**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Laboratory Technology** Master clinical lab testing skills with the condensed version of the Tietz Textbook! Designed for use by CLS students, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 9th Edition provides a streamlined guide to the clinical chemistry knowledge you need to work in a real-world, clinical lab. Coverage ranges from laboratory principles to analytical techniques and instrumentation, analytes, pathophysiology, and more. New content keeps you current with the latest developments in molecular diagnostics. From highly respected clinical chemistry educator Nader Rifai, this textbook shows how to select and perform diagnostic lab tests, and how to accurately evaluate results.
1. Instructions for online access - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Associate Editors - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vi 8. Preface - p. xi 9. Part I. Principles of Laboratory Medicine - p. xi 10. 1. Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics - p. 1 11. 2. Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of Methods - p. 8 12. 3. Preanalytical Variation - p. 39 13. 4. Biological Variation and Analytical Performance Specifications - p. 52 14. 5. Establishment and Use of Reference Intervals - p. 66 15. 6. Specimen Collection, Processing, and Other Preanalytical Variables - p. 79 16. 7. Quality Control of the Analytical Examination Process - p. 91 17. 8. Principles of Basic Techniques and Laboratory Safety - p. 115 18. Part II. Analytical Techniques and Instrumentation - p. 134 19. 9. Optical Techniques - p. 135 20. 10. Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors - p. 155 21. 11. Electrophoresis - p. 177 22. 12. Chromatography - p. 190 23. 13. Mass Spectrometry - p. 211 24. 14. Enzyme and Rate Analyses - p. 226 25. 15. Immunochemical Techniques - p. 248 26. 16. Automation in the Clinical Laboratory - p. 264 27. 17. Point-of-Care Testing - p. 286 28. Part III. Analytes - p. 300 29. 18. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins - p. 301 30. 19. Serum Enzymes - p. 327 31. 20. Tumor Markers - p. 346 32. 21. Kidney Function Tests - p. 372 33. 22. Carbohydrates - p. 390 34. 23. Lipids and Lipoproteins - p. 403 35. 24. Electrolytes and Blood Gases - p. 422 36. 25. Hormones - p. 442 37. 26. Catecholamines and Serotonin - p. 452 38. 27. Vitamins and Trace Elements - p. 469 39. 28. Hemoglobin and Iron - p. 502 40. 29. Porphyrins and Porphyrias - p. 522 41. 30. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - p. 539 42. 31. Clinical Toxicology - p. 560 43. 32. Toxic Elements - p. 584 44. Part IV. Pathophysiology - p. 596 45. 33. Diabetes Mellitus - p. 597 46. 34. Cardiac Function - p. 626 47. 35. Kidney Disease - p. 648 48. 36. Physiology and Disorders of Water, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Metabolism - p. 674 49. 37. Liver Disease - p. 695 50. 38. Gastric, Intestinal, and Pancreatic Function - p. 721 51. 39. Bone and Mineral Metabolism - p. 742 52. 40. Disorders of the Pituitary Gland - p. 768 53. 41. Adrenal Cortex - p. 782 54. 42. Thyroid Disorders - p. 805 55. 43. Reproductive Endocrinology and Related Disorders - p. 829 56. 44. Pregnancy and Prenatal Testing - p. 855 57. 45. Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism - p. 876 58. 46. Pharmacogenetics - p. 892 59. Part V. Molecular Diagnostics - p. 903 60. 47. Principles of Molecular Biology - p. 905 61. 48. Genomes, Variants, and Massively Parallel Methods - p. 916 62. 49. Molecular Microbiology - p. 940 63. Reference Information - p. 964 64. APPENDIX. Reference Information for the Clinical Laboratory - p. 965 65. ANSWERS - p. 1008 66. INDEX - p. 1015
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Laboratory Technology** Master clinical lab testing skills with the condensed version of the Tietz Textbook! Designed for use by CLS students, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 9th Edition provides a streamlined guide to the clinical chemistry knowledge you need to work in a real-world, clinical lab. Coverage ranges from laboratory principles to analytical techniques and instrumentation, analytes, pathophysiology, and more. New content keeps you current with the latest developments in molecular diagnostics. From highly respected clinical chemistry educator Nader Rifai, this textbook shows how to select and perform diagnostic lab tests, and how to accurately evaluate results.
1. Instructions for online access - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Associate Editors - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vi 8. Preface - p. xi 9. Part I. Principles of Laboratory Medicine - p. xi 10. 1. Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics - p. 1 11. 2. Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of Methods - p. 8 12. 3. Preanalytical Variation - p. 39 13. 4. Biological Variation and Analytical Performance Specifications - p. 52 14. 5. Establishment and Use of Reference Intervals - p. 66 15. 6. Specimen Collection, Processing, and Other Preanalytical Variables - p. 79 16. 7. Quality Control of the Analytical Examination Process - p. 91 17. 8. Principles of Basic Techniques and Laboratory Safety - p. 115 18. Part II. Analytical Techniques and Instrumentation - p. 134 19. 9. Optical Techniques - p. 135 20. 10. Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors - p. 155 21. 11. Electrophoresis - p. 177 22. 12. Chromatography - p. 190 23. 13. Mass Spectrometry - p. 211 24. 14. Enzyme and Rate Analyses - p. 226 25. 15. Immunochemical Techniques - p. 248 26. 16. Automation in the Clinical Laboratory - p. 264 27. 17. Point-of-Care Testing - p. 286 28. Part III. Analytes - p. 300 29. 18. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins - p. 301 30. 19. Serum Enzymes - p. 327 31. 20. Tumor Markers - p. 346 32. 21. Kidney Function Tests - p. 372 33. 22. Carbohydrates - p. 390 34. 23. Lipids and Lipoproteins - p. 403 35. 24. Electrolytes and Blood Gases - p. 422 36. 25. Hormones - p. 442 37. 26. Catecholamines and Serotonin - p. 452 38. 27. Vitamins and Trace Elements - p. 469 39. 28. Hemoglobin and Iron - p. 502 40. 29. Porphyrins and Porphyrias - p. 522 41. 30. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - p. 539 42. 31. Clinical Toxicology - p. 560 43. 32. Toxic Elements - p. 584 44. Part IV. Pathophysiology - p. 596 45. 33. Diabetes Mellitus - p. 597 46. 34. Cardiac Function - p. 626 47. 35. Kidney Disease - p. 648 48. 36. Physiology and Disorders of Water, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Metabolism - p. 674 49. 37. Liver Disease - p. 695 50. 38. Gastric, Intestinal, and Pancreatic Function - p. 721 51. 39. Bone and Mineral Metabolism - p. 742 52. 40. Disorders of the Pituitary Gland - p. 768 53. 41. Adrenal Cortex - p. 782 54. 42. Thyroid Disorders - p. 805 55. 43. Reproductive Endocrinology and Related Disorders - p. 829 56. 44. Pregnancy and Prenatal Testing - p. 855 57. 45. Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism - p. 876 58. 46. Pharmacogenetics - p. 892 59. Part V. Molecular Diagnostics - p. 903 60. 47. Principles of Molecular Biology - p. 905 61. 48. Genomes, Variants, and Massively Parallel Methods - p. 916 62. 49. Molecular Microbiology - p. 940 63. Reference Information - p. 964 64. APPENDIX. Reference Information for the Clinical Laboratory - p. 965 65. ANSWERS - p. 1008 66. INDEX - p. 1015
