Blood Chemistries
Routine, and where appropriate special blood chemistries, a hemogram, and a urinalysis should be obtained. The choice of special laboratory tests depends upon the clinical circumstances. If a collagen vascular or immune complex disease is suspected, the serum complement should be measured. Determination of the titer of antinuclear antibodies is indicated in patients suspected to have systemic lupus erythematosus. In patients with a clinical picture consistent with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis or Goodpasture’s syndrome, the serum should be checked for the presence of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies. Serum and urine protein electrophoresis is indicated in patients in whom the diagnosis of multiple myeloma is suggested.
- MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM
- NORMAL BILIARY PHYSIOLOGY
- MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY
- New Eligibility System
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CORONARY CIRCULATION
- DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
- CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
- NONOBSTRUCTIVE CAUSES OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
- Alberto N. v. Hawkins
- Renal Venous Occlusion
- Aminoaciduria
- Uremic Osteodystrophy
- Renal Glycosuria
- Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
- Elimination of Waste Products of Metabolism and Drugs
- CARDIAC TUMORS
- Nosocomial Pneumonia
- OBLITERATIVE OR OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- Muscular and Articular System
- CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS - Diagnosis
- Radionuclide Imaging
- TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS
- Proteinuria
- TREATMENT
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
- Clinical Presentation
- ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM
- TUMOR METASTASES TO THE LIVER
- Hematuria
- Urinary Tract Infection
- SPECIFIC MANIFESTATIONS OF RENAL DISEASE
- TREATMENT
- DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
- ANEMIA Definition
- GENERAL SURGERY IN THE PATIENT WITH HEART DISEASE