RT Book, Section
A1 Laposata, Michael
A1 McCaffrey, Peter
SR Print(0)
ID 1186702002
T1 Preface
T2 Clinical Laboratory Methods: Atlas of Commonly Performed Tests
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill, LLC
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260470284qa
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186702002
RD 2024/04/18
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.