Use THE definitive reference for laboratory medicine and clinical pathology! Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine, 7th Edition provides the guidance necessary to select, perform, and evaluate the results of new and established laboratory tests. Comprehensive coverage includes the latest advances in topics such as clinical chemistry, genetic metabolic disorders, molecular diagnostics, hematology and coagulation, clinical microbiology, transfusion medicine, and clinical immunology. From a team of expert contributors led by Nader Rifai, this reference includes access to wide-ranging online resources on Expert Consult - featuring the comprehensive product with fully searchable text, regular content updates, animations, podcasts, over 1300 clinical case studies, lecture series, and more.
Authoritative, current content helps you perform tests in a cost-effective, timely, and efficient manner; provides expertise in managing clinical laboratory needs; and shows how to be responsive to an ever-changing environment. Current guidelines help you select, perform, and evaluate the results of new and established laboratory tests. Expert, internationally recognized chapter authors present guidelines representing different practices and points of view. Analytical criteria focus on the medical usefulness of laboratory procedures. Use of standard and international units of measure makes this text appropriate for any user, anywhere in the world. Expert Consult provides the entire text as a fully searchable eBook, and includes regular content updates, animations, podcasts, more than 1300 clinical case studies, over 2500 multiple-choice questions, a lecture series, and more.
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1 Laboratory Medicine 2 Statistical Methodologies in Laboratory Medicine 3 Quality Management in the Clinical Laboratory 4 Specimen Collection and Handling 5 Preanalytical Variations and Preexamination Processes 6 Quality Control 7 NEW! Standardization and Harmonization 8 Biological Variations 9 Reference Intervals 10 Evidenced-Based Lab Medicine 11 Biobanking 12 Lab Support of Pharmaceutical, In Vitro Diagnostics and Epidemiologic Studies 13 NEW! Machine Learning and Big Data 14 NEW! Utilization of Laboratory Tests 15 Lab Safety 16 Optical Techniques 17 Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors 18 Electrophoresis 19 Chromatography 20 Mass Spectrometry 21 Sample Preparation for Mass Spectrometry Applications 22 Mass Spectrometry Applications in Infectious Disease 23 Mass Spectrometry for Small Molecule 24 Proteomics 25 Enzyme and Rate Analysis 26 Immunochemical Techniques 27 Microfabrication and Microfluidics 28 Cytometry 29 Automation in the Clinical Lab 30 Point-of-Care Testing 31 Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins 32 Serum Enzymes 33 Tumor Markers 34 Kidney Function Tests 35 Carbohydrates 36 Lipids and Lipoproteins 37 Electrolytes and Blood Gases 38 Hormones 39 Vitamins and Trace Elements 40 Iron Metabolism 41 Porphyrins and Porphyrias 42 Therapeutic Drug Management 43 Clinical Toxicology 44 Toxic Elements 45 Body Fluids 46 Nutrition 47 Diabetes Mellitus 48 Cardiac Function 49 Kidney Disease 50 Disorders of Water, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Metabolism 51 Liver Disease 52 Gastric, Pancreatic & Intestinal Function 53 Monoamine Producing Tumors 54 Bone and Mineral Metabolism 55 Pituitary Function 56 Adrenal Cortex 57 Thyroid Disorders 58 Reproductive Endocrinology 59 Pregnancy and its Disorders 60 Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism (Small Molecules) 61 Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism (Large Molecules) 62 Principles of Molecular Biology 63 Nucleic Acid Isolation 64 Nucleic Acid Techniques 65 Genomes, Variants, and Massively Paralleled Methods 66 NEW! Clinical Genome Sequencing 67 Molecular Microbiology 68 Genetics 69 Solid Tumors 70 NEW! Hematopathology 71 Circulating Tumor Cells and Circulating Nucleic Acids in Oncology 72 Circulating Nucleic Acids for Prenatal Diagnostics 73 Pharmacogenetics 74 Hemostasis 75 NEW! Hemoglobin and Hemoglobinopathies 76 Automated Hematology 77 Red Blood Cell Morphology and Indices with Clinical Chemistry Interface 78 NEW! White Blood Cell Morphology 79 NEW! Platelets 80 NEW! Enzymes of the RBC 81 NEW! Overview of Infectious Disease 82 NEW! The Role of the Clinical Laboratory in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship 83 Bacteriology 84 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 85 Mycobacteriology 86 Mycology 87 Parasitology 88 Virology 89 Blood Groups and Pretransfusion Testing 90 Blood Components, Products Modifications, and Blood Donor Screening 91 NEW! Indications for Transfusion: RBCs, platelets, plasma, and cryoprecipitate 92 NEW! Transfusion reactions/adverse events associated with transfusion 93 NEW! Allergy Testing 94 NEW! Immunogenicity of Biologics 95 NEW! Systemic Autoimmune Disease (ANA testing, RF, CCP, antibodies, etc. 96 NEW! Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies 97 NEW! Transplant 98 NEW! Immunogenetics Appendix Reference Information for the Clinical Laboratory
