Fully updated to reflect current practice and protocols, this practical reference includes new information on heart failure, female infertility, lipid monitoring in diabetes, renal failure, and other clinical conditions also requiring lab work and close interpretation of results. UK physician McGhee starts with a helpful brief glossary and works through a wide range of laboratory tests and results in hematology (including red cell and white cell indices, warfarin, and blood coagulation tests), microbiology (including organisms from the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts, funguses and cerebrospinal fluid), fertility (hormone profiles, semen analysis, pregnancy tests, alpha-fetoproteins), rheumatology and immunology (hepatitis B, autoantibodies) and a full range of biochemistry including blood sugar and thyroid function tests. The index is comprehensive and although not quite pocket-sized, this is a good desk reference and can also serve as a study guide or refresher. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed in the US by BookMasters.