Clinical laboratory medicine / Kenneth D. McClatchey, editor ; Ruth W. Weinberg, acquisition editor ; Raymond E. Reter, developmental editor ; Mark Lerner, cover designer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McClatchey, Kenneth D., editor.

Weinberg, Ruth W., editor.

Reter, Raymond E., editor.

Lerner, Mark, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diagnosis, Laboratory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1709 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This thoroughly updated Second Edition of Clinical Laboratory Medicine provides the most complete, current, and clinically oriented information in the field. The text features over 70 chapters--seven new to this edition, including medical laboratory ethics, point-of-care testing, bone marrow transplantation, and specimen testing--providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary laboratory medicine. Sections on molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics, and laboratory management plus the emphasis on interpretation and clinical significance of laboratory tests (why a test or series of tests is being done and what the results mean for the patient) make this a valuable resource for practicing pathologists, residents, fellows, and laboratorians. Includes over 800 illustrations, 353 in full color and 270 new to this edition. Includes a Self-Assessment and Review book.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Editor""; ""DEDICATION""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""Section 1 General Laboratory""; ""General Laboratory - Introduction""; ""1 Basic Laboratory Management""; ""2 Business Management of the Clinical Laboratory""; ""3 Laboratory Safety""; ""4 The Interpretation of Laboratory Tests""; ""5 Laboratory Information Systems""; ""6 Ethics in Laboratory Medicine""; ""Section 2 Molecular Pathology""; ""Molecular Pathology - Introduction""; ""7 Introduction to Molecular Diagnostics""; ""8 Molecular Biology of Inherited Diseases""

""9 Molecular Biology of Solid Tumors""""10 Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases""; ""11 Clinical Applications of Molecular Biology Hematopoietic Disorders""; ""Section 3 Clinical Chemistry""; ""Clinical Chemistry - Introduction""; ""12 Immunochemical Methods""; ""13 The Plasma Proteins""; ""14 Diagnostic Enzymology and Other Biochemical Markers of Organ Damage""; ""15 Lipids and Lipoproteins""; ""16 Endocrine Function and Carbohydrates""; ""17 Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance""; ""18 Respiration and Measurement of Oxygen and Hemoglobin""; ""19 Nitrogen Metabolites and Renal Function""

""20 Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate""""21 Heme Synthesis and Catabolism""; ""22 Toxicology""; ""23 Trace Elements, Vitamins, and Nutrition""; ""24 Inborn Metabolic Errors""; ""25 Point-of-Care Testing""; ""26 Tumor Markers""; ""Section 4 Medical Microscopy and Urinalysis""; ""Medical Microscopy and Urinalysis - Introduction""; ""27 Synovial, Pleural, and Peritoneal Fluids""; ""28 Urine""; ""Section 5 Cytogenetics""; ""Cytogenetics - Introduction""; ""29 Basic Cytogenetics""; ""30 Clinical Cytogenetics""; ""31 Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis""

""32 Cytogenetic Studies in Neoplastic Hematologic Disorders""""33 The Chromosome-Breakage Syndromes: Clinical Features, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics""; ""34 Solid Tumor Cytogenetics""; ""Section 6 The Major Histocompatibility Complex""; ""The Major Histocompatibility Complex - Introduction ""; ""35 HLA: Structure, Function, and Methodologies""; ""36 Molecular HLA Typing""; ""37 HLA: Applications""; ""38 Bone Marrow Transplantation""; ""Section 7 Hematology""; ""Hematology - Introduction""; ""39 Hematopoiesis and the Hematopoietic Growth Factors""

""40 Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow: Morphology, Counts and Differentials, and Reactive Disorders""""41 Red Blood Cell Disorders""; ""42 The Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Syndromes""; ""43 Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes""; ""44 Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Immunoproliferative Disorders, and Malignant Lymphoma""; ""45 Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders""; ""Section 8 Coagulation""; ""Coagulation - Introduction""; ""46 Overview of Hemostasis""; ""47 Laboratory Evaluation of Platelet Disorders""; ""48 Coagulation Abnormalities""; ""49 Thrombophilia""

""Section 9 Microbiology""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-7945-X

OCLC:

799891999