Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry presents the fundamental science underpinning common chemical investigations used in clinical practice. It takes a practically relevant approach that enables medical students and junior doctors to: Understand the value and limitations of chemical investigations Develop the skill to select appropriate investigations for diagnosis and management Interpret investigations correctly Develop a critical approach to diagnostic investigations Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry takes 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 service.
Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry presents the fundamental science underpinning common chemical investigations used in clinical practice. It takes a practically relevant approach that enables medical students and junior doctors to: Understand the value and limitations of chemical investigations Develop the skill to select appropriate investigations for diagnosis and management Interpret investigations correctly Develop a critical approach to diagnostic investigations Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry takes 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 service.
Preface to the sixth edition.List of abbreviations.Chapter 1 Requesting and Interpreting Tests.Chapter 2 Disturbances of Water Sodium and Potassium Balance.Chapter 3 Acid-Base Balance and Oxygen Transport.Chapter 4 Renal Disease.Chapter 5 Disorders of Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphate Metabolism.Chapter 6 Trauma, Inflammation, Immunity and Malignancy.Chapter 7 Liver Disease.Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal Tract Disease.Chapter 9 Nutrition.Chapter 10 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycaemia.Chapter 11 Cardiovascular Disorders.Chapter 12 Disorders of Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism.Chapter 13 Uric Acid, Gout and Purine Metabolism.Chapter 14 Disorders of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary.Chapter 15 Abnormailities of the Thyroid Function.Chapter 16 Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex and Medulla.Chapter 17 Investigation of Gonadal Function, Infertility, Menstrual Irregularities and Hirsutism.Chapter 18 Pregnancy and Antenatal Screening.Chapter 19 Clinical Biochemistry in Paediatrics and Geriatric.Chapter 20 Central Nervous System and Cerebrospinal Fluid.Chapter 21 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Chemical Toxicology.Appendix.Index
Dr Geoff Beckett, Reader in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Edinburgh Dr Simon Walker, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Edinburgh Dr Peter Rae, Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Dr Peter Ashby, Clinical Biochemist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
"This book is really rather good and proves to be an invaluable study tool. One quick dip into the edition to check a fact left me engrossed, reading avidly, and wanting more...Clinical Biochemistry is divided into clinically realted chapters, ecah beginning with a review of the relevant medical concepts. Appropriate tests are described, and each section ends with a key points box. Extra marks are awarded to the authors for putting each topic into a clinical context with case studies. Essential reading for all medical students." Sharp, St George's Union Magazine
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