Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1460 page)

screening tests

EPS.
See
Electrophysiological study (EPS)

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)

Burkitt lymphoma

CMV

Guillain–Barré syndrome

HSV

molecular testing

pharyngitis

rubella

serology screen antibody profile

spinal cord infarction

toxoplasmosis

ERCP.
See
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Errors

analytic

experimental

measurement

postanalytic

preanalytic

random

systematic

total

Erythema infectiosum.
See
Parvovirus B19

Erythrocyte cholinesterase.
See
AChE

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

abetalipoproteinemia

acute hepatitis phase

agranulocytosis

bacterial endocardiditis

bartonellosis

cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

chest pain, musculoskeletal

cholecystitis, acute

cirrhosis

Coccidioidomycosis

colitis, collagenous

CRP

diabetes and vasculopathies

EGPA

enteropathy, protein-losing

Felty’s syndrome

giant cell (temporal) arteritis

granulomatosis with polyangiitis

HbC disease

heart failure

hepatocellular carcinoma

hypersensitivity vasculitis

hyperviscosity syndrome

hypofibrinogenemia

intracerebral hemorrhage

Kawasaki syndrome

leishmaniasis

Lyme disease

malabsorption

malaria

MCTD

meningitis

mumps

Mycoplasma
and
Ureaplasma

myocarditis

pelvic inflammatory disease

PMR

polyarteritis nodosa

polymyalgia rheumatica

polymyositis and dermatomyositis

pork tapeworm disease

postinfectious GN

prodromal phase

psoriatic arthritis

pulmonary embolism

reactive arthritis

regional enteritis

renal infarction

respiratory adenovirus culture (rule out)

retrobulbar neuropathy

retroperitoneal fibrosis

rheumatoid arthritis

schistosomiasis

Sjögren syndrome

stroke

systemic lupus erythematosus

systemic sclerosis

Takayasu syndrome

thyrotoxicosis

trichinosis

vasculitis

Erythrocytosis

Erythroleukemia

Erythropoietin

athletic performance enhancement drugs, TDM

chronic kidney disease

Diamond–Blackfan anemia

normocytic anemias

polycythemia vera

Von Hippel–Lindau disease

Escherichia coli

culture (rule out)

E. coli
O157:H7 culture (rule out)

epididymitis

HUS

UTI

Esophagus disorders

Mallory–Weiss syndrome

perforation of esophagus, spontaneous

Plummer–Vinson syndrome

ESR.
See
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

ESRS.
See
End-stage renal disease (ESRS)

Essential thrombocythemia (ET)

primary myelofibrosis

Essential tremor

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)

chronic kidney disease

lung cancer

Estradiol

gynecomastia

multiple gestations

ovarian sex cord-stromal neoplasms

ovulatory disorders

unconjugated

Estriol

Estrogen/progesterone receptor assay

Estrogens (total), serum

Estrone

ET.
See
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)

Ethylene glycol

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)

Evans syndrome

immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)

platelets

SLE

thrombocytopenias

EVC.
See
Ellis–van Creveld (EVC) syndrome

Excretion, drug

Exercise

laboratory test

treadmill testing

Experimental errors

Extraosseous plasmacytoma (EP)

Exudative diarrhea (inflammatory causes)

F

FA.
See
Fanconi anemia (FA)

Fabry disease

Facial palsy.
See
Bell palsy

Factor B

Factor II

PT

thromboembolism

Factor V

PT

Factor V Leiden

molecular assay

mutation, thrombophilia

stroke

Factor VIII

a-Xa assay

coagulant, von Willebrand disease

deficiency

fibrinolysis

hemophilia A

hemophilia B

protein C

protein S

PT

PTT

von Willebrand disease

Factor IX (F IX)

deficiency

Factor X

amyloidosis

Factor Xa

a-Xa assay

Factor XI

deficiency

DIC

PT

Factor XII

deficiency

lupus anticoagulant

PTT

LA

Factor XIII

deficiency

DIC

fibrinogen

plasmacytoma

promyelocytic leukemias

DIC

PTT

Factors affecting laboratory tests (FALTs)

accuracy and precision

likelihood ratios (LRs)

predictive values

sensitivity and specificity

analytic errors

diagnostic test values

postanalytic errors

preanalytic errors

physiologic factors

specimen collection

reference values

ROC curves

tests performance

FALTs.
See
Factors affecting laboratory tests (FALTs)

Familial combined hyperlipidemia

HDL cholesterol (HDL-C)

LDL cholesterol (LDL-C)

TC

TG

VLDL

Familial dysautonomia

Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia

apoprotein E

TC

TG

VLDL

Familial hypercholesterolemia (Type II)

LDL

LDL cholesterol (LDL-C)

TC

TG

VLDL

Familial hyperinsulinism (FHI)

Familial hypertriglyceridemia (Type IV)

HDL cholesterol (HDL-C)

LDL cholesterol (LDL-C)

TG

VLDL

Familial mediterranean fever (FMF)

Fanconi anemia (FA)

acute myelogenous leukemia

alpha-protein

aplastic anemias

myelodysplastic syndrome

Fanconi syndrome

Farber disease

Farber lipogranulomatosis.
See
Farber disease

Fasting glucose

Fasting serum gastrin level

Fat absorption indices

Fatty acids, free

Fatty liver

ALP

ALT

AST

causes

ferritin

of pregnancy, acute

ALT

AST

bilirubin

BUN

creatinine

DIC

uric acid

WBC

FDPs.
See
Fibrinogen degradation products (FDPs)

Fe.
See
Iron (Fe)