BookMichael Murphy, Rajeev Srivastava, Kevin Deans.
Summary: "This comprehensively revised edition of Clinical Biochemistry offers essential reading for today's students of medicine and other health science disciplines - indeed, anyone who requires a concise, practical introduction to the subject. Topics are clearly presented in a series of double-page 'learning units', each covering a particular aspect of clinical biochemistry"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
The clinical biochemistry laboratory
The use of the laboratory
Interpretation of results : general
Interpretation of results : diagnosis
Interpretation of results : monitoring
Analytical aspects
Fluid and electrolytes : basic concepts
Water and sodium balance : physiological mechanisms
Hyponatraemia : pathophysiology
Hyponatraemia : assessment and management
Hypernatraemia
Hyperkalaemia
Hypokalaemia
Intravenous fluid therapy
Investigation of renal function (1)
Investigation of renal function (2)
Urinalysis
Proteinuria
Acute kidney injury
Chronic kidney disease
Acid-base : concepts and vocabulary
Metabolic acid-base disorders
Respiratory and mixed acid-base disorders
Acid-base disorders : diagnosis and management
Proteins and enzymes
Immunoglobulins
Myocardial infarction
Liver function tests
Jaundice
Liver disease
Glucose metabolism and diabetes mellitus
Diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Hypoglycaemia
Calcium regulation and hypocalcaemia
Hypercalcaemia
Phosphate and magnesium
Metabolic bone disease
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures
Endocrine control
Dynamic function tests
Pituitary function
Growth disorders and acromegaly
Thyroid pathophysiology
Hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Adrenocortical pathophysiology
Hypofunction of the adrenal cortex
Hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex
Gonadal function
Subfertility
Nutritional assessment
Nutritional support
Parenteral nutrition
The metabolic response to injury
Gastrointestinal disorders
Iron
Zinc and copper
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Toxicology
Metal poisoning
Alcohol
Ascites
Pleural fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid
Identification of body fluids
Lipoprotein metabolism
Clinical disorders of lipid metabolism
Hypertension
Cancer and its consequences
Tumour markers
Multiple endocrine neoplasia
Hyperuricaemia
Myopathy
Fetal monitoring and prenatal diagnosis
Pregnancy
Antenatal screening
Screening the newborn for disease
Paediatric biochemistry
Inborn errors of metabolism
Selected inherited disorders
Case history comments.