RT Book, Section
A1 Iserson, Kenneth V.
SR Print(0)
ID 57374749
T1 Chapter 19. Laboratory
T2 Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175497-2
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57374749
RD 2024/04/19
AB Clinical  laboratory  tests  have  relatively  little  utility  in  most  resource-poor  settings,  although  lives  can  be  saved  if  a  few  simple  tests  are  available,  such  as  those  for  urine  pregnancy,  and  in  endemic/high-prevalence  areas,  HIV,  malaria,  and  TB  screening.  This  chapter  discusses  how  to  improvise  various  materials,  equipment  and  tests  when  clinicians  need  lab  tests  and  the  normal  procedure  for  doing  them  is  unavailable.