TY - BOOK AU - Evans,D.M.D. AU - Evans,Christopher D. AU - Evans,Robert A. AU - Evans,Christopher TI - Special tests: the procedure and meaning of the commoner tests in hospital SN - 9780723432890 (pbk.) : AV - RC71.8 U1 - 616.075 EVA PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Mosby KW - Function tests (Medicine) KW - Physical diagnosis KW - Diagnosis, Laboratory KW - Health and Wellbeing KW - ukslc KW - Clinical & internal medicine KW - thema KW - Medical laboratory testing & techniques KW - Nursing N1 - Previous ed.: published as by David M.D. Evans. 1994; Includes index; 1. Introduction--Activities of living--Tests--Preparing the patient and gaining consent--Laboratory investigations--Point of care and near patient testing-- 2. Tests related to the environment--3. Tests related to communicating (1)-- 4. Tests related to communicating (2)-- 5. Tests related to breathing--6. Tests related to circulation--7. Tests related to blood (1) -- 8. Tests related to blood (2)-- 9. Tests related to eating and drinking--10. Tests related to eliminating (1)-- 11. Tests related to eliminating (2)--12. Tests related to mobilizing-- 13. Tests related to sexuality-- 14. Tests related to drug taking-- 15. Tests related to dying N2 - 'Special Tests', now in its fifteenth edition, provides a clear picture of the range, nature and significance of diagnostic tests, includes details of revised consent forms, additional sections and changes arising from the inclusion of nationally-accepted values for numerous chemical substances ER -