Table of Contents

Endsheets: Routine Blood Testing and Routine Urine Testing Boxes

List of Figures

User's Guide to Test Preparation and Procedures

Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests (presented in alphabetical order)

Appendix A: List of Tests by Body System

Appendix B: List of Tests by Type

Appendix C: Disease and Organ Panels

Appendix D: Symbols and Units of Measurement

Bibliography

Index

Endsheets: Abbreviations for Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests

About the Author

Kathleen Deska Pagana, PhD, RN is Professor Emeritus, Department of Nursing, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania and President, Pagana Keynotes & Presentations. Timothy J. Pagana, MD, FACS is Medical Director Emeritus at the Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center, Susquehanna Health System, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Theresa Noel Pagana, MD, FAAEM, is an Emergency Medicine Physician, Virtua Voorhees Hospital, Voorhees, New Jersey. Timothy J. Pagana is a retired Medical Director at the Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center, Susquehanna Health System, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Theresa Pagana is an emergency medical physician at Virtua Voorhees Hospital, Voorhees, New Jersey and an author on both the Reference and the Manual. Her role in both has increased over the editions as Tim Pagana continues to scale back his role as an author.