
Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods
- 21st Edition - July 28, 2006
- Imprint: Saunders
- Editors: Matthew R. Pincus, Richard A. McPherson
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 2 1 8 5 - 0
Commended, Basic and Clinical Sciences, BMA Awards 2007The book has been required reading in clinical pathology since 1908. Its comprehensive coverage gives you an in-depth unders… Read more
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The book has been required reading in clinical pathology since 1908. Its comprehensive coverage gives you an in-depth understanding of lab test selection and interpretation of results. A new full-colour layout makes reference much easier. New chapters on laboratory regulations, nutrition, point-of-care testing, bioterrorism, proteomics, microarray
analysis, and the human genome project – as well as a completely new section on cancer testing and meticulous updates from cover to cover – put all the latest, most essential knowledge at your fingertips.
The book has been required reading in clinical pathology since 1908. Its comprehensive coverage gives you an in-depth understanding of lab test selection and interpretation of results. A new full-colour layout makes reference much easier. New chapters on laboratory regulations, nutrition, point-of-care testing, bioterrorism, proteomics, microarray
analysis, and the human genome project – as well as a completely new section on cancer testing and meticulous updates from cover to cover – put all the latest, most essential knowledge at your fingertips.
- Describes the scientific foundation, and clinical application of today's complete range of laboratory tests.
- Delivers quick and easy access to information with a superb organization that lends itself to continuous reading as well as specific, on-the-spot referencing of a particular problem or condition.
Pathologists, Laboratory Medicine Specialists, Transfusion Medicine Specialists, Primary Care Physicians, Lab Technicians, Medical Students in Pathology, Lab Medicine and Introduction to Clinical Medicine Courses, Allied Health Students in Medical Technical Courses, Blood Banks, Community Health Centers, Hospital Libraries and Health Science Libraries
PART I: The Clinical Laboratory
1. The Clinical Laboratory: Organization, Purpose and Practice
2. Laboratory Regulations
3. Principles of Instrumentation
4. Clinical Laboratory Automation
5. Interpreting Laboratory Results
6. Informatics, Imaging and Interoperability
7. Laboratory Statistics
8. Clinical Laboratory Quality Assurance
PART II: Clinical Chemistry
9. Evaluation of Renal Function, Water, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance and Blood Gases
10. Metabolic Intermediates, Inorganic Ions and Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism
11. Carbohydrates
12. Lipids and Dyslipoproteinemia
13. Specific Proteins
14. Evaluation of Liver Function and Injury
15. Protein Markers of Disease
16. Evaluation of Endocrine Function
17. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
18. Nutrition
PART III: Urine and Other Body Fluids
19. Basic Examination of Urine
20. Cerebrospinal, Synovial, and Serious Body Fluids
21. Andrology Laboratory and Fertility Assessment
22. Laboratory Management of Assisted Reproductive Technology
23. Laboratory Aspects of Gestation Management
24. Laboratory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreatic Disorders
PART IV: Hematology, Coagulation and Transfusion Medicine
25. Basic Examination of Blood
26. Hematopoiesis
27. Erythrocytic Disorders
28. Leukocytic Disorders
29. Blood Platelets
30. Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Hypercoagulation
31. Immunohematology
32. Transfusion Medicine
33. Hemapheresis
34. Tissue Banking and Progenitor Cell
35. Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
PART V: Immunology and Immunopathy
36. Overview of the Immune System and Immunologic Disorders
37. Immunoassays and Immunochemistry
38. Laboratory Evaluation of the Cellular Immune System
39. Laboratory Evaluation of Immunoglobin Function and Humoral Immunity
40. Complement and Kinins: Mediators of Inflammation
41. Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules
42. HLA: The Major Histocompatibility Complex of Man
43. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Disease
44. Immunodeficiency Disorders
45. Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
46. Vasculitis
47. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases
48. Allergic Diseases
PART VI: Medical Microbiology
49. Viral Infections
50. Chlamydial, Rickettsial, and Mycoplasmal Infections
51. Medical Microbiology
52. In Vitro Testing of Antimicrobial Agents
53. Spirochete Infections
54. Mycobacteria
55. Mycotic Diseases
56. Medical Parasitology
57. Molecular Pathology of Infectious Diseases
58. Specimen Collection and Handling for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
59. Bioterrorism
