Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine,7/e > Laboratory Medicine

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SECTION I: BASICS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE

1. Laboratory Medicine

2. Statistical Methodologies in Laboratory Medicine

3. Quality Management in the Clinical Laboratory

4. Specimen Collection and Handling

5. Preanalytical Variations & Preexamination Process

6. Quality Control

7. Standardization and Harmonization

8. Biological Variations

9. Reference Intervals

10. Evidenced-based Lab Medicine

11. Biobanking

12. Lab Support of Pharma, IVD and EPI Studies

13. Machine Learning and Big Data

14. Utilization of Laboratory Tests

15. Lab Safety

SECTION II: ANAYLTICAL TECHNIQUES

16. Optical Techniques

17. Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors

18. Electrophoresis

19. Chromatography

20. Mass spec

21. Sample Preparation for MS

22. MS Application in Infectious Disease

23. MS for Small Molecule

24. Proteomics

25. Enzyme and Rate Analysis

26. Immunochemical Techniques

27. Microfibrication and Microfluidics

28. Cytometry

29. Automation in the Clinical Lab

30. Point-of-Care Testing

SECTION III: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY-ANALYTES

31. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins 3

2. Serum Enzymes

33. Tumor Markers

34. Kidney Function Tests

35. Carbohydrates

36. Lipids and Lipoproteins

37. Electrolytes and Blood Gases

38. Hormone

39. Vitamins and Trace Elements

40. Iron Metabolism

41. Porphyrins and Porphyrias

42. TDM

43. Clinical Toxicology

44. Toxic Elements

45. Body Fluids

SECTION IV: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY-PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

46. Nutrition

47. Diabetes Mellitus

48. Cardiac Function

49. Kidney Disease

50. Disorders of Water, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Met

51. Liver Disease

52. Gastric, Pancreatic & Intestinal Function

53. Mono-amine Producing Tumor

54. Bone and Mineral Metabolism

55. Pituitary Function

56. Adrenal Cortex

57. Thyroid Disorders

58. Reproductive Endocrinology

59. Pregnancy and its Disorders

SECTION V: GENETIC METABOLIC DISORDERS

60. Newborn Screening and IEM (Small Molecules)

61. Newborn Screening and IEM (Large Molecules)

SECTION VI: MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

62. Principles of Molecular Biology

63. Nucleic Acid Isolation

64. Nucleic Acid Techniques

65. Genomes, Variants, and Massively Paralleled Methods

66. Clinical Genome Sequencing

67. Molecular Microbiology

68. Genetics

69. Solid Tumors

70. Hematopathology

71. Circulating Tumor Cells & Circulating Nucleic Acids in Oncology

72. Circulating Nucleic Acids for Prenatal Diagnostics

73. Pharmacogenetics

SECTION VII: HEMATOLOGY AND COAGULATION

74. Automated Hematology

75. WBC Morphology

76. RBC Morphology & Indices with Clinical Chemistry Interface

77. Hemoglobin & Hemoglobinopathies

78. Enzymes of the RBC

79. Physiology of Hemostasis

80. Platelets & von Willebrand Factor

81. Coagulation & Fibrinolysis

SECTION VIII: MICROBIOLOGY

82. Overview of Infectious Disease

83. The Role of the Clinical Laboratory in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship

84. Bacteriology

85. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

86. Mycobacteriology

87. Mycology

88. Parasitology

89. Virology

SECTION IX: TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

90. Blood Groups and Pretransfusion Testing

91. Blood Components, Products Modifications, Blood Donor Screening

92. Indications for Transfusion: RBCs, Platelets, Plasma, and Cryoprecipitate

93. Transfusion Reactions/Adverse Events Associated with Transfusion

SECTION X: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

94. Systemic Autoimmune Disease (ANA testing, RF, CCP, antibodies, etc.)

95. Transplant, Solid Organ

96. Transplant, Bone Marrow

97. Immunogenetics

98. Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies and Immunogenicity

99. Allergy Testing

100. Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiencies

APPENDIX Reference Information for the Clinical Laboratory Tietz Atlas of Biochemical Genetics:

The Roy Peake Collection Tietz Atlas of Electrophoretic Patterns Tietz Clinical Vignettes:

The Coakley Collection and Other Short Cases Tietz Biochemical Calculations:

Deacon's Challenge Tietz Teasers in Parasitology:

The Bobbit Pritt Collection Atlas of Parasitology:

The Bobbi Pritt Collection