Routine Lab Values Made Ridiculously Simple

by Stephen Goldberg, M. D.

Overview

This book is for medical, nursing, and physician associate students, primary care physicians, and other health professionals who frequently encounter abnormal values on routine laboratory screening tests―such as:

The complete blood count (CBC)
Metabolic panel
Coagulation studies
Kidney and liver function tests
Lipid profile
Thyroid function tests
Urinalysis

When an abnormality appears unexpectedly, what does it mean? Routine screening tests are often ordered without a particular diagnosis in question, making it more challenging to interpret isolated abnormalities, which may arise from a wide range of possible causes.

This book is organized by type of screening test. Each chapter includes tables listing potential causes of elevated or decreased values, along with the underlying pathophysiologic reasoning.

It is our hope that this book serves as a useful reference for the day-to-day interpretation of standard screening tests.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940184939674
Publisher:	MedMaster
Publication date:	11/24/2025
Series:	Made Ridiculously Simple
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Stephen Goldberg, M.D., a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is a researcher, physician, teacher, computer programmer, writer, musician/composer, and past President of the Medmaster Publishing Company for 40 years. Dr. Goldberg has published numerous medical and scientific papers through research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, New York Medical College and the University of Miami School of Medicine. He has authored 20 books in a diversity of medical areas, including textbooks of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Neurology, Consciousness, Ophthalmology, Hematology, and Computer Programming, as well as many interactive computer programs on various medical topics, including Atlas of Microbiology and Atlas of Human Diseases. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he taught medical students for 25 years. His reputation is that of an educator who can simplify complex topics. He received the George Paff Most Outstanding Professor Teaching Award11 times at the U of M and was invited in 2004 to be the keynote speaker at the medical school graduation commencement at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for his work in medical education. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Medmaster Publishing Company.