Ferri's Best Test Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

• Features a new appendix on when to use contrast agents in ordering CT and MRI scans.
• Discusses new modalities including transient elastography (Fibroscan), CT enterography and CT enteroclysis.
• Provides new comparison tables to easily evaluate the best test; new algorithms for evaluation of immunodeficiency and hematochezia; and new tables and illustrations throughout to improve your test selection.
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Ferri’s Best Test, 4/E

Section I Diagnostic Imaging
A. Abdominal and Gastrointestinal (GI) Imaging
    1. Abdominal Film, Plain (Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder [KUB])
    2. Barium Enema (BE)
    3. Barium Swallow (Esophagram)
    4. Upper GI (UGI) Series
    5. Computed Tomographic Colonoscopy (CTC, Virtual Colonoscopy)
    6. CT Scan of Abdomen And Pelvis
    7. CT Enterography
    8. CT Enteroclysis
    9. Magnetic Resonance Enterography (MRE)
    10. Cholescintigraphy (Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid [HIDA] Scan, Diisopropyl Iminodiacetic Acid [Disida] Scan
    11. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
    12. Percutaneous Biliary Procedures
    13. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
    14. Meckel Scan (Tc-99m Pertechnetate Scintigraphy)
    15. MRI Scan of Abdomen
    16. Small-Bowel Series
    17. Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid (Tc99m SC) Scintigraphy for GI Bleeding
    18. Tc-99m-Labeled Red Blood Cell (RBC) Scintigraphy for GI Bleeding
    19. Ultrasound Of Abdomen
    20. Ultrasound of Appendix
    21. Ultrasound of Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
    22. Ultrasound of Liver
    23. Ultrasound of Pancreas
    24. Endoscopic Ultrasound (Eus)
    25. Video Capsule Endoscopy (Vce)
    26. Transient Elastography (Fibroscan)
B. Breast Imaging
    1. Mammogram
    2. Breast Ultrasound
    3. MRI Of The Breast
C. Cardiac Imaging
    1. Stress Echocardiography
    2. Cardiovascular Radionuclide Imaging (Thallium, Sestamibi, Dipyridamole [Persantine] Scan), Positron Emission Tomography (Pet), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (Spect)
    3. Cardiac MRI (CMR) Scan
    4. Multidetector CT Scan
    5. Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
    6. Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
    7. Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
D. Chest Imaging
    1. Chest Radiograph
    2. CT Scan of Chest
    3. MRI Scan of Chest
E. Endocrine Imaging
    1. Adrenal Medullary Scintigraphy (Metaiodobenzylguanidine [MIBG] Scan)
    2. Parathyroid (PTH) Scan
    3. Thyroid Scan (Radioiodine Uptake Study)
    4. Thyroid Ultrasound
F. Genitourinary Imaging
    1. Obstetric Ultrasound
    2. Pelvic Ultrasound
    3. Prostate Ultrasound
    4. Renal Ultrasound
    5. Scrotal Ultrasound
    6. Transvaginal (Endovaginal) Ultrasound
    7. Urinary Bladder Ultrasound
    8. Hysterosalpingography (HSG)
    9. Intravenous Pyelography (IVP) And Intravenous Retrograde Pyelography
G. Musculoskeletal and Spinal Cord Imaging
    1. Plain X-Ray Films of Skeletal System
    2. Bone Densitometry (Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry [DEXA] Scan)
    3. MRI Scan of Spine
    4. MRI Scan of Shoulder
    5. MRI Scan of Hip And Extremities
    6. MRI Scan of Pelvis
    7. MRI Scan of Knee
    8. CT Scan of Spinal Cord
    9. Arthrography
    10. CT Myelography
    11. Nuclear Imaging (Bone Scan, Gallium Scan, White Blood Cell [WBC] Scan)
H. Neuroimaging Of Brain
    1. CT Scan of Brain
    2. MRI Scan of Brain
I. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
J. Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
K. Vascular Imaging
    1. Angiography
    2. Aorta Ultrasound
    3. Arterial Ultrasound
    4. Captopril Renal Scan (CRS)
    5. Carotid Ultrasonography
    6. Computed Tomographic Angiography (CTA)
    7. Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
    8. Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging (MRDTI)
    9. Pulmonary Angiography
    10. Transcranial Doppler
    11. Venography
    12. Compression Ultrasonography and Venous Doppler Ultrasound
    13. Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q) Lung Scan
L. Oncology
    1. Whole-Body Integrated (Dual-Modality) PET-CT
    2. Whole-Body MRI

Section II Laboratory Values And Interpretation Of Results
ACE Level
Acetone (Serum or Plasma)
Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Antibody
Acid Phosphatase (Serum)
Acid Serum Test
Activated Clotting Time (ACT)
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT)
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Alanine Aminopeptidase
Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT, Formerly Serum Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase [SGPT]) Albumin (Serum)
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Aldolase (Serum)
Aldosterone (Plasma)
Alkaline Phosphatase (Serum)
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (Serum)
Alpha-1-Fetoprotein (Serum)
ALT
Aluminum (Serum)
AMA
Amebiasis Serological Test
Aminolevulinic Acid (d-ALA) (24-hour Urine Collection)
Ammonia (Serum)
Amylase (Serum)
Amylase, Urine
Amyloid A Protein (Serum)
ANA
ANCA
Androstenedione (Serum)
Angiotensin II
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Level
ANH
Anion Gap
Anticardiolipin Antibody (ACA)
Anticoagulant
Antidiuretic Hormone
Anti-DNA
Anti-ds DNA
Antiglobulin Test, Direct (Direct Antiglobulin Test , DAT, Coombs Direct )
Antiglomerular Basement Antibody
Anti-HCV
Antihistone
Antimitochondrial Antibody (AMA)
Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)
Antinuclear Antibody (ANA)
Antiphospholipid Antibody
Anti-RNP Antibody
Anti-Scl-70
Anti-Smith (anti-Sm) Antibody
Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibody
Antistreptolysin O Titer (streptozyme, ASLO titer)
Antithrombin III
Apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-1)
Apolipoprotein B (Apo B)
Arterial Blood Gases
Arthrocentesis Fluid
ASLO titer
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase [SGOT])
Atrial Natriuretic Hormone (ANH)
Basophil Count
Bicarbonate
Bile Acid Breath Test
Bile, Urine
Bilirubin, Direct (Conjugated Bilirubin)
Bilirubin, Indirect (Unconjugated Bilirubin)
Bilirubin, Total
Bilirubin, Urine
Bladder Tumor–Associated Antigen
Bleeding Time (Modified IVY Method)
Blood Volume, Total
Bordetella Pertussis Serology
BRCA-1, BRCA-2
Breath Hydrogen Test
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)
BUN
C3
C4
CA 15-3
CA 27-29
CA 72-4
CA 125
Calcitonin (Serum)
Calcium (Serum)
Calcium, Urine
Cancer Antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3)
Cancer Antigen 27-29 (CA 27-29)
Cancer Antigen 72-4 (CA 72-4)
Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125)
Captopril Stimulation Test
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
Carbon Dioxide, Partial Pressure
Carbon Monoxide
Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb)