Indispensable for clinicians, this extensive handbook provides assistance in the establishment of a precise diagnosis and in the decision of adequate patient treatment. Described in different sections are data for more than 1950 different conditions, the interference of over 1200 different drugs as well as a comprehensive section of international reference values of clinical-biochemical and laboratory parameters. The detailed parameter index and an extensive list of frequently used synonyms and abbreviations allow an easy and fast search.