Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1451 page)

cholangitis, primary sclerosing

cholecystitis, acute

chronic HBV infection

cirrhosis

elevation, postacute hepatitis phase

fatty liver

fatty liver of pregnancy, acute

giant cell (temporal) arteritis

HAV

hepatitis viruses

lactic acidosis

legionnaires disease

liver cirrhosis

pancreatitis

poliomyelitis

polymyositis and dermatomyositis

preeclampsia

prodromal phase

pulmonary embolism

Wilson disease

Aspergillosis

Aspergillus

A
.
niger
pleural effusion

throat culture, cystic fibrosis

Aspiration pneumonia

ABGs

bacteroides

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Gram-negative bacilli

Peptostreptococcus

prevotella

AST.
See
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

Asthma

alpha-1 antitrypsin level

CBC

diagnostic findings

allergy tests

chest radiography

hematology

pulmonary function tests

pCO
²

respiratory alkalosis

Asymptomatic bacteriuria

Ataxia telangiectasia

α
–thalassemia syndromes

Atherogenic dyslipidemia

cholestasis

chronic renal failure

HDL cholesterol (HDL-C)

hypothyroidism

nephrotic syndrome

TG

Atherosclerosis

C-reactive protein

DM

homocysteine

Lp(a)

Athletic performance enhancement drugs

ATIII

ATN.
See
Acute tubular necrosis (ATN)

ATR.
See
Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs)

Atresia, extrahepatic biliary, congenital

Atrophic (type A gastritis)

achlorhydria

gastric carcinoids

hypergastrinemia

pepsinogen I concentrations, low serum

vitamin B
¹²
deficiency

Atrophic vaginitis

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS)

Australia Bs antibody.
See
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)

Autoimmune disease

adrenal insufficiency

adrenalitis

anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease

autonomic failure

CNS

Guillain-Barré syndrome

multiple sclerosis

primary autoimmune autonomic failure

Crohn disease

etiologic factors

Graves disease

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Hashimoto thyroiditis

hemolytic anemia

hepatitis

immune thrombocytopenic purpura

multiple sclerosis

myasthenia gravis

neutropenia

organ specific

pancreatitis

primary biliary cirrhosis

systemic

dermatomyositis

Felty syndrome

inclusion body myositis

mixed connective tissue disease

polymyalgia rheumatica

polymyositis

psoriatic arthritis

reactive arthritis

retroperitoneal fibrosis

rheumatoid arthritis

Sjögren syndrome

systemic lupus erythematosus

systemic sclerosis

type 1 diabetes mellitus

ulcerative colitis

vasculitis

Autoimmune hemolytic anemias (AIHAS)

cold agglutinin titers

Coombs test

haptoglobin

Hb

leukemias

lymphomas

macroglobulinemia

MCHC

mononucleosis

RBC

reticulocytes

spherocytes

Autoimmune (Hashimoto’s) thyroiditis

Autoimmune vasculitis

chest pain

eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

giant cell (temporal) arteritis

granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Henoch-Schönlein purpura

hypersensitivity vasculitis

polyarteritis nodosa

Takayasu arteritis

Autoimmunity, myocarditis

Autonomic failure

Autonomic neuropathy

Autosomal dominant interstitial kidney disease (ADIKD).
See
Medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD)

a-Xa assay

anticoagulant

antithrombin

factor VIII

factor Xa

PTT

B

B-ALL.
See
B lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL)

β
chain substitutions

β
-hCG.
See
Glycoprotein hormone

B lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL)

ataxia telangiectasia

laboratory findings

cytogenetic and genetic abnormalities

immunophenotype

morphology

WBC count

β-2 microglobulin

Babesia

B
.
microti

blood parasite examination,
See
(Blood parasite examination)

and Borrelia burgdorferi

Babesiosis

blood parasite examination

Bacillus anthracis
infection

Bacillus cereus

ASO titer

gastroenteritis

Bacteria

Bacterial antigen detection

group B beta-hemolytic
Streptococcus
(GBS)

Haemophilus influenzae
type b

Neisseria meningitidis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Bacterial cultures of CSF

Bacterial pathogens

Acinetobacter baumannii

anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis

anthrax

bartonellosis

Bordetella pertussis

botulism

Brucella

Burkholderia
infections

Campylobacter
gastroenteritis

cell wall-deficient bacteria

Chlamydia
and
Chlamydophila

endocardiditis

GI symptoms, stool culture

Gram-negative bacilli

fastidious

nonfastidious

Gram-negative cocci

Gram-positive bacilli

Gram-positive cocci

intracellular bacterial pathogens

spiral bacteria

Bacterial pneumonia

Bacterial vaginosis (BV)

Gram stain

vaginitis panel, molecular probe

Bacteroides

Barbiturates

pain management, urine drug testing panel

sedative-hypnotics

Bartonella

B. henselae

B. quintana

Bartonellosis

c-reactive protein (CRP)

erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

Base excess (BE)

Basilar skull fracture

Basophilia

Hodgkin lymphoma

hyperthyroidism

myxedema

neoplasms

Basophilic stippling

hemoglobin E
β
-thalassemia disease

sickle cell disease

Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome.
See also
Abetalipoproteinemia

Batten disease

Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt disease.
See
Batten disease

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)

Beef tapeworm

Bell palsy

borrelia

ehrlichia

Herpes simplex

HIV

Bence Jones (BJ) proteins

ILCA

MGUS

plasma cell myeloma

Benign familial hematuria.
See also
Thin basement membranenephropathy

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)