Point-of-Care Testing

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Point-of-Care Testing Recently, laboratories have tended to become more specialized and centralized and may process millions of samples per year. High throughput, cost-effective automation (perhaps including the use of robotics),…

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Patient Sample Collection and Use of the Laboratory

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Patient Sample Collection and Use of the Laboratory Most clinical laboratories take stringent precautions to control the analytical accuracy and precision of results. Indeed, many laboratories undergo carefully regulated accreditation…

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Inborn Errors of Metabolism

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Inborn Errors of Metabolism The inherited characteristics of an individual are determined by about 50 000 gene pairs, arranged on 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each pair coming from…

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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Poisoning

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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Poisoning Drug overdose and the consequences of drug side effects are common causes of hospital medical admissions. This chapter also looks at therapeutic monitoring of particular…

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Metabolic Effects of Tumours

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Metabolic Effects of Tumours This chapter looks at how clinical biochemistry tests can be used to diagnose and monitor patients with malignant disease. Malignant disease is one of the world’s…

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Cerebrospinal, Pleural and Ascitic Fluids

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Cerebrospinal, Pleural and Ascitic Fluids This chapter looks at various important biological fluids and how their biochemical analysis can be useful clinically. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID In adults, the total volume of…

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Cardiovascular Disease

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Cardiovascular Disease The clinical biochemistry laboratory often plays a central role in the diagnosis and management of acute myocardial infarction. A number of cardiovascular risk factors have been described, some…

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