Beckett / Walker / Rae Lecture Notes

Clinical Biochemistry
8. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-31092-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 480 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Lecture Notes

The new edition of the best-selling Lecture Notes title is aconcise introduction to clinical biochemistry that presents thefundamental science underpinning common biochemical investigationsused in clinical practice.
Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry allows thereader to make efficient and informed use of the diagnosticservices offered by their clinical biochemistry department. Theresult is a text that serves as a reference to the practitioner aswell as the student. The book takes a system-based approach, withthe underlying physiological rationale for any test explained inthe context of disruption by disease. This leads naturally to anintegrated and practical understanding of biochemicaldiagnostics.
Including multiple choice questions (MCQs) alongsideend-of-chapter case studies to help develop test-selection skills,Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry provides the essentialbackground to biochemical investigations and is an ideal coursecompanion and revision guide for medical students, junior doctorson the Foundation Programme, general practitioners, and nurses andlaboratory technicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beckett, Geoffrey

Walker, Simon W.

Rae, Peter

Ashby, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
List of 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 Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia.
7 Disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary.
8 Abnormalities of thyroid function.
9 Disorders of the adrenal cortex and medulla.
10 Investigation of gonadal function infertility, menstrualirregularities and hirsuitism.
11 Pregnancy and antenatal screening.
12 Cardiovascular disorders.
13 Liver disease.
14 Gastrointestinal tract disease.
15 Nutrition.
16 Trauma, inflammation, immunity and malignancy.
17 Disorders of iron and porphyrin metabolism.
18 Uric acid, gout and purine metabolism.
19 Central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid.
20 Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical toxicology.
21 Clinical biochemistry in paediatrics and geriatricsSelf-assessment MCQs.
Answers to MCQs.
Appendix: Reference ranges - SI units and'conventional' units.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Geoff Beckett, Reader in Clinical Biochemistry at theUniversity of Edinburgh
Dr Simon Walker, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistryat the University of Edinburgh
Dr Peter Rae, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, WesternGeneral Hospital, Edinburgh
Dr Peter Ashby, Clinical Biochemist, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh