Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1479 page)

anemias

aplastic anemia

diagnosis

Diamond-Blackfan anemia

Fanconi anemia

macrocytic anemias

microcytic anemias

normocytic anemias

berry/saccular aneurysm

definition and use

inclusions

limitations

morphology

pancytopenia

pure red cell aplasia

shapes, abnormal

washing of

Red cell distribution width (RDW)

anemia

β-thalassemia major

β-thalassemia minor

hereditary elliptocytosis

hereditary spherocytosis

normocytic anemias

Reference values

Regional enteritis.
See also
Crohn disease

albumin

ALP

calprotectin

CRP

ESR

lactoferrin

magnesium

P-ANCA

potassium

sodium

Reiter syndrome.
See also
Reactive arthritis

synovial fluid

Relative neutrophilia

Renal abscess, UTI

Renal amyloidosis, diabetes insipidus

Renal artery stenosis

plasma rennin activity

Renal calculi

diagnosis

idiopathic hypercalciuria

Renal cell carcinoma

complete blood count (CBC)

Ferritin

von Hippel-Lindau syndrome

Renal disorders in selected diseases

amyloidosis-associated kidney disease

diabetic nephropathy

Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis

lupus nephritis

myeloma kidney

polyarteritis nodosa, renal disease

renal tuberculosis
See
(
See
Tuberculosis)

scleroderma, renal disease

sickle cell nephropathy

Renal infarction

creatinine

CRP

ESR

LDH

plasma rennin activity

Renal parenchymal malformation

Renal pelvis and ureter carcinoma

Renal pelvis leukoplakia

Renal tuberculosis.
See also
Tuberculosis

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA)

amyloidosis-associated kidney disease

anion gap

bicarbonate

characteristics

combined/mixed (type 3)

distal (type 1)

Fanconi syndrome

hypercalciuria

hyperchloremic acidosis

hyperkalemic (type 4)

intravenous (IV)

metabolic acidosis

multiple myeloma

osmolal gap

potassium

proximal (type 2)

sickle cell nephropathy

Renal vein thrombosis

D
-Dimer

deep vein thrombosis

fibrin degradation products

nephrotic syndrome

pulmonary embolism

Renin activity.
See
Plasma renin activity (PRA)

Renin, primary hyperaldosteronism

Rennin-secreting tumor.
See also
Juxtaglomerular cell tumor

Reptilase time (RT)

anemias

fibrinolysis

hemoglobinopathies

thrombin time

Respiratory acidosis

acute

blood gases

chronic

with metabolic acidosis

with metabolic alkalosis

Respiratory adenovirus culture (rule out)

CRP

ESR

Respiratory alkalosis

acute liver failure (ALF)

asthma

CHF

diagnostic findings

acute hypocapnia

chronic hypocapnia

hyperventilation, causes of

pneumonia

pulmonary emboli

Respiratory culture

adenovirus culture (rule out)

direct detection

human metapneumovirus

influenza

RSV

molecular assay

adenovirus

influenza A (and subtypes)

influenza B

metapneumovirus

parainfluenza

rhinovirus

RSV

rule out bacterial pathogens

DM

Haemophilus pneumoniae

Moraxella catarrhalis

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus pneumoniae

rule out viral pathogens

adenovirus

influenza virus A and B

parainfluenza virus types 1, 2, and 3

RSV

Respiratory diseases

classification

cough

acute

chronic

subacute

dyspnea

infectious respiratory syndromes
See
(
See
Infectious respiratory syndromes)

noninfectious respiratory syndromes
See
(
See
Noninfectious respiratory syndromes)

lower respiratory tract infections

obstructive lung diseases

pulmonary embolus

restrictive lung diseases

rhinitis/pharyngitis
See
(
See
Rhinitis/pharyngitis)

symptoms of

upper respiratory tract infections

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), during neonatal period

Respiratory panel by PCR, bronchiolitis

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
See also
Bronchiolitis

direct detection (EIA and DFA)

respiratory culture direct detection

respiratory culture panel molecular assay

respiratory culture, rule out viral pathogens

viral pneumonia

Respiratory virus direct detection by EIA and DFA tests

Respiratory virus panel (RVP) molecular assay

Restless leg syndrome (RLS)

Reticulocytes

AIHAs

anemia

aplastic anemias

β-thalassemia major

Diamond-Blackfan anemia

malaria

mean corpuscular volume

pernicious anemia

PRCA

PT

sickle cell disease

Reticulocytosis

G6PD deficiency

hereditary spherocytosis

Retinol.
See
Vitamin A

Retrobulbar neuropathy

ANA

angiotensin-converting enzyme levels

Lyme disease, serologic test for

sedimentation rate

Retrobulbar neuropathy (optic neuritis)

Retroperitoneal fibrosis

ANA

anemia, of chronic inflammation

antinuclear antibodies

blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

BUN

C-reactive protein

creatinine

CRP

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

ESR

Rett syndrome

Reverse T
³
(rT
³
), triiodothyronine, reverse

Reye syndrome

RF.
See
Rheumatoid factor (RF)

RGM.
See
Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM)

Rh prophylaxis

Kleihauer-Betke (acid/elution) test

perinatal testing

Rosette test

Rh type

blood transfusion, prior to

during pregnancy

Rheumatic fever

neutrophilia

Streptococcus pyogenes

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

ANA

anti-CCP antibodies

C3

C4

chest pain, musculoskeletal

CRP

ESR

Felty’s syndrome characterization

RF

synovial fluid

T-LGL

Rheumatoid factor (RF)

cryoglobulinemia

Cryptosporidium
antigen detection

drug-induced pulmonary diseases

Felty’s syndrome