication completes the trilogy of what you need to know to interpret clinical laboratory test values. Included in this book are biological & preanalytical variables affecting Laboratory Test Values; i.e., all non-disease & non-drug influences. Each entry describes the effect of a specific variable affecting a patient or a specimen removed from the patient, with a succinct explanation of the mechanism of the effect. An appropriate literature reference is cited to permit more detailed understanding of the cited effect. The effects have been gathered from about 2500 different sources. 1993, 720 pages, 8 1/2 X 11, softcover, ISBN 0-915274-61-2, $95 (AACC Members $75), Order #622.Young, Donald S. is the author of 'Effects of Preanalytical Variables on Clinical Laboratory Tests' with ISBN 9780915274611 and ISBN 0915274612.