Applied Laboratory Medicine presents interesting cases to illustrate the current use and interpretation of the most commonly available clinical laboratory tests.

Features:

• Presents over 100 cases organised by disease group
• Reflects latest treatment and risk factor guidelines, testing algorithms and recommendations
• Newly covers coagulopathies, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases
• Provides excellent coverage of relevant pathophysiology and biochemistry, and includes cases in molecular diagnostics
• Discusses legal implications

Contents

1. Cardiac Disease
2. Pulmonary Diseases
3. Renal Disease
4. Liver Diseases
5. Thyroid Diseases
6. Adrenocortical Diseases
7. Diabetes
8. Calcium and Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)
9. Genetically Inherited Disorders
10. Infectious Diseases
11. Nonhematologic Malignancies
12. Hematologic Malignancies
13. Benign Hematologic Disorders
14. Porphyrias
15. Toxicology
16. Lipid Disorders
17. Autoimmune Diseases
18. Analytical Errors
19. Miscellaneous

Index

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