Covering all of the major subject areas of this complex field, Clinical Pathology Board Review, 2nd Edition, is the ultimate guide for those preparing to take certification, recertification, and specialty board exams. This essential study guide has been revised from cover to cover, making it an excellent review tool for exam prep as well as a handy update for practicing pathologists who want to stay current with the latest advancements in the field.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside front cover - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. iii 7. List of Illustrations - p. iii 8. List of Tables - p. iii 9. Section 1: Laboratory and Quality Management - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: Laboratory management: General, Regulatory, and Financial Concepts - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: Quality management: Laboratory Statistics, Quality Control, Method Validation, and Performance - p. 16 12. Chapter 3: Laboratory testing: Preanalytical Issues, Analytic Techniques, POCT, and Informatics - p. 32 13. Section 2: Clinical Chemistry - p. 48 14. Chapter 4: Endocrine (thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, bone, pancreas, reproductive) and catecholamines - p. 48 15. Chapter 5: Liver, gastrointestinal, pancreas, biliary tract - p. 67 16. Chapter 6: Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring, cardiac, cancer, and other biomarkers, lipids, and glycoproteins - p. 87 17. Chapter 7: Electrolytes, blood gases, renal function - p. 108 18. Section 3: Hematology and Coagulation - p. 127 19. Chapter 8: Hematology: Red blood cells - p. 127 20. Chapter 9: Hemostasis and thrombosis - p. 159 21. Section 4: Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology - p. 201 22. Chapter 10: Hematology: White blood cells, lymph nodes, and flow cytometry - p. 201 23. Chapter 11: Body fluids: Urine, cerobrospinal, synovial and other serous body fluids - p. 244 24. Chapter 12: Molecular diagnostics - p. 256 25. Chapter 13: Cytogenomics - p. 280 26. Section 5: Microbiology - p. 329 27. Chapter 14: General microbiology - p. 329 28. Chapter 15: Bacteriology and mycobacteriology - p. 339 29. Chapter 16: Virology - p. 371 30. Chapter 17: Mycology and parasitology - p. 387 31. Section 6: Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine - p. 427 32. Chapter 18: Blood donation, collection, manufacturing and regulatory requirements - p. 427 33. Chapter 19: Pretransfusion testing and immunohematology - p. 441 34. Chapter 20: Transfusion therapy and complications of transfusion - p. 466 35. Chapter 21: Therapeutic apheresis, cellular therapy and tissue banking - p. 487 36. Section 7: Immunology and HLA - p. 499 37. Chapter 22: Immunology, immune disorders and HLA - p. 499 38. Index - p. 524 39. Inside back cover - p. 524 40. Answers - p. 524
Covering all of the major subject areas of this complex field, Clinical Pathology Board Review, 2nd Edition, is the ultimate guide for those preparing to take certification, recertification, and specialty board exams. This essential study guide has been revised from cover to cover, making it an excellent review tool for exam prep as well as a handy update for practicing pathologists who want to stay current with the latest advancements in the field.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside front cover - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. iii 7. List of Illustrations - p. iii 8. List of Tables - p. iii 9. Section 1: Laboratory and Quality Management - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: Laboratory management: General, Regulatory, and Financial Concepts - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: Quality management: Laboratory Statistics, Quality Control, Method Validation, and Performance - p. 16 12. Chapter 3: Laboratory testing: Preanalytical Issues, Analytic Techniques, POCT, and Informatics - p. 32 13. Section 2: Clinical Chemistry - p. 48 14. Chapter 4: Endocrine (thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, bone, pancreas, reproductive) and catecholamines - p. 48 15. Chapter 5: Liver, gastrointestinal, pancreas, biliary tract - p. 67 16. Chapter 6: Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring, cardiac, cancer, and other biomarkers, lipids, and glycoproteins - p. 87 17. Chapter 7: Electrolytes, blood gases, renal function - p. 108 18. Section 3: Hematology and Coagulation - p. 127 19. Chapter 8: Hematology: Red blood cells - p. 127 20. Chapter 9: Hemostasis and thrombosis - p. 159 21. Section 4: Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology - p. 201 22. Chapter 10: Hematology: White blood cells, lymph nodes, and flow cytometry - p. 201 23. Chapter 11: Body fluids: Urine, cerobrospinal, synovial and other serous body fluids - p. 244 24. Chapter 12: Molecular diagnostics - p. 256 25. Chapter 13: Cytogenomics - p. 280 26. Section 5: Microbiology - p. 329 27. Chapter 14: General microbiology - p. 329 28. Chapter 15: Bacteriology and mycobacteriology - p. 339 29. Chapter 16: Virology - p. 371 30. Chapter 17: Mycology and parasitology - p. 387 31. Section 6: Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine - p. 427 32. Chapter 18: Blood donation, collection, manufacturing and regulatory requirements - p. 427 33. Chapter 19: Pretransfusion testing and immunohematology - p. 441 34. Chapter 20: Transfusion therapy and complications of transfusion - p. 466 35. Chapter 21: Therapeutic apheresis, cellular therapy and tissue banking - p. 487 36. Section 7: Immunology and HLA - p. 499 37. Chapter 22: Immunology, immune disorders and HLA - p. 499 38. Index - p. 524 39. Inside back cover - p. 524 40. Answers - p. 524
