Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry

by Ibrahim A. Hashim

Overview

Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry is designed for trainee pathology residents, clinical chemists, medical students, and clinical laboratory scientists, in addition to those preparing for board and postgraduate examination. It is helpful to those in training as well as a teaching aid for mentors, faculty, and directors. The book is organized into 17 system-based chapters covering essential pathophysiology, biochemical investigation, and technical aspects of relevance to results interpretation. Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry is a must-have, didactic and essential knowledge as well as practical resource for learning and review. - Facilitates easy access to troubleshooting common questions within a daily practice - Provides the landscape for the required knowledge and competency in clinical chemistry - Presents concise, direct, practical material for clinicians and clinical practitioners reaching out to the clinical laboratory for advice and interpretation of findings - Covers all aspects of clinical chemistry fellowship curriculum

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128229187
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/10/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	54 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Ibrahim A. Hashim is Professor of Pathology, Chief of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Chemistry, and Director at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) at Dallas, Texas. He has over 29 years of experience as a clinical chemist and an educator. His work experience includes large university teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom and United States. In addition to directing the Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Program, he gives clinical chemistry didactic lectures to pathology residents, fellows, and clinical laboratory scientists. He also lectures on the Fundamentals for Clinical Reasoning course to medical students at UTSW. He is the director of the Clinical Chemistry and the Laboratory Management Rotations for the Pathology Residency program at UTSW and regularly contributes to the scientific literature on clinical chemistry and clinical laboratory topics. Dr. Hashim served as Director on the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and has co-authored Endocrine Society Practice Guidelines on Hypopituitarism.

Table of Contents

1. Endocrine Systems Testing2. Electrolytes and Fluid Balance3. Renal Function4. Liver Disorders5. Metabolic Bone Disease6. Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia7. Lipids and Cardiac Biomarkers8. Obstetrics and Infertility Testing9. Neurological Disorders Testing10. Plasma and Body Fluid Proteins11. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction and Nutritional Assessment12. Metabolic Disorders13. Biomarkers of Malignancy14. Therapeutic Drugs and Toxicology Testing15. Blood Gases and Acid Base Balance16. Aspects of Clinical Laboratory Management17. Analytical Methods and Special Considerations

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Designed to provide didactic training materials to pathology residents and fellows as well as medical students