Author: Richard W. Richardson
This book brings together information currently scattered throughout the medical and scientific literature about non-pathological changes in the concentration of blood
constituents. The author discusses these variations, which may be statistical,
methodological, physiological,
age-related, alcohol-related, or due to smoking or drug use. These are important variations and must be taken into account by clinicians when interpreting laboratory results. The handbook offers a quantitative account of variation in the concentration of blood constituents with recommendations for international units of measurement, reference interval determination, and selection of reference subjects. This helpful…
