Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1452 page)

bladder calculi

bladder cancer

hematuria

prostate cancer

prostate-specific antigen (PSA)

prostatitis

serum creatinine

urinary tract infection

Bentiromide test

diarrhea

malabsorption

Benzodiazepines

addiction medicine, drug testing panel

pain management, urine drug testing panel

Berger disease.
See also
Immunoglobulin A (IgA), nephropathy

Bernard–Soulier syndrome

Berry aneurysm (saccular aneurysm)

Beta-2 microglobulin, serum, urine, cerebrospinal fluid

Beta-
D
-glucan

Cryptococcus
species

Pneumocystis
pneumonia

Beta-galactosidase-1 deficiency.
See
GM
¹
gangliosidosis

Beta-HCG level

galactorrhea

gynecomastia

Beta-hemolytic streptococci

Beta-trace protein

Beta-2-transferrin

BHB.
See
Hydroxybutyrate beta (BHB)

17β-hydroprogesterone (17β-OHP):

Bicarbonate

hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma

lactic acidosis

pseudocyst, pancreas

renal tubular acidosis

Bicarbonate-carbonic acid.
See
Buffer systems

Biliary duct obstruction

ALP

ALT

AST

bilirubin

cholesterol

PT

Biliary extrahepatic obstruction, complete.
See also
Jaundice

atresia, extrahepatic biliary, congenital

cholangitis

acute

primary sclerosing

cholecystitis

acute

chronic

choledocholithiasis

cirrhosis, primary biliary

congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

gallbladder

and bile ducts, cancer

and biliary tree diseases, (
See also
Abdominal Pain)

intrahepatic obstruction cholestasis

Rotor syndrome

Bilirubin

abnormal liver function tests, CHF

acute liver failure (ALF)

biliary duct obstruction

β-thalassemia major

Budd-Chiari syndrome

cholecystitis, acute

choledocholithiasis

cirrhosis

clostridial gangrene

conjucated

Dubin-Johnson syndrome

Bilirubin

elevation, postacute hepatitis phase

fatty liver of pregnancy, acute

G6PD deficiency

HCV infection

hereditary spherocytosis

histoplasmosis

legionnaires disease

liver cirrhosis

metabolism, (
See also
Jaundice)

neonatal jaundice

pancreas carcinoma

pancreatitis

pernicious anemia

physiologic jaundice

PNH

preterm infants

pseudocyst, pancreas

pulmonary embolism

serum levels, acute pancreatitis

sickle cell disease

total, direct, and indirect

TTP

Bilirubinemia, unconjugated

Bird (niger) seed agar

Bitemporal hemianopsia

BJ.
See
Bence Jones (BJ) proteins

BL.
See
Burkitt lymphoma (BL)

Bladder calculi

Bladder cancer

benign prostatic hyperplasia

calculi

dipstick test

hematuria

urinalysis

UroVysion FISH test

Bladder/prostate carcinoma

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Blastomycosis

Bleeding

CABG

diathesis

Bleeding time (BT)

liver cirrhosis

myelodysplastic syndromes

platelet defect

platelet function analyzer

uremia

von Willebrand disease

β-lipoprotein

Blood component therapy

irradiation, blood products

leukoreduction

Blood culture

anthrax

cholangitis, acute

chorioamnionitis

clostridial gangrene

CNS abscesses

embolism

fungal

listeriosis

mycobacterial

pneumonia

routine

thrombophlebitis

Blood culture, fungal

Candida albicans

Cryptococcus neoformans

Histoplasma capsulatum

nonalbicans
Candida
species

Blood gas

acute respiratory acidosis

arterial

aspiration pneumonia

bronchiolitis

COPD

pneumonia

pulmonary embolism

viral pneumonia

base excess (BE)

chronic respiratory acidosis

metabolic alkalosis

pH

respiratory acidosis

Blood lactate

Blood parasite examination

Babesia
species

babesiosis

Brugia
species

Leishmania

Loa loa

malaria

Plasmodium
species

sleeping sickness

Trypanosoma
species

Wuchereria

Blood pH, mixed acid-base disturbances

Blood products transfusion

adverse consequences

allergic transfusion reactions

FNHTRs

hemolytic transfusion reactions

TACO

TRALI

cryoprecipitated AHF transfusion

granulocyte transfusion

manipulation

plasma transfusion

platelet transfusion

red cell transfusion

Blood smear

platelet count

preeclampsia

Blood transfusion

blood products
See
(
See
Blood products transfusion)

cryoprecipitated AHF transfusion

granulocyte transfusion

manipulation

gamma irradiation

leukoreduction

RBCs and platelets washing

perinatal testing

HDFN

Rh prophylaxis

plasma transfusion

activated partial thromboplastin time

fresh frozen plasma

frozen plasma 24

indications

prothrombin time

thawed plasma

platelet transfusion

considerations

HLA matching

platelet crossmatching

platelet products selection

pretransfusion testing

agglutination

antibody screen

blood typing

crossmatch

prior to ABO

red cell transfusion

Blood type, during pregnancy

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

acute kidney injury

diabetic ketoacidosis

fatty liver of pregnancy, acute

heart failure

Henoch-Schönlein purpura

hypertensive nephrosclerosis

lactic acidosis

liver cirrhosis

metabolic alkalosis

pancreatitis

preeclampsia

rapidly progressive GN

retroperitoneal fibrosis

SIADH

Blood stream infections (BSIs)

BM.
See
Bone marrow (BM) analysis

BMD.
See
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)

BNP.
See
Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)

Body fluid culture

Bone densitometry, osteoporosis

Bone marrow (BM) analysis

amyloidosis

anemia