Get the most from your study time with this highly illustrated, comprehensive review tool! Clinical Pathology Board Review, 2nd Edition, covers all major subject areas of clinical pathology, offering abundant multiple-choice questions that mimic what you’ll see on the certification and recertification exam. Completing and studying the answers and explanations makes it easy to review key concepts in laboratory medicine, correlate these concepts to the associated clinical or laboratory information, and apply what you’ve learned to the diagnosis and management of human disease. Use this outstanding review tool alone or as a companion to Anatomic Pathology Board Review, 3rd Edition.
1. Clinical Pathology Board Review - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. v 7. List of Illustrations - p. vii 8. List of Tables - p. viii 9. Section 1. Laboratory and Quality Management - p. viii 10. 1. Laboratory management: General, Regulatory, and Financial Concepts - p. 1 11. 2. Quality management: Laboratory Statistics, Quality Control, Method Validation, and Performance - p. 17 12. 3. Laboratory testing: Preanalytical Issues, Analytic Techniques, POCT, and Informatics - p. 33 13. Section 2. Clinical Chemistry - p. 48 14. 4. Endocrine (thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, bone, pancreas, reproductive) and catecholamines - p. 49 15. 5. Liver, gastrointestinal, pancreas, biliary tract - p. 68 16. 6. Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring, cardiac, cancer, and other biomarkers, lipids, and glycoproteins - p. 88 17. 7. Electrolytes, blood gases, renal function - p. 109 18. Section 3. Hematology and Coagulation - p. 127 19. 8. Hematology: Red blood cells - p. 128 20. Questions - p. 128 21. References - p. 158 22. 9. Hemostasis and thrombosis - p. 160 23. Questions - p. 160 24. References - p. 199 25. Section 4. Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology - p. 201 26. 10. Hematology: White blood cells, lymph nodes, and flow cytometry - p. 202 27. Questions - p. 202 28. References - p. 244 29. 11. Body fluids: Urine, cerobrospinal, synovial and other serous body fluids - p. 245 30. 12. Molecular diagnostics - p. 257 31. 13. Cytogenomics - p. 281 32. Questions - p. 281 33. References - p. 327 34. Section 5. Microbiology - p. 329 35. 14. General microbiology - p. 330 36. 15. Bacteriology and mycobacteriology - p. 340 37. Questions - p. 340 38. References - p. 353 39. 16. Virology - p. 372 40. 17. Mycology and parasitology - p. 388 41. Questions - p. 388 42. References - p. 403 43. Section 6. Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine - p. 403 44. 18. Blood donation, collection, manufacturing and regulatory requirements - p. 428 45. 19. Pretransfusion testing and immunohematology - p. 442 46. Questions - p. 442 47. References - p. 453 48. 20. Transfusion therapy and complications of transfusion - p. 467 49. 21. Therapeutic apheresis, cellular therapy and tissue banking - p. 488 50. Section 7. Immunology and HLA - p. 499 51. 22. Immunology, immune disorders and HLA - p. 500 52. Questions - p. 500 53. References - p. 521 54. Index - p. 525
Get the most from your study time with this highly illustrated, comprehensive review tool! Clinical Pathology Board Review, 2nd Edition, covers all major subject areas of clinical pathology, offering abundant multiple-choice questions that mimic what you’ll see on the certification and recertification exam. Completing and studying the answers and explanations makes it easy to review key concepts in laboratory medicine, correlate these concepts to the associated clinical or laboratory information, and apply what you’ve learned to the diagnosis and management of human disease. Use this outstanding review tool alone or as a companion to Anatomic Pathology Board Review, 3rd Edition.
1. Clinical Pathology Board Review - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. v 7. List of Illustrations - p. vii 8. List of Tables - p. viii 9. Section 1. Laboratory and Quality Management - p. viii 10. 1. Laboratory management: General, Regulatory, and Financial Concepts - p. 1 11. 2. Quality management: Laboratory Statistics, Quality Control, Method Validation, and Performance - p. 17 12. 3. Laboratory testing: Preanalytical Issues, Analytic Techniques, POCT, and Informatics - p. 33 13. Section 2. Clinical Chemistry - p. 48 14. 4. Endocrine (thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, bone, pancreas, reproductive) and catecholamines - p. 49 15. 5. Liver, gastrointestinal, pancreas, biliary tract - p. 68 16. 6. Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring, cardiac, cancer, and other biomarkers, lipids, and glycoproteins - p. 88 17. 7. Electrolytes, blood gases, renal function - p. 109 18. Section 3. Hematology and Coagulation - p. 127 19. 8. Hematology: Red blood cells - p. 128 20. Questions - p. 128 21. References - p. 158 22. 9. Hemostasis and thrombosis - p. 160 23. Questions - p. 160 24. References - p. 199 25. Section 4. Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology - p. 201 26. 10. Hematology: White blood cells, lymph nodes, and flow cytometry - p. 202 27. Questions - p. 202 28. References - p. 244 29. 11. Body fluids: Urine, cerobrospinal, synovial and other serous body fluids - p. 245 30. 12. Molecular diagnostics - p. 257 31. 13. Cytogenomics - p. 281 32. Questions - p. 281 33. References - p. 327 34. Section 5. Microbiology - p. 329 35. 14. General microbiology - p. 330 36. 15. Bacteriology and mycobacteriology - p. 340 37. Questions - p. 340 38. References - p. 353 39. 16. Virology - p. 372 40. 17. Mycology and parasitology - p. 388 41. Questions - p. 388 42. References - p. 403 43. Section 6. Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine - p. 403 44. 18. Blood donation, collection, manufacturing and regulatory requirements - p. 428 45. 19. Pretransfusion testing and immunohematology - p. 442 46. Questions - p. 442 47. References - p. 453 48. 20. Transfusion therapy and complications of transfusion - p. 467 49. 21. Therapeutic apheresis, cellular therapy and tissue banking - p. 488 50. Section 7. Immunology and HLA - p. 499 51. 22. Immunology, immune disorders and HLA - p. 500 52. Questions - p. 500 53. References - p. 521 54. Index - p. 525
