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Use THE definitive reference for laboratory medicine and clinical pathology! Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine, 7th Edition provides the guidance necessary to select, perform, and evaluate the results of new and established laboratory tests. Comprehensive coverage includes the latest advances in topics such as clinical chemistry, genetic metabolic disorders, molecular diagnostics, hematology and coagulation, clinical microbiology, transfusion medicine, and clinical immunology. From a team of expert contributors led by Nader Rifai, this reference includes access to wide-ranging online resources on Expert Consult - featuring the comprehensive product with fully searchable text, regular content updates, animations, podcasts, over 1300 clinical case studies, lecture series, and more. Authoritative, current content helps you perform tests in a cost-effective, timely, and efficient manner; provides expertise in managing clinical laboratory needs; and shows how to be responsive to an ever-changing environment. Current guidelines help you select, perform, and evaluate the results of new and established laboratory tests. Expert, internationally recognized chapter authors present guidelines representing different practices and points of view. Analytical criteria focus on the medical usefulness of laboratory procedures. Use of standard and international units of measure makes this text appropriate for any user, anywhere in the world. Expert Consult provides the entire text as a fully searchable eBook, and includes regular content updates, animations, podcasts, more than 1300 clinical case studies, over 2500 multiple-choice questions, a lecture series, and more. NEW! 19 additional chapters highlight various specialties throughout laboratory medicine. NEW! Updated, peer-reviewed content provides the most current information possible. NEW! The largest-ever compilation of clinical cases in laboratory medicine is included on Expert Consult. NEW! Over 100 adaptive learning courses on Expert Consult offer the opportunity for personalized education.… (more)
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CONTENTS:
Laboratory medicine
Statistical methodologies in laboratory medicine : Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of Laboratory Tests
Governance, risk, and quality management in the medical laboratory
Specimen collection and processing
Preanalytical variation and pre-examination processes
Quality control of the analytical examination process
Standardization and harmonization of analytical examination results
Biological variation and analytical performance specifications
Establishment and use of reference intervals
Evidence-based laboratory medicine
Biobanking
Laboratory support of pharmaceutical, in vitro diagnostics, and epidemiologic studies
Machine learning and big data in laboratory medicine
Laboratory stewardship and test utilization
Principles of basic techniques and laboratory safety
Optical techniques
Electrochemistry and chemical sensors
Electrophoresis
Chromatography
Mass spectrometry
Sample preparation for mass spectrometry
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry applications in infectious diseases
Development and validation of small molecule analytes by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Proteomics
Enzyme and rate analysis
Immunochemical techniques
Microfabrication and microfluidics and their application in clinical diagnostics
Cytometry
Automation in the clinical laboratory
Point-of-care testing
Amino acids, peptides, and proteins
Serum enzymes
Tumor markers
Kidney function tests
Carbohydrates
Lipids and lipoproteins
Electrolytes and blood gases
Hormones
Vitamins and trace elements
Iron metabolism
Porphyrins and the porphyrias
Therapeutic drugs and their management
Clinical toxicology
Toxic elements
Body fluids
Nutrition: Laboratory and clinical aspects
Diabetes mellitus
Cardiac function
Kidney disease
Disorders of water, electrolytes, and acid-base metabolism
Liver disease
Gastric, intestinal, and pancreatic function
Monoamine-producing tumors
Bone and mineral metabolism
Pituitary function and pathophysiology
Adrenal cortex
Thyroid disorders
Reproductive endocrinology and related disorders
Pregnancy and its disorders
Newborn screening and inborn errors of metabolism
Inborn errors of metabolism: Disorders of complex molecules
Principles of molecular biology
Nucleic acid isolation
Nucleic acid techniques
Genomes, variants, and massively parallel methods
Clinical genome sequencing
Molecular microbiology
Genetics
Solid tumors
Hematopathology
Circulating tumor cells and circulating nucleic acids in oncology
Circulating nucleic acids for prenatal diagnostics
Pharmacogenetics
Automated hematology
Leukocyte morphology in blood and bone marrow
Red blood cell morphology and indices: The clinical chemistry interface
Hemoglobin and hemoglobinopathies
Enzymes of the red blood cell
Physiology of hemostasis
Platelets and von Willebrand factor
Coagulation, anticoagulation, and fibrinolysis
Introduction to infectious diseases
The role of the clinical laboratory in infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship
Bacteriology
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Mycobacteriology
Mycology
Parasitology
Virology
Blood group systems and pretransfusion testing
Blood components, product modifications, and blood donor screening
Indications for transfusion: RBCs, platelets, plasma, and cryoprecipitate
Transfusion reactions and adverse events associated with transfusion
Systemic autoimmune disease
Transplant, solid organ
Hematopoietic cell transplantation
Transplant compatibility testing
Monoclonal antibody therapeutics and immunogenicity
Allergy testing
Primary immunodeficiencies and secondary immunodeficiencies