Includes bibliographical references and index.

Requesting and interpreting tests
Disturbances of water sodium and potassium balance
Acid-base balance and oxygen transport
Renal disease
Disorders of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium metabolism
Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia
Disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary
Abnormalities of thyroid function
Disorders of the adrenal cortex and medulla
Investigation of gonadal function infertility, menstrual irregularities, and hirsuitism
Pregnancy and antenatal screening
Cardiovascular disorders
Liver disease
Gastrointestinal tract disease
Nutrition
Trauma, inflammation, immunity, and malignancy
Disorders of iron and porphyrin metabolism
Uric acid, gout, and purine metabolism
Central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid
Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical toxicology
Clinical biochemistry in paediatrics and geriatrics

Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry allows the reader to make efficient and informed use of the diagnostic services offered by their clinical biochemistry department. The result is a text that serves as a reference to the practitioner as well as the student. The book takes a system-based approach, with the underlying physiological rationale for any test explained in the context of disruption by disease. This leads naturally to an integrated and practical understanding of biochemical diagnostics. Including multiple choice questions (MCQs) alongside end-of-chapter case studies to help develop test-selection skills, Lecture Notes: Clinical Biochemistry provides the essential background to biochemical investigations and is an ideal course companion and revision guide for medical students, junior doctors on the Foundation Programme, general practitioners, and nurses and laboratory technicians."--Jacket