McPherson, Richard A. creator Pincus, Matthew R. text xx 2017 Twenty-third edition. monographic und

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xvii, 1565 pages : some colored illustrations ; 28 cm. General concepts and administrative issues -- Optimizing laboratory workflow and performance -- Preanalysis -- Analysis : principles of instrumentation -- Analysis : clinical laboratory automation -- Point-of-care testing and physician office laboratories -- Postanalysis : medical decision making -- Interpreting laboratory results -- Laboratory statistics -- Quality control -- Clinical laboratory informatics -- Financial management -- Biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism : role of the laboratory -- Evaluation of renal function, water, electrolytes and acid-base function -- Biochemical markers of bone metabolism -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids and dyslipoproteinemia -- Cardiac injury, atherosclerosis, and thrombotic disease -- Specific proteins -- Clinical enzymology -- Evaluation of liver function -- Laboratory diagnosis of gastrointestinal and pancreatic disorders -- Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring -- Evaluation of endocrine function -- Reproductive function and pregnancy -- Vitamins and trace elements -- Chemical basis for analyte assays and common interferences -- Basic examination of urine -- Cerebrospinal, synovial, serous body fluids, and alternative specimens -- Basic examination of blood and bone marrow -- Hematopoiesis -- Erythrocytic disorders -- Leukocytic disorders -- The Flow cytometric evaluation for hematopoietic neoplasia Immunohematology -- Transfusion medicine -- Hemapheresis -- Tissue banking and progenitor cells -- Coagulation and Fibrinolysis -- Platelet disorders and Von Willebrand disease -- Laboratory approach to thrombotic risk -- Antithrombotic therapy -- Overview of the immune system and immunologic disorders -- Immunoassays and immunochemistry -- Laboratory evaluation of the cellular immune system -- Laboratory evaluation of immunoglobin function and humoral immunity -- Mediators of inflammation : complement -- Mediators of inflammation : cytokines and adhesion molecules -- Human leukocyte antigen : the major histocompatability complex of man -- The Major histocompatibility complex and disease -- Immunodeficiency disorders -- Clinical and laboratory evaluation of systemic rheumatic diseases -- Vasculitis -- Organ-specific autoimmune diseases -- Allergic diseases -- Viral infections -- Chlamydial, rickettsial, and mycoplasmal infections -- Medical bacteriology -- In Vitro testing of antimicrobial agents -- Spirochete infections. MED McPherson, Richard A. ; Pincus, Matthew R. Includes bibliographical references and index. Clinical laboratory services Clinical laboratory techniques Diagnosis, Laboratory RB 37 M37 2017 9780323295680 230719