Table of Contents
Acknowledgments x
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
Bibliography and Recommended Reading xxi
Patient's Records and Learning Activities
Roberta Banks
Patient's Records 1
Learning Activities 2
Joan F. Canaly
Patient's Records 13
Learning Activities 15
Michael Carpenter
Patient's Records 29
Learning Activities 30
Deidra Carter
Patient's Records 45
Learning Activities 46
Robert Chowning
Patient's Records 59
Learning Activities 61
Angelina Cortez
Patient's Records 75
Learning Activities 76
Michelle Craig
Diagnosis 1
Patient's Records 89
Learning Activities 91
Diagnosis 2
Patient's Records 104
Learning Activities 105
Diagnosis 3
Patient's Records 116
Learning Activities 118
Kenya Fielder
Patient's Records 131
Learning Activities 132
Alfred Gates
Patient's Records 145
Learning Activities 147
Guya Ging
Patient's Records 159
Learning Activities 161
Janus Glass
Patient's Records 173
Learning Activities 175
Roberto Guerero
Patient's Records 187
Learning Activities 188
Mei Lin
Patient's Records 199
Learning Activities 200
Minh Sang Ngo
Patient's Records 213
Learning Activities 214
George Pitt
Patient's Records 227
Learning Activities 229
Walter Reeve
Patient's Records 241
Learning Activities 242
Paul L. Richmond
Patient's Records 255
Learning Activities 257
Walter Roberts
Patient's Records 271
Learning Activities 274
Aaron Shapely
Patient's Records 289
Learning Activities 291
Jason Stewart
Patient's Records 303
Learning Activities 304
Irma Van Heusen
Patient's Records 315
Learning Activities 316
Beatrice West
Patient's Records 327
Learning Activities 328
Lena Wilson
Patient's Records 339
Learning Activities 340
Dannon Wise
Patient's Records 351
Learning Activities 352
Appendix A Antigen-Antibody Characteristic Chart and Tables of Reference Ranges
Antigen-Antibody Characteristic Chart 364
Hematology/Hemostasis Reference Ranges 368
Reference Values for Frequently Assayed Clinical Chemistry Analytes 370
Clinical Chemistry Tests: Specimen Considerations and Clinical Correlations 372
Appendix B Answers to Learning Activities and Case Summaries
Roberta Banks
Answers to Learning Activities 375
Case Summary 376
Joan F. Canaly
Answers to Learning Activities 377
Case Summary 379
Michael Carpenter
Answers to Learning Activities 379
Case Summary 382
Deidra Carter
Answers to Learning Activities 382
Case Summary 383
Robert Chowning
Answers to Learning Activities 384
Case Summary 388
Angelina Cortez
Answers to Learning Activities 389
Case Summary 390
Michelle Craig
Answers to Learning Activities 1 391
Answers to Learning Activities 2 393
Answers to Learning Activities 3 395
Case Summary 396
Kenya Fielder
Answers to Learning Activities 397
Case Summary 399
Alfred Gates
Answers to Learning Activities 400
Case Summary 401
Guya Ging
Answers to Learning Activities 402
Case Summary 404
Janus Glass
Answers to Learning Activities 405
Case Summary 406
Roberto Guerero
Answers to Learning Activities 407
Case Summary 408
Mei Lin
Answers to Learning Activities 408
Case Summary 411
Minh Sang Ngo
Answers to Learning Activities 411
Case Summary 414
George Pitt
Answers to Learning Activities 414
Case Summary 416
Walter Reeve
Answers to Learning Activities 416
Case Summary 418
Paul L. Richmond
Answers to Learning Activities 419
Case Summary 420
Walter Roberts
Answers to Learning Activities 420
Case Summary 423
Aaron Shapely
Answers to Learning Activities 425
Case Summary 427
Jason Stewart
Answers to Learning Activities 428
Case Summary 429
Irma Van Heusen
Answers to Learning Activities 430
Case Summary 431
Beatrice West
Answers to Learning Activities 432
Case Summary 433
Lena Wilson
Answers to Learning Activities 433
Case Summary 435
Dannon Wise
Answers to Learning Activities 436
Case Summary 437
Index 439
INTRODUCTION
This innovative textbook and CD-ROM package provides the most
interactive case-based learning tool for clinical lab science. Cases
are presented in a simulated laboratory setting allowing students to
hone their clinical reasoning skills as outlined in the new
curriculum guidelines, Body of Knowledge, published by the American
Society of Clinical Laboratory Science. Each clinical sample includes
patient demographic information establishing the case. Students are
then asked to perform or interpret laboratory test results or
retrieve additional test results to resolve the case ' exactly as
they would in the clinical laboratory.