Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Instrumentation and analytical methods -- Chapter 2. Immunoassay platform and designs -- Chapter 3. Pre-analytical variables -- Chapter 4. Laboratory statistics and quality control -- Chapter 5. Water, homeostasis, electrolytes, and acid-base balance -- Chapter 6. Lipid metabolism and disorders -- Chapter 7. Carbohydrate metabolism, diabetes, and hypoglycemia -- Chapter 8. Cardiac markers -- Chapter 9. Endocrinology -- Chapter 10. Liver diseases and liver function tests -- Chapter 11. Renal function tests -- Chapter 12. Inborn errors of metabolism -- Chapter 13. Tumor markers -- Chapter 14. Therapeutic drug monitoring -- Chapter 15. Interferences in therapeutic drug monitoring -- Chapter 16. Drugs of abuse testing -- Chapter 17. Challenges in drugs of abuse testing : magic mushrooms, peyote cactus, and designer drugs -- Chapter 18. Testing for ethyl alcohol (alcohol) and other volatiles -- Chapter 19. Common poisonings including heavy metal poisoning -- Chapter 20. Pharmacogenomics -- Chapter 21. Hemoglobinopathy -- Chapter 22. Protein electrophoresis and immunofixation -- Chapter 23. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis testing -- Chapter 24. Autoimmunity, complement, and immunodeficiency -- Chapter 25. Effect of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory test results.

All pathology residents must have a good command of clinical chemistry, toxicology, immunology, and laboratory statistics to be successful pathologists, as well as to pass the American Board of Pathology examination. Clinical chemistry, however, is a topic in which many senior medical students and pathology residents face challenges. Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Laboratory Quality Control meets this challenge head on with a clear and easy-to-read presentation of core topics and detailed case studies that illustrate the application of clinical chemistry knowledge to everyday patterns.--