Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods

• Part 1: The Clinical Laboratory1. General Concepts and Administrative Issues2. Optimizing Laboratory Workflow and Performance3. Preanalysis4. Analysis: Principles of Instrumentation5. Mass Spectrometry and Applications6. Analysis: Clinical Laboratory Automation7. Point-of-Care Testing and Physician Office Laboratories8. Postanalysis: Medical Decision Making9. Interpreting Laboratory Results10. Laboratory Statistics11. Quality Control12. Clinical Laboratory Informatics13. Financial Management14. Ethics in Laboratory MedicinePart 2: Clinical Chemistry15. Evaluation of Renal Function, Water , Electrolytes and Acid-Base Function16. Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism17. Carbohydrates18. Lipids and Dyslipoproteinemia19. Cardiac Injury, Atherosclerosis, and Thrombotic Disease20. Specific Proteins21. Clinical Enzymology22. Evaluation of Liver Function23. Laboratory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disorders24. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring25. Evaluation of Endocrine Function26. Reproductive Function and Pregnancy27. Vitamins and Trace Elements28. Chemical Basis for Analyte Assays and Common InterferencesPart 3: Urine and Other Body Fluids29. Basic Examination of Urine30. Cerebrospinal, Synovial, Serous Body Fluids, and Alternative SpecimensPart 4: Hematology and Transfusion Medicine31. Basic Examination of Blood and Bone Marrow32. Hematopoiesis33. Erythrocytic Disorders34. Leukocytic Disorders35. The Flow Cytometric Evaluation for Hematopoietic Neoplasia 36. Immunohematology37. Transfusion Medicine38. Hemapheresis 39. Tissue Banking and Progenitor CellsPart 5: Hemostasis and Thrombosis40. Coagulation and Fibrinolysis41. Platelet Disorders and Von Willebrand Disease42. Laboratory Approach to Thrombotic Risk43. Antithrombotic TherapyPart 6: Immunology and Immunopathology44. Overview of the Immune System and Immunologic Disorders45. Immunoassays and Immunochemistry46. Laboratory Evaluation of the Cellular Immune System47. Laboratory Evaluation of Immunoglobulin Function and Humoral Immunity48. Mediators of Inflammation: Complement49. Mediators of Inflammation: Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules50. Human Leukocyte Antigen: The Major Histocompatibility Complex of Man51. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Disease52. Immunodeficiency Disorders53. Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases54. Vasculitis55. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases56. Allergic DiseasesPart 7: Medical Microbiology57. Medical Bacteriology58. In Vitro Testing of Antimicrobial Agents59. Mycobacteria60. Mycotic Diseases61. Spirochete Infections62. Chlamydial and Mycoplasmal Infections63. Rickettsiae and Other Related Intracellular Bacteria64. Viral Infections65. Medical Parasitology66. Specimen Collection and Handling for Diagnosis of Infectious DiseasesPart 8: Molecular Pathology67. Introduction to Molecular Pathology68. Molecular Diagnostics: Basic Principles and Techniques69. Polymerase Chain Reaction and Other Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology70. Hybridization Array Technologies71. Applications of Cytogenetics in Modern Pathology72. Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases73. Molecular Genetics of Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders: Current Research and Perspectives74. Identity Testing: Use of DNA Analysis in Parentage, Forensic, and Missing Persons Testing75. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized MedicinePart 9: Clinical Pathology of Cancer76. Diagnosis and Management of Cancer Using Serologic and Other Body Fluid Markers77. Oncoproteins and Early Tumor Detection78. Molecular Diagnosis of Hematopoietic Neoplasms79. Molecular Genetic Pathology of Solid Tumors80. High-Throughput Genomic and Proteomic Technologies in the Post-Genomic EraAppendicesPhysiologic Solutions, Buffers, Acid-Base Indicators, Standard Reference Materials, and Temperature ConversionsDesirable Weights, Body Surface Area, and Body Mass IndexApproximations of Total Blood VolumePeriodic Table of ElementsSI UnitsCommon Chimeric Genes Identified in Human MalignanciesDisease/Organ Panels

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