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Point-of-Care Resources
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowSearch for your topic in ClinicalKey and then choose First Consult from the drop-down menu by the search box. Mobile app is available. You need to create a personal account in ClinicalKey prior to downloading the application.
- VisualDx This link opens in a new windowImages can be used for personal, clinical, educational, or research use including consulting with individual colleagues, for patient education, and personal lectures or other personal educational material. When using an image from VisualDx, include a source reference and leave the copyright watermark notice intact. Your citation would be Image source: VisualDx (www.visualdx.com). For more detailed information on capturing images, look here: http://www.visualdx.com/support/frequently-asked-questions#image-use
Differential Diagnosis
- VisualDx This link opens in a new windowDatabase of dermatologic, infectious, and drug-induced diseases.
Patient Education
Guidelines
Resources about Diagnostic Tests
Henry's clinical diagnosis and management by laboratory methods by ISBN: 9780323413152Publication Date: 2017Chapter 8 Interpreting Laboratory Results
Appendix 7 Disease/Organ Panels
The Harriet Lane Handbook by ISBN: 9780323399555Publication Date: 2017-05-02Pediatric reference ranges for lab values
Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine by ISBN: 9780702051036Publication Date: 2013-12-06Chapter 29 Laboratory Reference Values
Clinician's Pocket Reference by ISBN: 0071454284Publication Date: 2006-12-30Chapter 4 Lab Dx: Chemistry, Immunology, Serology
Chapter 5 Lab Dx: Clinical Hematology
Chapter 6 Lab Dx: Urine Studies
Also...
Chapter 7 Clinical Microbiology
Chapter 8 Blood Gasses
- LabTestsOnlineInformation for health consumers about common laboratory tests. Produced by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), a global professional organization dedicated to clinical laboratory science.
- Mayo Clinic - Interpretive Handbook"For the tests offered by Mayo Medical Laboratories, it provides interpretive guidance, along with necessary background clinical information to place the tests in proper context. The information for each test is prepared by a Mayo Clinic expert with direct oversight of that test."
- Healthcare BluebookThis website uses national data on prices of diagnostic tests, procedures, etc to determine a "fair price" for each. There is a free consumer version and a subscription-based professional version.