Main description:

This new edition brings trainees fully up to date with the latest developments in the field of medical biochemistry. Divided into fifty chapters, the book covers numerous tests for different disorders throughout the body.

The text has been fully revised with the addition of many new sections including chapters on therapeutic drug monitoring and on diagnostic indicators of cardiac disease, as well as 120 new case reports.

Presented in an easy to read format, the fourth edition includes more than 80 diagrams and figures, and an appendix illustrating the different panels for clinical diagnosis and management.

Key points

• Fully revised, new edition presenting latest developments in medical biochemistry


• Many new sections and case reports


• Includes appendix showing panels for clinical diagnosis and management


• Previous edition published in 2006

Contents:

1. Hazards in the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory


2. Specimen Collection and Preservation


3. Quality Control in Clinical Laboratory


4. Units and Reference Values


5. Review of Analytical Chemistry


6. Determination of pH


7. Tests for Carbohydrates


8. Precipitation Reactions for Proteins


9. Color Reactions for Proteins


10. Tests for Lipids


11. Gastric Juice Analysis


12. Physical Examination of Urine


13. Chemistry of Normal Urine


14. Abnormal Constituents of Urine


15. Urinary Ascorbic Acid


16. Urinary Reducing Sugars


17. Hemoglobin and its Derivatives


18. Spectral Techniques


19. Automation


20. Liver Function Tests


21. Cardiac Function Tests


22. Kidney Function Tests


23. Pancreatic Function Tests


24. Thyroid Function Tests


25. Tumor Markers


26. Serum Total Proteins and Albumin–Globulin Ratio


27. Serum Alkaline and Acid Phosphatase


28. Serum Aminotransferases (Transaminases)


29. Serum Amylase


30. Serum Bilirubin


31. Blood Urea and Urea Clearance


32. Serum Creatinine and Creatinine Clearance


33. Serum Uric Acid


34. Blood Sugar


35. Glucose Tolerance Test


36. Blood Lipids


37. Serum Inorganic Phosphorus


38. Serum Calcium


39. Serum Chloride


40. Cerebrospinal Fluid


41. Analysis of Foodstuffs


42. Chromatography


43. Electrophoresis


44. Flame Photometer


45. Blood Gas Analyzer


46. Body Fluids and their Composition


47. Immunology


48. Isotopes in Clinical Chemistry


49. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome


50. Therapeutic drug monitoring