Over 150,000 copies sold!

New (4th) edition published April, 2002!

History of the Bakerman ABC's

Who Uses Bakerman's ABC's?

Bakerman's ABC's is used be a wide variety of medical professionals. The strength of this book is clinical interpretation of the data. Bakerman's ABC's is used by Residents, Medical Students, Practicing Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Lab Technicians, and others.

Comments From Users of Bakerman's ABC's

"The best lab book!"

"I have used this WONDERFUL book since my medical training days and find it to be invaluable."

"Concise and thorough"

"Far and away the most useful book for third year clerkships."

"The book is small, easy to carry and loaded with information."

"This book provides a one page glance at lab value interpretation. Indexed in alphabetical order, the reference ranges are given for adults and pediatrics, followed by the significance of high or low lab values."

Features of the 4th Edition

• Same easy-to-use alphabetical listing of 500 tests and panels
• Same pocket size (4.5 x 7 inches, 1 inch thick)
• 580 pages of information
• Standard format throughout: SPECIMEN, REFERENCE RANGE, METHOD (when relevant), and INTERPRETATION
• New SELECTED REFERENCE section
• Many new tests and topics
• High quality glued and sewn cover won't fall apart on rounds!

Content Changes in the 4th Edition

Table of Contents

Extensive review of all topics.

Major revisions: Cardiac Risk Assessment (with separate TROPONIN topic);   Prostate Specific Antigen,   Body fluids sections (Amniotic, Pleural, Peritoneal, Pericardial, Synovial), updates in essentially all topics.

New Topics: Albumin, Microalbuminuria;   Alcoholism Screening;   Beta-Hydroxybutyrate;  Celiac Disease Testing;   Caffeine;   Carnitine;   Clostridium Botulinum (Botulism) Testing,  Chlamydia Pneumoniae, Psittaci, and Trachomatis discussed separately;    E. coli O157:H7;   Enterovirus Testing;   Helicobacter Pylori Testing;   Hemochromatosis Screening;    Heparin antibodies;   HIV section subdivided into HIV-1, HIV-2, HIV-Clinical, HIV-Testing, HIV-Viral Load Testing;  Hypercoagulability Panel;   Ketone Testing;   Natriuretic Peptide, B-type;  Prealbumin;  Pyruvate;   Reticulocyte Hemoglobin;   Rotavirus Testing;   Thalassemia Panel;   Thrombolytic Therapy Panel;    Troponins   New SELECTED REFERENCE section for a few key references, when relevant METHODS discussed only when clinically relevant

Quality

Formatting: Very visual presentation of the material. Many tables and figures, formatted for information at a glance. Prominent topic headings so you can find the information you are looking for quickly.

High Quality Paper: Very white, ultra-thin, opaque paper is used to maximize readability of  the small type necessarily used to pack in so much information

Arial Font: Simple, clear font chosen to enhance readability

Cover: Sturdy but thin cover material to protect the book without increasing its thickness