cover image - Clinical Chemistry - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 5th Edition
ISBN: 9780323092838
Copyright: 2010
Publication Date: 06-23-2009
Page Count: 1200
Imprint: Mosby
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Clinical Chemistry - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 5th Edition

by Lawrence A. Kaplan, PhD, DABCC, FACB and Amadeo J. Pesce, PhD, DABCC, FNACB

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cover image - Clinical Chemistry - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 5th Edition
ISBN: 9780323092838
Copyright: 2010
Publication Date: 06-23-2009
Page Count: 1200
Imprint: Mosby
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From the classroom to the lab, this text provides complete coverage of the latest advances in clinical chemistry. Part one of the text includes content on laboratory techniques and practice, and part two provides detailed descriptions of how specific diseases affect the human body. Plenty of user-friendly features including outlines, key terms, objectives, and internet references make even difficult concepts easy to understand, and the new full-color insert illustrates important concepts in vibrant detail.
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    • Full coverage of clinical chemistry from experts in the field gives you a solid foundation for transferring from theory to practice.
    • Clear explanations and user-friendly features make this a textbook that you can continue to use as a reference on the job.
    • Key terms listed at the beginning of each chapter help you master relevant vocabulary.
    • Section objectives highlight the most important content and provide goals for each chapter.
    • New chapters on Laboratory Analysis of Hemoglobin Variants, Laboratory Approaches to Serology Testing, and Viral Hepatitis: Diagnosis and Monitoring keep you at the cutting edge of your field.
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  • Part I: Laboratory Techniques and Laboratory Management

    1. Basic Laboratory Principles and Techniques

    2. Spectral Techniques

    3. Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: Theory, Practice, and Instrumentation

    4. Chromatographic Techniques

    5. Laboratory Analysis of Hemoglobin Variants NEW!

    6. Electrophoresis

    7. Immunological Reactions

    8. Immunochemical Techniques

    9. Principles for Competitive-Binding Assays

    10. Laboratory Approaches to Serology Testing NEW!

    11. Measurement of Colligative Properties

    12. Electrochemistry: Principles and Measurement

    13. Molecular Diagnostics

    14. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

    15. Clinical Enzymology

    16. Protein Isoforms: Isoenzymes and Isoforms

    17. Interferences in Chemical Analysis

    18. Sources and Control of Preanalytical Variation

    19. Laboratory Management

    20. Laboratory Automation

    21. Point-of-Care (Near-Patient) Testing

    22. Laboratory Information Systems

    23. Laboratory Statistics

    24. Reference Intervals and Clinical Decision Limits

    25. Quality Control in the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

    26. Evaluation of Methods


    Part II: Physiology and Pathophysiology

    27. Basic Biochemistry

    28. Physiology of Body Water and Electrolytes

    29. Acid-Base Control and Acid-Base Disorders

    30. Renal Function

    31. Liver Function

    32. Viral Hepatitis: Diagnosis and Monitoring NEW!

    33. Bone Disease

    34. The Pancreas: Function and Chemical Pathology

    35. Gastrointestinal Function

    36. Cardiac and Muscle Disease

    37. Coronary Artery Disease: Lipid Metabolism

    38. Diabetes

    39. Iron, Porphyrin, and Bilirubin Metabolism

    40. Hemoglobin

    41. Human Nutrition

    42. Trace Metals

    43. Vitamins

    44. Pregnancy

    45. The Newborn

    46. Extravascular Biological Fluids

    47. Nervous System

    48. General Endocrinology

    49. Thyroid

    50. The Gonads

    51. Adrenal Hormones and Hypertension

    52. Diseases of Genetic Origin

    53. Neoplasia

    54. Laboratory Evaluation of the Transplant Recipient

    55. Toxicology

    56. Addiction and Substance Abuse
  • Lawrence A. Kaplan, PhD, DABCC, FACB, Director, Clinical Chemistry, Bellevue Hospital; Clinical Professor, Pathology, New York University, New York, NY and Amadeo J. Pesce, PhD, DABCC, FNACB, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; Laboratory Director, Adams County Hospital, West Union, OH; Laboratory Director, Drake Center, Cincinnati, OH
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