Books on labs?

[JustPlainBill]

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Does anyone have a good book on labs? I've got a general smattering of lab knowledge that I've learned by doing with some knowledge from 2nd year. We had a systems based curriculum and lab medicine wasn't really emphasized or taught. I was supposed to read LaPosata but didn't care for it/have the time for it.

I'm needing a cross between a semi-teaching text and an office reference....

Also, anyone have a good FM reference text? I've look at Lange and CMDT and really can't decide which one I like better. We used Essentials of Family Medicine in school but I couldn't get past the spelling and grammar errors and the inane presentation --- but I was exhausted by that time.....

Sorry for the long rant for two simple questions.....

I'm hitting that point in intern year where I'm starting to love my job and really want to excel at it....

 

[deleted87716]

Mosby's: http://www.amazon.com/Mosbys-Diagnostic-Laboratory-Test-Reference/dp/0323046347

 

[wholeheartedly]

I'll second Mosby's. I'm one of the lab geeks and that's the one I go to when I need to review something I've forgotten. Also, don't be afraid to ask the folks in the lab questions either if you need a quick answer. We know you didn't have time to get through or remember everything lab related (I regularly speak to residents who don't know what the screen part of a type and screen is for) While I do have a few colleagues that make me wonder how they graduated, most are pretty solid. The pathologists can be a good resource too when you need info on the more esoteric stuff.

 

[JustPlainBill]

I'll second Mosby's. I'm one of the lab geeks and that's the one I go to when I need to review something I've forgotten. Also, don't be afraid to ask the folks in the lab questions either if you need a quick answer. We know you didn't have time to get through or remember everything lab related (I regularly speak to residents who don't know what the screen part of a type and screen is for) While I do have a few colleagues that make me wonder how they graduated, most are pretty solid. The pathologists can be a good resource too when you need info on the more esoteric stuff.

Our main pathology professor had left over the summer between first and second year (all of one month) and our second year was rather cobbled together. It ran the gamut from a prof who's idea of a tough question was what an abdominal mass could be in a 5 year old white male while we were in the middle of the renal systems block to someone who got confused about a complicated vs. uncomplicated UTI and the treatment thereof.....

So I'm a little unsure about non-classic UTI lab findings and wanted to start reminding myself of things I knew at the end of 3rd year but somehow lost between the last half of 4th year and now.....