| Description |
319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Lecture notes series (Blackwell Publishing) |
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Lecture notes series (Blackwell Publishing)
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| Contents |
Requesting and interpreting tests -- Disturbances of water, sodium and potassium balance -- Acid-base balance and oxygen transport -- Renal disease -- Disorders of calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism -- Trauma, inflammation, immunity and malignancy -- Liver disease -- Gastrointestinal tract disease -- Nutrition -- Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Disorders of iron and porphyrin metabolism -- Uric acid, gout and purine metabolism -- Disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary -- Abnormalities of thyroid function -- Disorders of the adrenal cortex and medualla -- Investigation of gonadal function, infertility, menstrual irregularities and hirsutism -- Pregnancy and antenatal screening -- Clinical biochemistry in paediatrics and geriatrics -- Central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid -- Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical toxicology |
| Summary |
"Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry lakes a system-based approach. The underlying physiological rationale for any test is explained in the context of disruption by disease. This leads naturally to an integrated and practical understanding of chemical diagnostics. Case studies at the end of each chapter provide a clinical setting to help develop test-selection skills. Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry provides the essential background to chemical investigations for medical students, junior doctors on foundation programmes, and nurses and practitioners involved in requesting or providing diagnostic services."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Rev. ed. of: Lecture notes on clinical biochemistry / Alistair F. Smith. 6th ed. 1998 |
| Subject |
Clinical chemistry.
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Clinical biochemistry.
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| Author |
Beckett, G. J.
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| LC no. |
2005017257 |
| ISBN |
140512959X paperback |
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