Clinical biochemistry : metabolic and clinical aspects / edited by William J. Marshall and Stephen K. Bangert.
Contributor(s): Marshall, William J
| Bangert, S. K.
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BookPublisher: New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1995Description: xi, 854 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0443043418 .Subject(s): Clinical biochemistry | Clinical chemistry | BiochemistryDDC classification: 616.0756 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Clinical biochemistry (also known as clinical chemistry or chemical pathology) is about body chemistry, mainly body fluids. It encompasses the use of biomedical techniques in (a) the study of disease processes and (b) the diagnosis and management of disease. Research increasingly reveals a biochemical basis to disease, so clinical biochemistry increasingly impinges on every surgical and medical specialty.This is a comprehensive postgraduate text covering the metabolic and clinical aspects of the whole ofclinical biochemistry. It will help the clinical biochemist to liaise with the clinician in planning appropriate tests and interpreting the results, many chapters are written jointly by a clinician and clinical biochemist to reflect the clinical emphasisof the text.Analytical methodology is touched upon, however the bulk of the book concentrates on clinical aspects. In common with many other diagnostic specialties clinical biochemistry now uses an increasing number of techniques involving the 'new biology', these will be covered in this book.Short annotated lists of Further Reading are included and the contributors have indicated their 'best buys' for further study in each chapter. The editor has selected contributors with extensive practical experience in their fields, and many have proven writing ability. Given the editor's own experience of textbook writing, he has endeavoured to support the text with as much display material (eg graphics, tables and illustration) as possible. All these factors makethe book accessible as well as authoritative. The book will be invaluable for readers studying for examinations in clinical biochemistry (for example, MSc degrees and the Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists) and also fills a gap in the literature as a clinically oriented reference for clinical biochemists in career posts. In addition, it will be read by clinicians in other specialties where clinical biochemistry constitutes an important part of th
e subject, for example nephrology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The uses of biochemical data in clinical medicine / William J. Marshall -- The acquisition of biochemical data / William J. Marshall -- The interpretation of biochemical data / William J. Marshall -- Sodium, water and potassium / Michael Penney -- Hydrogen ion homeostasis, tissue oxygenation and their disorders / William J. Marshall -- Calcium, phosphate and magnesium / T. Cundy and I. Reid -- The kidneys, renal function and renal failure / William J. Marshall -- Proteinuria / Peter Gosling -- Renal tubular disorders and renal calculi / Stephen K. Bangert -- The clinical biochemistry of nutrition / Stephen K. Bangert -- Malabsorption / Stephen K. Bangert -- The assessment of hepatic function and investigation of jaundice / P. J. Johnson -- Acute and chronic liver disease / P. J. Johnson -- Diabetes mellitus / Simon Coppack -- Hypoglycaemia / Mourad Labib -- Hypothalamic and pituitary disorders / Trevor A. Howlett -- Adrenal disorders / P. L. Drury -- Thyroid dysfunction / J. Butler and R. Pope -- Hormonal aspects of non-endocrine disease / Edward Hillhouse -- Abnormal sexual development / Ieuan A. Hughes -- Abnormalities of reproductive function / John Waterstone, John Parsons, John Miell and Richard Ross -- Pregnancy, oral contraception and hormone replacement therapy / R. Bradley and D. Crook -- Paediatric clinical biochemistry / Philip Mayne and Maggie Hancock -- Biochemical aspects of haemolysis / H. Hambley and A. Lestas -- Disorders of haem synthesis and the porphyrias / B. Adriaans -- The haemoglobinopathies / Mark Layton, Roopen Arya and Alastair Bellingham -- Paraproteinaemias / P. Riches -- Metabolic bone disease / T. Cundy and I. Reid -- Biochemical aspects of articular disease / Pauline Pitt -- Muscle disease / D. M. Turnbull and L. A. Bindoff -- Investigation of cerebrospinal fluid / R. Beetham -- Biochemical aspects of psychiatric disorders / M. Murphy -- Biochemical aspects of neurological disease / J. Gareth Llewelyn -- Biochemical aspects of mental handicap / Elizabeth F. Marshall and Stephen P. Tyrer -- Lipid metabolism, hyper-and hypolipididaemias and atherosclerosis / C. B. Marenah -- Therapeutic drug monitoring / M. J. Stewart -- Poisoning / John Henry -- Metabolic effects of tumours / E. W. Hillhouse and T. Loughlin -- Tumour markers / Graham H. Beastall and E. Jean McAllister -- Cellular aspects of clinical biochemistry / A. Fleck and M. Myers -- Molecular clinical biochemistry / M. Norman -- Free radicals / Roberta J. Ward and Timothy J. Peters -- Clinical biochemistry in the investigation of acute chest pain and the acute abdomen / James Hooper and Stephen K. Bangert.