Medical laboratory
A Concise Review of Clinical Laboratory Science, 2nd Edition
| The Second Edition offers a concise review of all areas of clinical lab science, including the standard areas, such as hematology, chemistry, hemostasis, immunohematology, clinical microbiology, parasitology, urinalysis and more, as well as lab management, lab government regulations, and quality assurance. A companion website offers 35 case studies, an image bank of color images, and a quiz bank with 500 questions in certification format. | |||
Table of contents : A CONCISE REVIEW OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE, SECOND EDITION......Page 1 Half Title Page......Page 3 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 9 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 11 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13 CONTENTS......Page 15 Half Title Page......Page 19 I. CLINICAL CHEMISTRY BASICS......Page 21 II. SPECIAL METHODS IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY......Page 27 III. BASIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY......Page 30 IV. ANALYTES AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY......Page 34 V. ENZYMOLOGY......Page 50 VI. ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 55 VII. TOXIC AND THERAPEUTIC DRUGS......Page 66 I. PLATELET PHYSIOLOGY......Page 72 II. PLATELET PATHOPHYSIOLOGY......Page 75 III. BLOOD COAGULATION AND FIBRINOLYSIS......Page 86 IV. COAGULATION DISORDERS......Page 96 I. LABORATORY ANALYSIS......Page 105 II. HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUES......Page 114 III. HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION......Page 119 IV. ERYTHROCYTES AND ERYTHROPOIESIS......Page 124 I. RED BLOOD CELL INDICES AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ANEMIA......Page 137 II. RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) DISORDERS......Page 138 III. ANEMIAS AND POLYCYTHEMIAS......Page 140 IV. LEUKOCYTE DISORDERS......Page 165 V. LYMPHOCYTE PHYSIOLOGY AND DISORDERS......Page 184 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 197 II. CELLS AND TISSUES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM......Page 201 IV. IMMUNE RESPONSE (IR)......Page 203 V. MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX......Page 204 VI. HYPERSENSITIVITY......Page 207 VII. AUTOIMMUNITY......Page 208 VIII. IMMUNODEFICIENCIES......Page 211 IX. TECHNIQUES IN IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY......Page 213 X. SYPHILIS SEROLOGY......Page 216 XI. ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS......Page 217 XII. HEPATITIS......Page 218 XIII. STREPTOCOCCAL SEROLOGY......Page 220 XIV. EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) SEROLOGY......Page 221 XVII. BORRELIA BURDORFERI SEROLOGY......Page 222 XVIII. TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY......Page 223 XIX. TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY......Page 225 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 227 II. BLOOD GROUP SYSTEMS......Page 228 III. DONOR SELECTION AND BLOOD COLLECTION......Page 237 IV. DONOR PROCESSING......Page 239 V. BLOOD COMPONENTS AND COMPONENT THERAPY......Page 241 VI. ANTIGLOBULIN TESTING......Page 244 VII. UNEXPECTED ANTIBODIES......Page 245 VIII. COMPATIBILITY TESTING......Page 248 IX. TRANSFUSION REACTIONS......Page 250 X. HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN (HDN)......Page 251 XI. AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS (AIHA)......Page 253 XII. TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED DISEASES......Page 254 XIII. THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) AND HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS (HLA)......Page 255 XIV. ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES IN BLOOD BANK TESTING......Page 256 I. BACTERIA......Page 258 II. BACTERIAL CELL STRUCTURE......Page 259 IV. NORMAL FLORA......Page 261 V. PATHOGENESIS OF INFECTION......Page 262 VI. COLLECTION AND HANDLING OF CLINICAL SPECIMENS......Page 263 VII. MICROCOCCACEAE......Page 266 VIII. STREPTOCOCCUS, ENTEROCOCCUS, AND RELATED GENERA......Page 269 IX. AEROBIC GRAM-POSITIVE BACILLI......Page 274 X. NEISSERIA AND MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS......Page 276 XI. MISCELLANEOUS GRAM-NEGATIVE BACILLI......Page 278 XII. ENTEROBACTERIACEAE......Page 282 XIII. CAMPYLOBACTER, HELICOBACTER, AND VIBRIONACEAE......Page 285 XIV. GRAM-NEGATIVE NONFERMENTATIVE BACILLI......Page 288 XV. MISCELLANEOUS GENERA......Page 291 XVI. MYCOPLASMA, UREAPLASMA, AND THE CHLAMYDIACEAE......Page 292 XVII. SPIROCHETES......Page 293 XVIII. MYCOBACTERIA......Page 294 XIX. ANAEROBES......Page 297 XX. ZOONOTIC AND RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS......Page 302 XXI. AGENTS OF BIOTERRORISM......Page 303 XXII. ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING......Page 304 XXIII. DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION......Page 307 XXIV. MOLECULAR TESTING......Page 308 I. PARASITOLOGY......Page 309 II. MYCOLOGY......Page 317 III. VIROLOGY......Page 325 I. THE RENAL SYSTEM......Page 333 II. THE URINE SPECIMEN......Page 334 III. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF URINE......Page 339 IV. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF URINE......Page 342 V. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE URINE......Page 347 VII. METABOLIC PRODUCTS IN THE URINE......Page 355 VIII. DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY......Page 359 IX. RENAL SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS......Page 363 X. URINE PREGNANCY TESTING......Page 364 XI. SEROUS BODY FLUIDS......Page 365 XII. SYNOVIAL FLUID......Page 367 XIII. SEMINAL FLUID ANALYSIS......Page 369 XIV. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) ANALYSIS......Page 371 XV. GASTRIC FLUID ANALYSIS......Page 374 XVI. FECAL ANALYSIS......Page 375 I. BIOLOGY OF THE CELL......Page 380 II. MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS......Page 382 IV. MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY......Page 385 VI. DNA-BASED HUMAN IDENTIFICATION......Page 386 I. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY......Page 388 II. PROFESSIONALISM......Page 390 III. QUALITY ASSURANCE......Page 391 IV. LABORATORY REGULATIONS......Page 392 V. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT......Page 401 VII. INSTRUMENT SELECTION PROCESS......Page 402 X. OUTREACH PROGRAM......Page 403 INDEX......Page 405 |
