Lecture Notes on Clinical Biochemistry

Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Requesting and Interpreting Tests; 2. Disturbances of Water, Sodium and Potassium Balance; 3. Acid-Base Balance and Oxygen Transport; 4. Renal Disease; 5. Disorders of Calcium, Phosphate and Magnesium Metabolism; 6. Abnormalities of Proteins in Plasma; 7. Plasma Enzyme Tests in Diagnosis; 8. Liver Disease; 9. Gastrointestinal Tract Disease; 10. Clinical Biochemical Measurements in Nutrition; 11. Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism; 12. Disorders of Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins; 13. Disorders of Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism; 14. Disorders of Purine Metabolism; 15. Abnormalities of Thyroid Function; 16. Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex and Medulla; 17. Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones; 18. Gonadal Function, Steroid Contraceptives and Pregnancy; 19. Clinical Biochemistry in Paediatrics and Geriatrics; 20. Molecular Biology in Clinical Biochemistry; 21. Central Nervous System and Cerebrospinal Fluid; 22. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Chemical Toxicology; Appendix A. Collection of Specimens; Appendix B. Near-Patient Testing; Appendix C. SI Units and 'Conventional' Units; Reference Books and Further Reading; Index