Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1476 page)

adrenal insufficiency

bilirubin

cobalamin

etiologies

Helicobacter pylori
infection

homocysteine

intrinsic factor (IF)

LDH

leukopenia

MDS

reticulocyte count

Peroxisomal disorders

adrenoleukodystrophy

Batten disease

Persistent eosinopenia

Persistent gestational trophoblastic disease

Pertussis.
See alsoBordetella pertussis

diagnosis and laboratory findings

culture

DFA

PCR testing

serologic testing

test result interpretation

PG.
See
Phosphatidylglycerol (PG)

pH

hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma

lactic acidosis

metabolic acidosis

metabolic alkalosis

mixed acid-base disturbances

Pharmacokinetics

absorption

distribution

excretion

metabolism

Pharyngitis

adenovirus

CMV

culture

direct antigen detection

EBV

enterovirus

group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS)

HSV

influenza

parainfluenza viruses

rhinoviruses

scarlatiniforme rash

strawberry tongue

Streptococcus pyogenes

Phencyclidine

addiction medicine, drug testing panel

pain management, urine drug testing panel

Phenobarbital

antiepileptic drugs, TDM

pain management, urine drug testing panel

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Phenytoin, antiepileptic drugs

Pheochromocytoma

adrenal masses

catecholamines

chest pain

chromogranin A

coronary artery spam

hypertension

metanephrines

urinary creatine

Von Hippel-Lindau disease

PHM.
See
Partial hydatidiform mole (PHM), trophoblastic disease

Phosphate, blood

cellular release

endocrine disorders

GI disorders

intracellular shift

levels

normal ranges

renal disorders

tubular reabsorption

Phosphatidylglycerol (PG)

during labor and delivery

Phospholipase-A2 receptor (PLA2R-Ab)

membranous GN

Phospholipids

Phosphorus

diabetic ketoacidosis

lactic acidosis

urine

PHs.
See
Primary hyperoxalurias (PHs)

Physical stress

Physiologic jaundice, bilirubin

Pick disease

PID.
See
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

Pinworm

examination

infection

Pituitary gland disorders

diabetes insipidus

hypopituitarism

pituitary tumors

SIADH

Pituitary tumors

classification

Cushing disease

free T
⁴

FSH

IGF-I

LH

prevalence

prolactin

salivary cortisol

testosterone

TSH

twenty-four–hour urine free cortisol

PK.
See
Pyruvate kinase (PK)

PKU.
See
Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Placenta abruptio

Placenta previa

Placental site trophoblastic tumor

Plantar warts

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL)

plasma cell myeloma

serum free light chain immunoassay

Plasma cell myeloma (PCM)

Bence Jones protein

calcium

cryoglobulins

diagnosis

ILCA

LHCDD

myeloma kidney

PCL

plasmacytoma

Rouleaux formation

uric acid

Plasma renin activity (PRA)

aldosteronism

captopril test criteria

juxtaglomerular cell tumor

primary hyperaldosteronism

renal artery stenosis

renal infarction

scleroderma

Plasma transfusion

ADAMTS 13

complement factors

DIC

HUS

TTP

Plasmacytic neoplasms, platelet aggregation

Plasmacytoma

bone marrow biopsy and aspirate

factor XIII deficiency

immunofixation

PCM

serum free light chain

Plasminogen

Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI 1)

Plasmodium
species

Platelet aggregation

assays, chest pain

DIC

fibrinolysis

myeloproliferative neoplasms

plasmacytic neoplasms

storage pool disease

thrombasthenia

uremia

von Willebrand disease

Platelet antibody detection

cross-matching

ITP

SLE

Platelet count

acute liver failure (ALF)

blood smear

CLL

HUS

intracerebral hemorrhage

ITP

myeloproliferative neoplasms

platelet volume

P2Y12
assay

thrombocytopenia

Platelet defect

Platelet function analyzer

Platelet function assays, in vitro

Platelet transfusion

disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)

HLA matching

Platelets

disorders

thrombocytopathies

thrombocytopenias

Evans syndrome

washing of

von Willebrand disease

Pleura, needle biopsy (Closed chest)

Pleural effusion

albumin and lactate dehydrogenase

amoebiasis

amylase

Aspergillus niger

bacterial pneumonia

CHF

cirrhosis

constrictive pericarditis

exudate fluids

glucose

nephrotic syndrome

odor

pH

protein

sarcoidosis

TB

transudate fluids

Pleural fluid

PLL.
See
Prolymphocytic (PLL) leukemia

Plummer-Vinson syndrome

PM.
See
Polymyositis (PM)

PMF.
See
Primary myelofibrosis (PMF)

PMR.
See
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)

Pneumatic tube systems

Pneumocystis carinii
.
See alsoPneumocystis jiroveci

Pneumocystis jiroveci

pneumocystis pneumonia

viral pneumonia

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)

beta-D-glucan

diagnostic testing

core laboratory

culture

direct detection

nucleic acid amplification

serology

serum beta-D-glucan assay

specimens

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Pneumonia

ABGs

blood culture

CBC

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Gram stain

Haemophilus influenzae

Moraxella catarrhalis

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)

respiratory alkalosis

SIADH

sputum culture (routine)

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus pneumoniae

tuberculosis

PNH.
See
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)