TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Laposata, Michael A1 - McCaffrey, Peter Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Clinical Laboratory Methods: Atlas of Commonly Performed Tests AB - When the Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease book emerged from its early editions and became increasingly larger, there was a call to make a shorter version of the textbook. What resulted was an additional book affectionately known as “Mini-Robbins” by many. It was well received by students, one of whom was me. This experiment has in retrospect indicated to me that books derived from a larger, more comprehensive book may be worth producing. Laposata’s Laboratory Medicine has several obviously useful derivative products. McGraw Hill first produced a series of flashcards about the selection and interpretation of clinical laboratory tests. This current book focused on testing methods in the clinical laboratory is another product, with special value for medical students and practitioners of clinical laboratory science (a.k.a., medical technology). As we have learned in 2020, the choice of the method to detect SARS-CoV2 has a major impact on whether the result is a true-negative or a false-negative. This important methodologic information about each individual test was not well understood by healthcare providers at large, and had it been, it is likely to have benefited the millions who became sick and the hundreds of thousands who have perished. SN - PB - McGraw Hill, LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186701708 ER -