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This reference for laboratory personnel presents instructions for the handling and analysis of nonblood body fluids. Strasinger (U. of West Florida) and Di Lorenzo (medical technology, U. of Nebraska Medical Center) discuss such topics as sharp, radioactive, and chemical hazards; renal function; urine specimen handling; physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine; renal diseases; cerebrospinal fluid; and fecal analysis. The fourth edition includes new chapters on seminal, synovial, serous, and amniotic fluids. Each chapter contains color illustrations and study questions.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Info
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola. Substantially revised and expanded medical student textbook on the laboratory analysis of nonblood body fluids. New features of this edition include color and more varied instructional visual aids and figures. Also includes chapter expansions and new chapters covering the technical information now required. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover.

ANNOTATION

This book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

As it was in the first and second editions, the objective of this third edition is to provide the reader with a concise, comprehensive, and carefully structured introduction to the analysis of nonbloody body fluids. Suggestions from readers continue to provide a major source of enhancement and are both appreciated and encouraged.

FROM THE CRITICS

Mark A. Jandreski

This third edition is an informative and educational medical technology publication regarding the analysis of urine and body fluids other than blood and serum. Previous editions were published in 1985 and 1989. The objective is to ""provide the reader with a concise, comprehensive, and carefully structured introduction to the analysis of nonblood body fluids."" The medical literature is sorely lacking in good clinical educational materials that focus on the analysis of urine and other nonblood body fluids, and those that are available do not offer the study questions and examinations that are in this book. Also, with newer tests and research information becoming available at an ever faster pace, a new edition of this book was needed. The author does not specifically refer to a particular audience in the preface. However, I believe that this book would be well suited for medical technology students, medical students, residents, and any clinical laboratorian or clinician who must deal with the analysis of nonblood body fluids. The author appears to be a credible authority in the subject matter of this book because she is a director of a medical technology training program. The book contains many pertinent and high-quality illustrations and color photographs. The references are current and pertinent. The table of contents has been revised and is laid out very well as is the index, which is very helpful. The overall appearance of the book is appealing, and the paperback format makes this a book that is easy to use at the lab bench. This book is well written. Clinical laboratorians will find this book a welcome update. Those who teach clinical laboratory analysis of urine and nonblood fluidswill find this book exceedingly useful because it contains study questions and a final exam. University medical center and community hospital libraries should carry this book. It should also be made readily available to individuals through all university, medical school, and science bookstores.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Valerie L. Ng, PhD MD (University of California San Francisco)Description: This is the fourth edition of a comprehensive book covering all aspects of analysis and interpretation of urine and body fluids. The previous edition was published in 1994. Purpose: This book is intended to provide a comprehensive yet concise instructional aid for urine and body fluid analysis. The authors have succeeded admirably in meeting this objective.. Audience: The book would be useful to everyone performing urinalysis or body fluid analysis:from medical technology students to practicing and experienced medical technologists, as well as medical students, residents (especially those in laboratory medicine residency training programs), fellows, and attendings, from primary care to practicing pathologists who supervise laboratories in which such testing is performed. Features: Everything you might ever want to know about the analysis of urine, body fluids (cerebrospinal fluid, semen, synovial fluid, serous fluid, amniotic fluid) and feces is covered in this book. There are a number of very nice features. The color photomicrographs are of outstanding quality and each picture is truly "worth a thousand words." A new chapter has been added detailing the various types of automation for performing these analyses; the information in this rapidly developing area is comprehensive and amazingly current. Another new chapter discusses quality assurance and laboratory management:a much needed inclusion of a topic that is receiving lots of regulatory attention these days. I especially like the case studies at the end of each chapter where I could test myself to see if I had mastered the important teaching points. This book contains numerous diagrams that clearly and unambiguously demonstrate test procedures and test algorithms. Finally, the liberal use of color and figures is attractive to the eye and nicely highlights topics of special interest. Assessment: This book is a must for immediate reference by bench technologists in any laboratory performing this type of testing, as well as for laboratory directors overseeing this type of testing. This book would also be very useful as an adjunct teaching guide for educators of medical technologists, medical students, and residents. Get it!

Booknews

This reference for laboratory personnel presents instructions for the handling and analysis of nonblood body fluids. Strasinger (U. of West Florida) and Di Lorenzo (medical technology, U. of Nebraska Medical Center) discuss such topics as sharp, radioactive, and chemical hazards; renal function; urine specimen handling; physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine; renal diseases; cerebrospinal fluid; and fecal analysis. The fourth edition includes new chapters on seminal, synovial, serous, and amniotic fluids. Each chapter contains color illustrations and study questions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

RATING

3 Stars from Doody

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