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Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry

  • 1st Edition - October 10, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Ibrahim A. Hashim
  • Language: English

Tutorials in Clinical Chemistry is designed for trainee pathology residents, clinical chemists, medical students, and clinical laboratory scientists, in addition to those prepari… Read more

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Description

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.

Key features

  • 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

Readership

Pathology residents, clinical laboratory professionals, clinicians, clinical chemistry fellows, and medical students

Table of contents

1. Endocrine Systems Testing

2. Electrolytes and Fluid Balance

3. Renal Function

4. Liver Disorders

5. Metabolic Bone Disease

6. Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia

7. Lipids and Cardiac Biomarkers

8. Obstetrics and Infertility Testing

9. Neurological Disorders Testing

10. Plasma and Body Fluid Proteins

11. Gastrointestinal Dysfunction and Nutritional Assessment

12. Metabolic Disorders

13. Biomarkers of Malignancy

14. Therapeutic Drugs and Toxicology Testing

15. Blood Gases and Acid Base Balance

16. Aspects of Clinical Laboratory Management

17. Analytical Methods and Special Considerations

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 10, 2023
  • Language: English

About the author

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Ibrahim A. Hashim

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology, Chief of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Chemistry; Director, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), Dallas, TX, USA

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