A Concise Review of Clinical Laboratory ScienceThe Second Edition offers a concise review of all areas of clinical lab science, including the standard areas, such as hematology, chemistry, hemostasis, immunohematology, clinical microbiology, parasitology, urinalysis and more, as well as lab management, lab government regulations, and quality assurance. A companion website offers 35 case studies, an image bank of color images, and a quiz bank with 500 questions in certification format. |
Contents
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY Barbara Sawyer I Clinical Chemistry Basics | |
Special Methods in Clinical Chemistry | |
Complex | |
Basic Anatomy and Physiology | |
Gastric Fluid Analysis | |
Analytes and Pathophysiology | |
Enzymology | |
Endocrinology | |
Hemolytic Disease of | |
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | |
Stains | |
Clinical Specimens | |
CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY MYCOLOGY AND VIROLOGY Lori RiceSpearman and Lynne Hamilton I Parasitology | |
Mycology | |
Virology | |
URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS ANALYSIS Barbara Sawyer I The Renal System | |
Toxic and Therapeutic Drugs | |
HEMOSTASIS AND COAGULATION Joel Hubbard I Platelet Physiology | |
Platelet Pathophysiology | |
Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis | |
Coagulation Disorders | |
ROUTINE HEMATOLOGY | |
and Function | |
HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS | |
Disorders | |
IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY | |
System | |
Hypersensitivity | |
Autoimmunity | |
Immunodeficiencies | |
Techniques in Immunology and Serology | |
Syphilis Serology | |
Acute Phase Proteins | |
Hepatitis | |
Streptococcal Serology | |
EpsteinBarr Virus EBV Serology | |
Rubella Serology | |
Febrile Disease Serology | |
Borrelia Burdorferi Serology | |
Transplant Immunology | |
Tumor Immunology | |
IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY Wade Redman I Introduction | |
Blood Group Systems | |
Donor Selection and Blood Collection | |
Donor Processing | |
Blood Components | |
The Urine Specimen | |
Physical Examination of Urine | |
Chemical Examination of Urine | |
Microscopic Examination of the Urine | |
Automation in the Urinalysis Laboratory | |
Metabolic Products in the Urine | |
Diseases of the Kidney | |
Renal Synthetic Products | |
Urine Pregnancy Testing | |
Serous Body Fluids | |
Synovial Fluid | |
Seminal Fluid Analysis | |
Cerebrospinal Fluid CSF Analysis | |
Fecal Analysis | |
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS Tootie Tatum I Biology of the Cell | |
Molecular Diagnostic Methods | |
Inherited Genetic Disease | |
Molecular Oncology | |
Molecular Infectious Disease | |
DNABased Human Identification | |
CURRENT ISSUES IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT Wade Redman Lori RiceSpearman and Hal S Larsen I Management and Organizational Th... | |
Professionalism | |
Quality Assurance | |
Laboratory Regulations | |
Financial Management | |
Laboratory Information Systems LIS | |
Instrument Selection Process | |
Problem Solving IX Delivery of Education Unit | |
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