Davis's Comprehensive Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests With Nursing Implications Ninth Edition by Anne Van Leeuwen 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Studies

A

Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (and Challenge Tests)

Alanine Aminotransferase

Albumin and Albumin/Globulin Ratio

Aldolase

Aldosterone

Alkaline Phosphatase and Isoenzymes

Allergen-Specific Immunoglobulin E

Alpha1-Antitrypsin and Alpha1-Antitrypsin Phenotyping

Alveolar/Arterial Gradient and Arterial/Alveolar Oxygen Ratio

Alzheimer Disease Markers

Amino Acid Screen, Blood and Urine

Ammonia

Amniotic Fluid Analysis and L/S Ratio

Amylase

Angiography, Various Sites (Abdomen, Adrenal, Carotid, Kidneys, Lungs)

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme

Antiactin Antibody (Smooth Muscle) and Antimitochondrial M2 Antibody

Anticardiolipin Antibody, Immunoglobulin A, Immunoglobulin G, and Immunoglobulin M

Anticyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody

Antidiuretic Hormone

Antifungal Antibody

Antigliadin Antibody (Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin A), Antiendomysial Antibody (Immunoglobulin A), and Antitissue Transglutaminase Antibody (Immunoglobulin A)

Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibody

Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (P-ANCA, C-ANCA)

Antinuclear Antibody, Anti-DNA Antibody, Anticentromere Antibody, Antiextractable Nuclear Antigen Antibody, Anti-Jo Antibody, and Antiscleroderma Antibody

Antisperm Antibody

Antistreptococcal Deoxyribonuclease-B Antibody

Antistreptolysin O Antibody

Antithrombin III

Antithyroglobulin Antibody and Antithyroid Peroxidase Antibody

Antithyrotropin Receptor Antibodies: Binding Inhibition Antibodies and Stimulating Antibodies

Apolipoproteins: A, B, and E

Arthrogram

Arthroscopy

Aspartate Aminotransferase

Audiometry, Hearing Loss

B

β2-Microglobulin, Blood and Urine

Barium Enema

Barium Swallow

Bilirubin and Bilirubin Fractions

Bioelectric Impedance Analysis

Biopsy, Bone Marrow

Biopsy, Breast

Biopsy, Cervical

Biopsy, Chorionic Villus

Biopsy, Various Sites (Bladder, Bone, Intestinal, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Lymph Node, Muscle, Prostate, Skin, Thyroid)

Bioterrorism and Public Health Safety Concerns: Testing for Toxins and Infectious Agents

Bladder Cancer Markers, Urine

Bleeding Time

Blood Gases

Blood Pool Imaging: First Pass and MUGA Scan

Blood Typing, Antibody Screen, and Crossmatch

Bone Mineral Densitometry

Bone Scan

Bone Turnover Markers

Bone X-ray

Bronchoscopy

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide

C

Calcitonin

Calcium, Blood, Total and Ionized

Calcium, Urine

Cancer Markers

Capsule Endoscopy

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Monoxide

Cardiac Catheterization

Catecholamines, Blood and Urine

CD4/CD8 Enumeration and Viral Load Testing

Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis

Ceruloplasmin

Chest X-Ray

Chlamydia Testing

Chloride, Blood

Chloride, Sweat

Cholangiography, Percutaneous Transhepatic

Cholangiography, Postoperative

Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde

Cholesterol, Total and Fractions

Chromosome Analysis, Blood

Clot Retraction

Coagulation Factors

Cold Agglutinin Titer

Colonoscopy

Color Perception Test

Colposcopy

Complement, Total, C3, and C4

Complete Blood Count

Computed Tomography, Various Sites (Abdomen, Angiography, Biliary Tract and Liver, Brain and Head, Cardiac Scoring, Chest, Colon, Kidneys, Pancreas, Pelvis, Pituitary, Spine, Spleen)

Coombs Antiglobulin, Direct

Coombs Antiglobulin, Indirect

Copper

Cortisol and Challenge Tests

C-Peptide

C-Reactive Protein

Creatine Kinase and Isoenzymes

Creatinine, Blood

Creatinine, Urine, and Creatinine Clearance, Urine

Cryoglobulin

Culture, Bacterial Various Sites (Anal/Genital, Ear, Eye, Skin, Wound, Blood, Sputum, Stool, Throat/Nasopharyngeal, Urine)

