6 Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Stephen P. DiBartola Electrolyte and acid-base disorders may result from many different diseases. Timely correction of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances is often of more…
15 Microbiology and Infectious Disease Michael R. Lappin Infectious agents may be identified directly by cytologic analysis, histopathologic evaluation, culture, viral isolation, antigen detection, or nucleic acid amplification techniques. Polymerase…
14 Neurologic Disorders Jonathan M. Levine, Gwendolyn J. Levine Diagnosis of neurologic disease has continued to evolve in human and veterinary medicine, in large part due to advances in imaging,…
18 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Dawn Merton Boothe Fixed dosing regimens provided on drug labels are designed to generate plasma drug concentrations (PDCs) within a therapeutic range (Figure 18-1). PDCs are…
13 Reproductive Disorders Cheri A. Johnson General Diagnostic Approach Clinicopathologic testing of the reproductive system is often indicated in normal animals for the purposes of optimizing reproductive performance, and in…
1 General Laboratory Concepts Harold Tvedten, Jennifer S. Thomas Test Selection and Asking the Right Question Veterinarians have many choices regarding laboratory testing. Important factors include availability of reference laboratory…
17 Laboratory Diagnostic Toxicology Gary Osweiler, Paula Martin Imerman Principles of Toxicologic Diagnosis Toxicologic diagnosis is based on four principal types of evidence: an accurate and thorough history, evaluation of…
