Medical Laboratory Science

DynaMed contains summaries of more than 3,200 health topics. The database includes diseases & conditions and their ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes, as well as diagnostic guidelines.

FirstConsult contains detailed overviews of disease topics, including diagnostic guidelines. For example, try searching for "Down Syndrome."

A list of all tests available from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Division of Molecular Diagnostics. Click on a test to see more information, including specimen types accepted, clinical significance, and type of analysis.

This site allows you to search by test name or by the name of the test or analyte (e.g. "Complete Blood Count" or "Sodium"). Click on the link "How to Search" for additional help.

This website allows searching (or browsing) by test name. Other features include a PDF of critical values and a listing of drug brand & generic names.

As with the resources listed above, this website allows you to search or browse by test name. Critical values can be found by clicking on the "Therapeutic Guidelines" button. The website also has guidelines related to the collection of specimens.

This handbook provides guidance on the interpretation all of the clinical laboratory tests offered by the Mayo Medical Laboratories.