Culture, Fungal

Culture, Mycobacteria

Culture, Viral

Cystometry

Cystoscopy

Cystourethrography, Voiding

Cytology, Sputum

Cytology, Urine

Cytomegalovirus Testing

D

D-Dimer

Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate

Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid

Drug Monitoring, Therapeutic

Drug Screen

Ductography

D-Xylose Tolerance Test

E

Echocardiography

Echocardiography, Transesophageal

Electrocardiogram

Electroencephalography

Electromyography

Electromyography, Pelvic Floor Sphincter

Electroneurography

Endoscopy, Sinus

Eosinophil Count

Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin, Free

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Erythropoietin

Esophageal Manometry

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Estradiol

Evoked Brain Potentials

F

Fecal Analysis

Fecal Fat

Ferritin

Fetal Fibronectin

Fetoscopy

Fibrinogen

Fibrinogen Degradation Products

Fluorescein Angiography

Folic Acid

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

Fructosamine

Fundoscopy With or Without Photography

G

Gallium Scan

γ-Giutamyitranspeptidase

Gastric Emptying Scan

Gastrin and Gastrin Stimulation Test

Gastroesophageal Reflux Scan

Gastrointestinal Blood Loss Scan

Genetic Testing

Glucagon

Glucose

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Glucose Tolerance Tests

Gonioscopy

Gram Stain

Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Testing

Growth Hormone, Stimulation and Suppression Tests

H

Ham Test for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

Haptoglobin

Helicobacter Pylori Testing

Hemoglobin A1c

Hemoglobin Electrophoresis and Abnormal Hemoglobins

Hemoglobin and Hematocrit

Hemosiderin

Hepatitis Testing

Hepatobiliary Scan

Hexosaminidase A and B

Holter Monitor

Homocysteine and Methylmalonic Acid

Homovanillic Acid and Vanillylmandelic Acid

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing

Human Leukocyte Antigen B27

Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Testing

5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Serology

Hysterosalpingography

Hysteroscopy

I

Immunofixation Electrophoresis, Blood and Urine

Immunoglobulins A, D, E, G, and M

Insulin and Insulin Response to Glucose

Insulin Antibodies

Intraocular Muscle Function

Intraocular Pressure

Intravenous Pyelography

Intrinsic Factor Antibodies

Iron Studies: Iron (Total), Iron-Binding Capacity (Total), Transferrin, and Iron Saturation

K

Ketones, Blood and Urine

Kidney Stone Evaluation

Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder Study

Kleihauer-Betke Test

L

Lactate Dehydrogenase and Isoenzymes

Lactic Acid

Lactose Tolerance Test

Laparoscopy, Abdominal

Laparoscopy, Gynecologic

Lead

Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase

Lipase

Liver and Spleen Scan

Lung Scans (Perfusion and Ventilation studies)

Lupus Anticoagulant Antibodies

Luteinizing Hormone

Lyme Disease Testing

Lymphangiography

M

Magnesium, Blood

Magnesium, Urine

Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Various Sites (Abdomen, Blood Vessels, Brain, Breast, Chest, Musculoskeletal, Pancreas, Pelvis, Pituitary)

Mammography

Maternal Markers

Meckel Diverticulum Scan

Mediastinoscopy

Metanephrines

Microalbumin

Mononucleosis Testing

Mumps Testing

Myocardial Infarct Scan

Myocardial Perfusion Heart Scan

Myoglobin

N

Nerve Fiber Analysis

Newborn Screening

O

Osmolality, Blood and Urine

Osmotic Fragility

Osteocalcin

Otoscopy

Oxalate, Urine

P

Pachymetry

Papanicolaou Smear

Parathyroid Hormone

Parathyroid Scan

Partial Thromboplastin Time, Activated

Parvovirus B19 Testing

Pericardial Fluid Analysis

Peritoneal Fluid Analysis

Phosphorus, Blood

Phosphorus, Urine

Plasminogen

Platelet Antibodies

Platelet Count

Plethysmography

Pleural Fluid Analysis

Porphyrins, Urine

Positron Emission Tomography, Various Sites (Brain, Heart, Pelvis)

Potassium, Blood

Potassium, Urine

Prealbumin

Prion Disease Testing

Procalcitonin

Progesterone

Prolactin

Prostate-Specific Antigen

Protein, Blood, Total and Fractions

Protein C

Protein S

Protein, Urine, Total and Fractions

Prothrombin Time and International Normalized Ratio

Pseudocholinesterase and Dibucaine Number

Pulmonary Function Studies

Pulse Oximetry

Pyruvate Kinase

R

Radioactive Iodine Uptake

Radiofrequency Ablation, Liver

RBC Count, Indices, Morphology, and Inclusions

Red Blood Cell Cholinesterase

Refraction

Renin

Renogram

Reticulocyte Count

Retrograde Ureteropyelography

Rheumatoid Factor

Rubella Testing

Rubeola Testing

S

Schirmer Tear Test

Semen Analysis

Sialography

Sigmoidoscopy

Slit-Lamp Biomicroscopy

Sodium, Blood

Sodium, Urine

Spondee Speech Recognition Threshold

Stereotactic Biopsy, Breast

Stress Testing: Exercise and Pharmacological

Synovial Fluid Analysis

Syphilis Testing

T

Testosterone, Total and Free

Thyroglobulin

Thyroid Scan

Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone

Thyroxine-Binding Globulin

Thyroxine, Total and Free

Toxoplasma Testing

Triglycerides

Triiodothyronine, Total and Free

Troponins I and T

Tuberculosis: Skin and Blood Tests

Tuning Fork Tests

U

Ultrasound, Arterial Doppler, Carotid Studies

Ultrasound, Arterial Doppler, Lower and Upper Extremity Studies

Ultrasound, A-scan

Ultrasound, Biophysical Profile, Obstetric

Ultrasound Studies, Various Sites (Abdomen, Bladder, Breast, Pelvis, Prostate, Scrotum, Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands)

Ultrasound, Venous Doppler, Extremity Studies

Upper Gastrointestinal and Small Bowel Series

Urea Nitrogen, Blood

Urea Nitrogen, Urine

Urethrography, Retrograde

Uric Acid, Blood

Uric Acid, Urine

Urinalysis

Uterine Fibroid Embolization

V

Vanillylmandelic Acid, Urine

Varicella Testing

Venography, Lower Extremity Studies

Vertebroplasty

Visual Fields Test

Vitamin Studies

W

WBC Count, Blood Smear and Differential

West Nile Virus Testing

White Blood Cell Scan

Z

Zinc

Laboratory/Diagnostic Procedural Checklist

Appendix A

Patient Preparation and Specimen Collection

Appendix B

Skin Assessment for Infection, Hematoma, and Pressure Damage

Appendix C

The Human Microbiome: Patient Care Considerations for Nurses

Appendix D

Laboratory Critical Findings

Appendix E

Diagnostic Critical Findings

Index

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