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Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics

  • 7th Edition - February 26, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Carl A. Burtis, David E. Bruns
  • Language: English

A condensed, easier-to-understand student version of the acclaimed Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Mol… Read more

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A condensed, easier-to-understand student version of the acclaimed Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 7th Edition uses a laboratory perspective in providing the clinical chemistry fundamentals you need to work in a real-world, clinical lab. Coverage ranges from laboratory principles to analytical techniques and instrumentation, analytes, pathophysiology, and more. New content keeps you current with the latest developments in molecular diagnostics. From highly respected clinical chemistry experts Carl Burtis and David Bruns, this textbook shows how to select and perform diagnostic lab tests, and accurately evaluate results.

Key features

  • Authoritative, respected author team
  • consists of two well-known experts in the clinical chemistry world.
  • Coverage of analytical techniques and instrumentation includes optical techniques, electrochemistry, electrophoresis, chromatography, mass spectrometry, enzymology, immunochemical techniques, microchips, automation, and point of care testing.
  • Learning objectives begin each chapter, providing measurable outcomes to achieve after completing the material.
  • Key words are listed and defined at the beginning of each chapter, and bolded in the text.
  • A glossary at the end of the book makes it quick and easy to look up definitions of key terms.
  • More than 500 illustrations plus easy-to-read tables help you understand and remember key concepts.

Table of contents

I. PRINCIPLES OF LABORATORY MEDICINE

1. Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Diagnostics, and Laboratory Medicine

2. Selection and Analytical Evaluation of Methods — With Statistical Techniques

3. Clinical Evaluation of Methods

4. Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine

5. Establishment and Use of Reference Values

6. Specimen Collection, Processing, and Other Preanalytical Variables

7. Quality Management
II. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION

8. Principles of Basic Techniques and Laboratory Safety

9. Optical Techniques

10. Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors

11. Electrophoresis

12. Chromatography

13. Mass Spectrometry

14. Enzyme and Rate Analyses

15. Immunochemical Techniques

16 Automation

17. Point-of-Care Instrumentation
III. ANALYTES

18. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

19. Serum Enzymes

20. Tumor Markers and Cancer Genes

21. Kidney Function Tests — Creatinine, GFR, Urea, and Uric Acid

22. Carbohydrates

23. Lipids, Lipoproteins, Apolipoproteins, and Other Cardiac Risk Factors

24. Electrolytes and Blood Gases

25. Hormones

26. Catecholamines and Serotonin

27. Vitamins, Trace Elements, Nutritional Assessment

28. Hemoglobin, Iron, and Bilirubin

29. Porphyrins and Porphyrias

30. Therapeutic Drugs and Their Management

31. Clinical Toxicology

32. Toxic Metals
IV. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

33. Diabetes

34. Cardiovascular Disease

35. Kidney Disease

36. Physiology and Disorders of Water, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Metabolism

37. Liver Disease

38. Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Diseases

39. Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

40. Disorders of the Pituitary Gland

41. Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex

42. Thyroid Disorders

43. Reproduction-Related Disorders

44. Pregnancy and Prenatal Testing

45. Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism

46. Pharmacogenetics
V. MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS NEW!

47. Principles of Molecular Biology

48. Nucleic Acid Techniques and Applications

49. Genomes and Nucleic Acid Alterations
VI. REFERENCE INFORMATION

50. Reference Information for the Clinical Laboratory

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 16, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

CB

Carl A. Burtis

Affiliations and expertise
Health Services Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, and Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

DB

David E. Bruns

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Director of Clinical Chemistry and Associate Director of Molecular Diagnostics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, and Former Editor, Clinical Chemistry, Washington, DC