Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1477 page)

pO
²
.
See
Partial pressure of oxygen (pO
²
), blood

Poikilocytosis

β-thalassemia major

PCH

Poliomyelitis

AST

Poliovirus.
See
Enteroviruses (EVs)

Polyarteritis nodosa

ANCA

CRP

ESR

intracerebral hemorrhage

renal disease

Polychromasia, sickle cell disease

Polycystic kidney disease

diabetes insipidus

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

diabetes mellitus

galactorrhea

hirsutism

ovulatory disorders

Polycythemia, priapism

Polycythemia vera (PV)

chronic neutrophilic leukaemia

classification

diabetes mellitus

erythropoietin

hemoglobin

JAK2 mutation

MPNs

myelofibrosis

primary myelofibrosis

PT

sickle cell screen

thrombocythemia

Von Hippel-Lindau disease

Polygenic hypercholesterolemia

LDL

TC

VLDL

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)

CRP

ESR

with giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Polymyositis (PM)

and dermatomyositis

alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

aldolase

ANA

anti-Jo-1

aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

creatine kinase (CK)

ESR

lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

myoglobin

MCTD with

Polyneuropathies

CSF protein

Polyuria

Pompe disease.
See
Glycogen storage disease (GSD), type II

Population-based reference intervals

Pork tapeworm disease

ESR

O&P examination

Portal hypertension, liver function

Positive predictive value (PPV)

Postnasal drip syndrome.
See
Upper airway cough syndrome (UACS)

Poststreptococcal GN

C3

glomerulonephritis

nephritis

nephropathy

Postterm pregnancy

estriol

serum estriol (E3)

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)

Postvasectomy status, infertility

Potassium (K)

diabetic ketoacidosis

diarrhea

distribution

electrolyte balance

hereditary spherocytosis

hyperkalemia

hypertension

hypokalemia

lab artifacts

lactic acidosis

metabolic acidosis

nonrenal causes, loss of

normal range

primary hyperaldosteronism

regional enteritis

renal excretion

renal tubular acidosis

retention

urine

PPV.
See
Positive predictive value (PPV)

PRA.
See
Plasma renin activity (PRA)

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)

PRCA.
See
Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA)

Prealbumin

Preanalytic errors

Precision (repeatability)

Preeclampsia.
See also
Eclampsia

ALT

AST

blood smear

BUN

CBC

creatinine

inhibin A

ITP

uric acid

Pregnancy

at 36 weeks of, group B streptococcus

acute fatty liver

amniotic fluid FISH

antibody screen

blood type

CBC

chemistry

chromosomes 13, X, and Y

EIA test

enzyme studies

HBsAg

hematology

HIV test

iron studies

laboratory monitoring

first trimester testing

of neonate

prenatal checkup

second trimester testing

lipid studies

postterm

estriol

serum estriol (E3)

rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test

renal function tests

Rh type

rubella screen

serum protein findings

syphilis antibody EIA test

test for pelvic inflammatory disease

urinalysis

Prenatal screening

chromosome analysis

fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

molecular genetics

neural tube defects (NTD)

trisomy 13

trisomy 21

Prenatal testing

agglutination

diagnostic testing

chromosome analysis

fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

genomic microarray analysis

molecular genetic analysis

neural tube defects

prenatal DNA analysis

DNA analysis

sample collection

amniocentesis

chorionic villus sampling

fetal biopsy

fetal blood sampling

screening

combined first-trimester and second-trimester (integrated/sequential screening)

first trimester

non-invasive prenatal screening/testing (NIPS/T)

second trimester screening

trisomy 13

trisomy 21

Prerenal azotemia, acute kidney injury

Presenile and senile dementia.
See
Alzheimer disease (AD)

Preterm delivery

fetal fibronectin

Preterm infants

alkaline phosphatase

bilirubin

calcium

Coombs tests

glucose

Pretransfusion compatibility testing

ABO group determination

antibody screening

crossmatching

limitations

Rh typing

use

Pretransfusion testing, TM

agglutination

antibody screen

blood typing

crossmatch

Prevotella, aspiration pneumonia

Priapism

bladder/prostate carcinoma

ischemic

leukemia

nonischemic

polycythemia

prostatitis

recurrent

sickle cell disease/trait

syphilis

TB

Primary amyloidosis (PA).
See also
Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (ILCA)

Primary autoimmune autonomic failure

AChRs

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)

autoimmune

cholangitis, primary sclerosing

Primary hyperaldosteronism

aldosterone

24-hour urinary aldosterone excretion

hypertension

hypokalemia

metabolic alkalosis

PAC

plasma aldosterone

plasma renin activity (PRA)

potassium level

renin

Primary hyperoxalurias (PHs)

Primary myelofibrosis (PMF)

classification

DIC

ET

JAK2 V617F gene mutation

laboratory findings

bone marrow biopsy

CBC

coagulation

genetics and flow cytometry

leukocyte alkaline phosphatase

lymph node biopsy

LDH

leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP)

myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN)

PV

uric acid

vitamin B
¹²

Procalcitonin (PCT)

Prodromal (allergic) phase

ALT

AST

EGPA

ESR

hepatitis viruses

Progesterone

ectopic pregnancy