Now in its fourth edition, this book is designed to contain, in a concise and accessible form, the information necessary for students and junior medical staff to gain an understanding of the place of chemical tests in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. For each group of topics, an outline of the physiological or biochemical basis for the investigations is given together with a discussion of the results in relation to abnormalities of function which may occur in disease.
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52 illustrations, appendices
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 150 mm
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978-0-632-01979-3 (9780632019793)
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Chemistry, University of Scotland
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Introduction; Requesting laboratory investigations; Specimen collection; Interpreting and using laboratory data; Disturbances of water, sodium and potassium balance; Acid-base balance and oxygen transport; Plasma protein abnormalities; Enzyme tests in diagnosis; Liver disease; Renal disease; Gastrointestinal tract disease; Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism; Disorders of plasma lipids; Disorders of purine metabolism; Disorders of calcium and magnesium metabolism; Iron, porphyrin and haemoglobin metabolism; Deficiencies of trace elements and vitamins; Abnormalities of thyroid function; Disorders of cortisol and aldosterone production; Gonadal function; Hypothalamic and pituitary hormones; Steroid contraceptives, pregnancy and prenatal diagnosis; Clinical chemistry in paediatrics; Clinical chemistry in geriatrics; Tumours and tumour markers; The CNS and CSF; Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical toxicology; Clinical chemistry closer to the patient.
