Abstract
The publication Laboratory examination in clinical practice is a unique concept of dialogue between a clinical biochemist and other experts of so-called laboratory medicine with a clinician. It should be a bit of a reconstruction, or instructions on how to use the results of a laboratory examination for diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring the course of the disease and the effect of therapy in the patient.
What can the results be influenced by, what are the limitations of individual examinations, how to interpret the given result correctly: these are the questions to which we are trying to find answers in the publication. The text is divided into 20 chapters, according to examination sets (ions, ABR, cardiomarkers...) , and further also according to the specialisation (haematology, immunology, microbiology...).
Each chapter is supplemented by case studies, where the discussed issue is presented in a clinical context. At the end of the chapter is the Top Ten clinic, which tries to evaluate the use of individual laboratory indicators and draw attention to the risks existing in interpretation.
The publication is intended to facilitate interdisciplinary communication especially for physicians; it should help in solving the puzzle, which the process of creating the correct diagnosis and optimal treatment procedure undoubtedly presents.