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Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Laboratory Quality Control: A Comprehensive Review for Board Preparation, Certification and Clinical Practice, Second Edition presents core topics and 70 case studies that illustrate the application of clinical chemistry knowledge to everyday patient care. This succinct reference offers practical examples of how things function in the pathology clinic with useful lists, key points, case studies and a bullet point format ideal for quick pre-board review. While larger textbooks in clinical chemistry provide highly detailed information regarding instrumentation and statistics, this book is designed to educate senior medical students, residents and fellows on how tests are performed.

This second edition successfully helps pathology residents gain command of clinical chemistry, toxicology, immunology, and laboratory statistics in an effort to help them prepare for the American Board of Pathology examination. Clinical chemistry is a topic in which many senior medical students and pathology residents face challenges.

Key Features

Includes chapters on drug-herb interaction and pharmacogenomics, topics not covered by textbooks in the field of clinical chemistry or laboratory medicine

Presents seventy case studies that highlight clinical relevance and errors to avoid

Covers important clinical information found in larger textbooks in a more succinct and easy-to-understand manner

Residents and fellows in pathology and clinical chemistry, practicing pathologists and clinical chemists

1. Instrumentation and Analytical Methods
2. Immunoassay Platform and Designs
3. Pre-Analytical Variables
4. Laboratory Statistics and Quality Control
5. Water, Homeostasis, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Balance
6. Lipid Metabolism and Disorders
7. Carbohydrate Metabolism, Diabetes, and Hypoglycemia
8. Cardiac Markers
9. Endocrinology
10. Liver Diseases and Liver Function Tests
11. Renal Function Tests
12. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
13. Tumor Markers
14. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
15. Interferences in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
16. Drugs of Abuse Testing
17. Challenges in Drugs of Abuse Testing: Magic Mushrooms, Peyote Cactus, and Designer Drugs
18. Testing for Ethyl Alcohol (Alcohol) and Other Volatiles
19. Common Poisonings Including Heavy Metal Poisoning
20. Pharmacogenomics
21. Hemoglobinopathy
22. Protein Electrophoresis and Immunofixation
23. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis Testing
24. Autoimmunity, Complement, and Immunodeficiency
25. Effect of Herbal Supplements on Clinical Laboratory Test Results

Amitava Dasgupta received his PhD degree in Chemistry from Stanford University and his fellowship training in Clinical Chemistry from the Laboratory Medicine Department of the University of Washington School of Medicine at Seattle. He is a tenured Full Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center located at the Texas Medical Center at Houston. Dr. Dasgupta has published 210 scientific papers, written many invited review articles, and has edited, co-edited or written 15 books. He is on the Editorial Board of five major medical journals including American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinica Chimica Acta and Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis.

Amer Wahed is a graduate of Medicine, training initially in Internal Medicine at Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England. He subsequently trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. After working for several years in a private setting, he joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry and Immunology at Memorial-Hermann Hospital at the Texas Medical Center. He is also the Associate Director of the Pathology Residency Program at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. Dr. Wahed has a strong interest in teaching and is actively involved in the education of medical students, graduate students, residents, and fellows. He has been recognized for his teaching contributions through awards from his department, as well as the Office of the Dean. He is also active in mentoring pathology residents in research and has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals.