Salient Features * This book written in lucid and easily comprehensible language is designed to bridge the gap between clinicians and clinical laboratories. * Throughly revised in viwe of the newer and better methods in clinical chemistry. * Appreciable increase in the numbers of case reports with detailed explanation for the answers. * Areas like authomation, AIDS, quality control, radio isotopes and immunology have been elaborately dealt with.
Table of Contents * Hazards in the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory * Specimen Collection and Preservation * Quality Control in Clinical Laboratory * Units and Reference Values * Review of Analytical Chemistry * Determination of pH * Tests for Carbohydrates * Precipitation Reactions for Proteins * Colour Reactions for Proteins * Tests for Lipids * Gastric Juice Analysis * Physical Examination of Urine * Chemistry of Normal Urine * Abnormal Constituents of Urine * Urinary Ascorbic Acid * Urinary Reducing Sugars * Haemoglobin and its Derivatives * Spectral Techniques * Automation * Liver Function Tests * Cardiac Function Tests * Kidney Function Tests * Pancreatic Function Tests * Thyroid Function Tests * Tumour Markers * Serum Total Proteins and Albumin-Globulin Ratio * Serum Alkaline and Acid Phosphatase * Practical Clinical Biochemistry * Serum Aminotransferases (Transaminases) * Serum Amylase * Serum Bilirubin * Blood Urea and Urea Clearance * Serum Creatinine and Creatinine Clearance * Serum Uric Acid * Blood Sugar * Glucose Tolerance Test * Blood Lipids * Serum Inorganic Phosphorus * Serum Calcium * Serum Chloride * Cerebrospinal Fluid * Analysis of Foodstuffs * Chromatography * Electrophoresis * Flame Photometer * Blood Gas Analyser * Body Fluids and their Composition * Immunology * Isotopes in Clinical Chemistry * Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) * Different Panels for Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods * Index
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Practical Clinical Biochemistry - Methods And Interpretation