PART VII: Molecular Pathology
60. An Introduction to Molecular Pathology
61. Molecular Diagnostics: Basic Principles and Techniques
62. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Other Amplification Technology
63. Hybridization Array Technology
64. Applications for Cytogenetics in Modern Pathology
65. Establishing a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
66. Molecular Techniques in the Hematopoietic Neoplasms
67. Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases
68. Forensic Identity Testing by DNA Analysis
69. Proteomics
70. Microarray Analysis
71. Human Genome Project in Laboratory-Based Diagnostics
PART VIII: Cancer Testing
72. Molecular Testing
73. Oncoproteins and Early Tumor Detection
74. Diagnosis and Management of Cancer Using Serologic Tumor Markers
75. Use of DNA Polymorphism and Other Genetic Markers
1. The Clinical Laboratory: Organization, Purpose and Practice
2. Laboratory Regulations
3. Principles of Instrumentation
4. Clinical Laboratory Automation
5. Interpreting Laboratory Results
6. Informatics, Imaging and Interoperability
7. Laboratory Statistics
8. Clinical Laboratory Quality Assurance
PART II: Clinical Chemistry
9. Evaluation of Renal Function, Water, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance and Blood Gases
10. Metabolic Intermediates, Inorganic Ions and Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism
11. Carbohydrates
12. Lipids and Dyslipoproteinemia
13. Specific Proteins
14. Evaluation of Liver Function and Injury
15. Protein Markers of Disease
16. Evaluation of Endocrine Function
17. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
18. Nutrition
PART III: Urine and Other Body Fluids
19. Basic Examination of Urine
20. Cerebrospinal, Synovial, and Serious Body Fluids
21. Andrology Laboratory and Fertility Assessment
22. Laboratory Management of Assisted Reproductive Technology
23. Laboratory Aspects of Gestation Management
24. Laboratory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreatic Disorders
PART IV: Hematology, Coagulation and Transfusion Medicine
25. Basic Examination of Blood
26. Hematopoiesis
27. Erythrocytic Disorders
28. Leukocytic Disorders
29. Blood Platelets
30. Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Hypercoagulation
31. Immunohematology
32. Transfusion Medicine
33. Hemapheresis
34. Tissue Banking and Progenitor Cell
35. Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
PART V: Immunology and Immunopathy
36. Overview of the Immune System and Immunologic Disorders
37. Immunoassays and Immunochemistry
38. Laboratory Evaluation of the Cellular Immune System
39. Laboratory Evaluation of Immunoglobin Function and Humoral Immunity
40. Complement and Kinins: Mediators of Inflammation
41. Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules
42. HLA: The Major Histocompatibility Complex of Man
43. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Disease
44. Immunodeficiency Disorders
45. Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
46. Vasculitis
47. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases
48. Allergic Diseases
PART VI: Medical Microbiology
49. Viral Infections
50. Chlamydial, Rickettsial, and Mycoplasmal Infections
51. Medical Microbiology
52. In Vitro Testing of Antimicrobial Agents
53. Spirochete Infections
54. Mycobacteria
55. Mycotic Diseases
56. Medical Parasitology
57. Molecular Pathology of Infectious Diseases
58. Specimen Collection and Handling for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
59. Bioterrorism
PART VII: Molecular Pathology
60. An Introduction to Molecular Pathology
61. Molecular Diagnostics: Basic Principles and Techniques
62. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Other Amplification Technology
63. Hybridization Array Technology
64. Applications for Cytogenetics in Modern Pathology
65. Establishing a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
66. Molecular Techniques in the Hematopoietic Neoplasms
67. Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases
68. Forensic Identity Testing by DNA Analysis
69. Proteomics
70. Microarray Analysis
71. Human Genome Project in Laboratory-Based Diagnostics
PART VIII: Cancer Testing
72. Molecular Testing
73. Oncoproteins and Early Tumor Detection
74. Diagnosis and Management of Cancer Using Serologic Tumor Markers
75. Use of DNA Polymorphism and Other Genetic Markers
- Edition: 21
- Published: July 28, 2006
- Imprint: Saunders
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781437721850
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Matthew R. Pincus
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pathology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; Chief, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, New York Harbor VA Medical Center, New York, New YorkRM
Richard A. McPherson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology, Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia