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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462361703321

Autore

Crook Martin Andrew

Titolo

Clinical biochemistry and metabolic medicine / / by Martin Andrew Crook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2013

ISBN

0-429-16757-1

9786613688026

1-4441-4415-4

Edizione

[Eight edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Disciplina

612.3/9

Soggetti

Clinical biochemistry

Metabolism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Two columns to the page.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Requesting laboratory tests and interpreting the results; 2 Water and sodium; 3 The kidneys; 4 Acid-base disturbances; 5 Potassium; 6 Calcium, phosphate and magnesium; 7 The hypothalamus and pituitary gland; 8 The adrenal cortex; 9 The reproductive system; 10 Pregnancy and infertility; 11 Thyroid function; 12 Carbohydrate metabolism; 13 Plasma lipids and lipoproteins; 14 Nutrition; 15 Vitamins, trace elements and metals; 16 The gastrointestinal tract; 17 Liver disorders and gallstones

18 Plasma enzymes in diagnosis (clinical enzymology)19 Proteins in plasma and urine; 20 Purine and urate metabolism; 21 Disorders of haem metabolism: iron and the porphyrias; 22 Cardiovascular disease; 23 Cerebrospinal, pleural and ascitic fluids; 24 Metabolic effects of tumours; 25 Therapeutic drug monitoring and poisoning; 26 Clinical biochemistry at the extremes of age; 27 Inborn errors of metabolism; 28 Genetics and deoxyribonucleic acid-based technology in clinical biochemistry; 29 Patient sample collection and use of the laboratory; 30 Point-of-care testing



Appendix 1: Units in clinical chemistryIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Whether you are following a problem-based, an integrated, or a more traditional medical course, clinical biochemistry is often viewed as one of the more challenging subjects to grasp. What you need is a single resource that not only explains the biochemical underpinnings of metabolic medicine, but also integrates laboratory findings with clinical practice. You will find all this, and more, in the eighth edition of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine.This well-respected text provides comprehensive and measured guidance to this complex area, reflecting the ongoing changes in our understanding of clinical biochemistry while preserving the acknowledged strengths of previous editions: readability, a firm basis in the underlying science, and a clear focus on clinical applicability.