Modern Physical Laboratory Practice

Frequency of Errors in Clinical Laboratory Practice

  Background and Objective: Laboratory errors are one of the major factors that affect the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and monitoring in patients.The objective of study is to evaluate the frequency and type of errors in different phases of testing at the Pathology Department of the Shalamar Hospital, Lahore and to evaluate the causes of errors. Methods: This observational study was carrie...

Laboratory Practice

The author of this little book attempts to cover a very wvide field, and it may be said at once that he does so in a concise yet lucid manner. This is the third edition of the book, which shows that the author's efforts are appreciated. It has been completely revised and much of it has been rew%ritten, in order that the text should be thoroughly up to date. The emergencies caused by disease or ...

Modern laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis.

One-third of the global population is believed to be infected with bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the causative agent of tuberculosis. More than 8 million new cases of tuberculosis occur annually leading to 2 million deaths. Mortality is particularly high in those coinfected with HIV and where the bacteria are multiple-drug-resistant strains--ie, strains resistant to at lea...

Modern Psychiatry in Practice

This book, which is intended mainly for the medical student and the non-specialist practitioner, attempts, in 269 pages, to cover the whole field of psychiatry ; it includes chapters on psychopathology, psychoses and psychoneuroses, mental deficiency, treatment, the preventive and legal aspects and even some of the " specialties " of psychiatry. It is therefore greatly to the author's credit th...

Endocrinology in Modern Practice