RT Book, Section
A1 Iserson, Kenneth V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1124428588
T1 Laboratory
T2 Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847629
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1124428588
RD 2024/04/23
AB Clinical  laboratory  tests  have  relatively  less  utility  in  resource-poor  settings,  but  lives  can  be  saved  if  a  few  simple  tests  are  available,  such  as  those  for  urine  pregnancy  and,  in  endemic/high-prevalence  areas,  for  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV),  malaria,  and  tuberculosis  (TB)  screening.  This  chapter  discusses  how  to  improvise  various  materials,  equipment,  and  tests  when  clinicians  need  laboratory  tests  and  the  normal  procedure  for  doing  them  is  unavailable.