TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 19. Laboratory A1 - Iserson, Kenneth V. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments AB - Clinical laboratory tests have relatively little utility in most resource-poor settings, although lives can be saved if a few simple tests are available, such as those for urine pregnancy, and in endemic/high-prevalence areas, HIV, malaria, and TB screening. This chapter discusses how to improvise various materials, equipment and tests when clinicians need lab tests and the normal procedure for doing them is unavailable. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/04 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57374749 ER -