Bøger af Alan H. B. Wu

The Hidden Assassin: When Clinical Lab Tests Go Awry is an anthology about ordinary people's encounters with clinical lab testing. Something innocent like a blood glucose test can kill or the finding of a chemical in blood can uncover a terrorist plot. Lab tests are also essential for determining the health of an unborn child. Genetic testing can now be used to determine if you are predisposed to get cancer or suffer a fatal side effect to a medication. We can determine if someone has suffered a heart attack or more importantly predict who will get one in the near future. The stories are based on true events. Because of patient privacy laws, the names and places have been changed. Reading this book might help you avoid the bad outcomes that happened to these people.

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world. This book is a sequel to my other paperback books that contain short stories about the involvement of the clinical laboratory in real medical cases. In this book, I have described in lay terms, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, how testing is conducted, how infected individuals are treated, and how infections can be avoided. As with my other books, I describe stories of cases, both real and hypothetical.

Toxicology! Because what you don't know can kill you is about everyday people and their encounters with the clinical laboratory. This collection of stories is a behind-the-scenes look at the intricate workings of a toxicology lab. Many of these cases ended with legal consequences. All stories are based on my involvement with real cases as a toxicologist. Because of patient privacy laws, the names and places have been changed.We all wish we had more power. The power to turn back time, to re-write history and make better decisions, but most importantly, the power to save a life. However, the dream of being someone's hero or even saving yourself from certain death or misfortune is a plight that no average person can seemingly muster. Without super strength or extrasensory perceptions, it may appear that we are on our own to battle uncertain destiny. But what if I were to tell you there's more? There's a way to change your fate, to hold more cards, and take not only your own life, but the lives of those you love into your hands. No, we cannot go back in time, but we can set forth ripples of change into the future that can alter our coexistence forever. Toxicology and clinical laboratory testing may be one of those portals.

We all know about the dangers of living a modern life. There are risks when we get behind the wheel of a car, or when we meet a stranger on the street. We can reduce these foreseen risks if we practice defensive driving or avoid contact with suspicious individuals. There are also hundreds of unforeseen risk that we face every day. The world of microbiology falls under this latter category. "Microbiology! Because What You Don't Know Will Kill You" is about everyday people who encounter harmful organisms that we cannot see with the naked eye, yet they cause death or serious medical harm to an individual, group, or even an entire population. We cannot avoid all of these risks, but with knowledge of their existence, we can better our odds.

Conosciamo tutto sui pericoli della vita moderna. Siamo consapevoli dei rischi che affrontiamo quando ci mettiamo al volante di un'automobile, o quando incontriamo uno sconosciuto per strada. Siamo in grado di ridurre tali rischi presunti guidando in modo prudente o evitando il contatto con persone sospette. Esistono, però, altre centinaia di rischi imprevisti che dobbiamo affrontare ogni giorno. La microbiologia si occupa di molti rischi di questa tipologia. "Microbiologia! Perché ciò che non conosci potrebbe ucciderti" parla di persone comuni che incontrano organismi nocivi, invisibili ad occhio nudo, ma che causano morte o gravi danni alla salute di un individuo, di un gruppo o perfino di un'intera popolazione. Non possiamo evitare tutti questi rischi, ma conoscendone l' esistenza, possiamo ridurne la pericolosità.

In this greatly enlarged and thoroughly updated edition of his much praised Cardiac Markers, Alan Wu and his contributors focus on the use of markers in the practice of cardiology and-for the first time-on the use of natriuretic peptides for congestive heart failure. Here, leading international authorities in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, cardiology, emergency medicine, and the in vitro diagnostics industry describe the state-of-the-art uses of cardiac markers when treating coronary artery disease, and discuss in detail how they may be optimally used in a clinical setting. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, Cardiac Markers, Second Edition offers physicians a complete guide to the use of cardiac markers in clinical practice and clinical laboratorians a close-up view of the new markers now becoming standard.