Clinical Biochemistry: Metabolic and Clinical Aspects

"An invaluable resource... Information is wide ranging and detailed but also very practical, being applicable to the real questions about real patients that we have to deal with every day. There are lots of tables for easy reference. I heartily recommend this book." -Elizabeth Hall, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

• The uses of biochemical data in clinical medicineThe acquisition of biochemical dataThe interpretation of biochemical dataSodium, water and potassiumHydrogen ion homoeostasis, tissue oxygenation and their disordersCalcium, phosphate and magnesiumThe kidneys, renal function and renal failure. ProteinuriaRenal tubular disorders and renal stone diseaseThe clinical biochemistry of nutritionNutritional disorders and their managementThe clinical biochemistry of the gastrointestinal tractThe assessment of hepatic function and investigation of jaundiceAcute and chronic liver diseaseDiabetes mellitus: pathophysiology and biochemical backgroundThe clinical management of diabetes mellitusHypoglycaemiaHypothalamic, pituitary and adrenal disordersThyroid dysfunctionHormonal aspects of non-endocrine diseaseAbnormal sexual developmentThe clinical biochemistry of female reproductive function, including pregnancy, oral contraception and hormone replacement therapyReproductive function in the maleInherited metabolic diseasePaediatric clinical biochemistryBiochemical aspects of anaemiaThe porthyrias and disorders of haem synthesisThe haemoglobulinopathiesImmunology for clinical biochemistsMetabolic bone diseaseBiochemical aspects of articular diseaseMuscle diseaseInvestigation of cerebrospinal fluidBiochemical aspects of psychiatric disordersBiochemical aspects of neurological diseaseBiochemical aspects of mental retardationLipid metabolism, hyper- and hypo-lipidaemiasThe clinical biochemistry of the cardiovascular systemTherapeutic drug monitoring. PoisoningMetabolic effects of tumoursTumour markersMolecular clinical biochemistryFree radicals