A Concise Review of Clinical Laboratory Science, 2nd Edition

A CONCISE REVIEW OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE, SECOND EDITION......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 11
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13
CONTENTS......Page 15
Half Title Page......Page 19
I. CLINICAL CHEMISTRY BASICS......Page 21
II. SPECIAL METHODS IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY......Page 27
III. BASIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY......Page 30
IV. ANALYTES AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY......Page 34
V. ENZYMOLOGY......Page 50
VI. ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 55
VII. TOXIC AND THERAPEUTIC DRUGS......Page 66
I. PLATELET PHYSIOLOGY......Page 72
II. PLATELET PATHOPHYSIOLOGY......Page 75
III. BLOOD COAGULATION AND FIBRINOLYSIS......Page 86
IV. COAGULATION DISORDERS......Page 96
I. LABORATORY ANALYSIS......Page 105
II. HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUES......Page 114
III. HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION......Page 119
IV. ERYTHROCYTES AND ERYTHROPOIESIS......Page 124
I. RED BLOOD CELL INDICES AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ANEMIA......Page 137
II. RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) DISORDERS......Page 138
III. ANEMIAS AND POLYCYTHEMIAS......Page 140
IV. LEUKOCYTE DISORDERS......Page 165
V. LYMPHOCYTE PHYSIOLOGY AND DISORDERS......Page 184
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 197
II. CELLS AND TISSUES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM......Page 201
IV. IMMUNE RESPONSE (IR)......Page 203
V. MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX......Page 204
VI. HYPERSENSITIVITY......Page 207
VII. AUTOIMMUNITY......Page 208
VIII. IMMUNODEFICIENCIES......Page 211
IX. TECHNIQUES IN IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY......Page 213
X. SYPHILIS SEROLOGY......Page 216
XI. ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS......Page 217
XII. HEPATITIS......Page 218
XIII. STREPTOCOCCAL SEROLOGY......Page 220
XIV. EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) SEROLOGY......Page 221
XVII. BORRELIA BURDORFERI SEROLOGY......Page 222
XVIII. TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY......Page 223
XIX. TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY......Page 225
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 227
II. BLOOD GROUP SYSTEMS......Page 228
III. DONOR SELECTION AND BLOOD COLLECTION......Page 237
IV. DONOR PROCESSING......Page 239
V. BLOOD COMPONENTS AND COMPONENT THERAPY......Page 241
VI. ANTIGLOBULIN TESTING......Page 244
VII. UNEXPECTED ANTIBODIES......Page 245
VIII. COMPATIBILITY TESTING......Page 248
IX. TRANSFUSION REACTIONS......Page 250
X. HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN (HDN)......Page 251
XI. AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS (AIHA)......Page 253
XII. TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED DISEASES......Page 254
XIII. THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) AND HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS (HLA)......Page 255
XIV. ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES IN BLOOD BANK TESTING......Page 256
I. BACTERIA......Page 258
II. BACTERIAL CELL STRUCTURE......Page 259
IV. NORMAL FLORA......Page 261
V. PATHOGENESIS OF INFECTION......Page 262
VI. COLLECTION AND HANDLING OF CLINICAL SPECIMENS......Page 263
VII. MICROCOCCACEAE......Page 266
VIII. STREPTOCOCCUS, ENTEROCOCCUS, AND RELATED GENERA......Page 269
IX. AEROBIC GRAM-POSITIVE BACILLI......Page 274
X. NEISSERIA AND MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS......Page 276
XI. MISCELLANEOUS GRAM-NEGATIVE BACILLI......Page 278
XII. ENTEROBACTERIACEAE......Page 282
XIII. CAMPYLOBACTER, HELICOBACTER, AND VIBRIONACEAE......Page 285
XIV. GRAM-NEGATIVE NONFERMENTATIVE BACILLI......Page 288
XV. MISCELLANEOUS GENERA......Page 291
XVI. MYCOPLASMA, UREAPLASMA, AND THE CHLAMYDIACEAE......Page 292
XVII. SPIROCHETES......Page 293
XVIII. MYCOBACTERIA......Page 294
XIX. ANAEROBES......Page 297
XX. ZOONOTIC AND RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS......Page 302
XXI. AGENTS OF BIOTERRORISM......Page 303
XXII. ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING......Page 304
XXIII. DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION......Page 307
XXIV. MOLECULAR TESTING......Page 308
I. PARASITOLOGY......Page 309
II. MYCOLOGY......Page 317
III. VIROLOGY......Page 325
I. THE RENAL SYSTEM......Page 333
II. THE URINE SPECIMEN......Page 334
III. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF URINE......Page 339
IV. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF URINE......Page 342
V. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE URINE......Page 347
VII. METABOLIC PRODUCTS IN THE URINE......Page 355
VIII. DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY......Page 359
IX. RENAL SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS......Page 363
X. URINE PREGNANCY TESTING......Page 364
XI. SEROUS BODY FLUIDS......Page 365
XII. SYNOVIAL FLUID......Page 367
XIII. SEMINAL FLUID ANALYSIS......Page 369
XIV. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) ANALYSIS......Page 371
XV. GASTRIC FLUID ANALYSIS......Page 374
XVI. FECAL ANALYSIS......Page 375
I. BIOLOGY OF THE CELL......Page 380
II. MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS......Page 382
IV. MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY......Page 385
VI. DNA-BASED HUMAN IDENTIFICATION......Page 386
I. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY......Page 388
II. PROFESSIONALISM......Page 390
III. QUALITY ASSURANCE......Page 391
IV. LABORATORY REGULATIONS......Page 392
V. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT......Page 401
VII. INSTRUMENT SELECTION PROCESS......Page 402
X. OUTREACH PROGRAM......Page 403
INDEX......Page 405