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Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry

  • Book

  • October 2023
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5275283

Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry is designed for trainee pathology residents, clinical chemists, medical students, and clinical laboratory scientists, in addition to those preparing for board and postgraduate examination. It is helpful to those in training as well as a teaching aid for mentors, faculty, and directors. The book is organized into 17 system-based chapters covering essential pathophysiology, biochemical investigation, and technical aspects of relevance to results interpretation. Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry is a must-have, didactic and essential knowledge as well as practical resource for learning and review.

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Table of Contents

1. Endocrine Systems Testing
2. Electrolytes and Fluid Balance
3. Renal Function
4. Liver Disorders
5. Metabolic Bone Disease
6. Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia
7. Lipids and Cardiac Biomarkers
8. Obstetrics and Infertility Testing
9. Neurological Disorders Testing
10. Plasma and Body Fluid Proteins
11. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction and Nutritional Assessment
12. Metabolic Disorders
13. Biomarkers of Malignancy
14. Therapeutic Drugs and Toxicology Testing
15. Blood Gases and Acid Base Balance
16. Aspects of Clinical Laboratory Management
17. Analytical Methods and Special Considerations

Authors

Ibrahim A. Hashim Professor of Pathology, Chief of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Chemistry; Director, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), Dallas, TX, USA. Dr. Ibrahim A. Hashim is Professor of Pathology, Chief of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Chemistry, and Director at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) at Dallas, Texas. He has over 29 years of experience as a clinical chemist and an educator. His work experience includes large university teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom and United States. In addition to directing the Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Program, he gives clinical chemistry didactic lectures to pathology residents, fellows, and clinical laboratory scientists. He also lectures on the Fundamentals for Clinical Reasoning course to medical students at UTSW. He is the director of the Clinical Chemistry and the Laboratory Management Rotations for the Pathology Residency program at UTSW and regularly contributes to the scientific literature on clinical chemistry and clinical laboratory topics. Dr. Hashim served as Director on the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and has co-authored Endocrine Society Practice Guidelines on Hypopituitarism.