Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine

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. Fully integrated approach - clinical practice logically explained in the context of underlying basic science Clinically oriented - case histories and algorithms direct clinical application of laboratory findings Comprehensive - includes common and less common diseases and syndromes Highly illustrated - with clear and reproducible full colour line diagrams and, new to this edition, clinical photographs Companion website - including self assessment questions and image library Table of 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 and pleural fluid 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 DNA-based technology in clinical biochemistry 29 Patient sample collection and use of the laboratory 30 Point of care testing Appendix 1 Units in clinical chemistry About the Author(s): Professor Martin Andrew Crook, Consultant in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine, Guy's, St Thomas' and University Hospital Lewisham and Visiting Professor, School of Science, University of Greenwich, London, UK