A condensed, student-friendly version of Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, this text uses a laboratory perspective to provide you with the chemistry fundamentals you need to work in a real-world, clinical lab. Accurate chemical structures are included to explain the key chemical features of relevant molecules. Offering complete, accurate coverage of key topics in the field, it's everything that you expect from the Tietz name!

• More than 500 illustrations and easy-to-read tables help you understand and remember key concepts.

• Key words, learning objectives, and other student-friendly features reinforce important material.

• Chapter review questions are included in an appendix to test your knowledge.

• A two-color design makes it easier to read and easy to find important topics.

• In-depth, reader-friendly content is appropriate for MT/CLS and MLT/CLT students and may also be used by laboratory practitioners, pathology residents, and others.

• A new chapter on newborn screening discusses the basic principles, screening recommendations, inborn errors, methods, and interpretation of results.

• A comprehensive glossary provides easy-to-find definitions of key terms.

• An Evolve website provides regular updates of content, answers to review questions, and web links to related sites for further research and study.

Introduction to clinical chemistry and evidence-based laboratory medicine

Introduction to principles of laboratory analyses and safety

Specimen collection and other preanalytical variables

Optical techniques

Electrochemistry and chemical sensors

Electrophoresis

Chromatography

Mass spectrometry

Principles of clinical enzymology

Principles of immunochemical techniques

Automation in the clinical laboratory

Point-of-care testing. Selection and analytical evaluation of methods-with statistical techniques

Establishment and use of reference values

Clinical laboratory informatics

Quality management

Nucleic acids

Amino acids and proteins

Enzymes

Tumor markers

Creatinine, urea, and uric acid

Carbohydrates

Lipids, lipoprotiens, apolipoproteins, and other cardiovascular risk factors

Electrolytes and blood gases

Hormones

Catecholamines and serotonin

Vitamins and trace elements

Hemoglobin, iron, and bilirubin. Porphyrins and disorders of porphyrin metabolism

therapeutic drugs

Clinical toxicology

Toxic metals

Cardiovascular disease

Kidney function and disease

Physiology and disorders of water, electrolyte and acid-base metabolism

Liver disease

Gastrointestinal diseases

Disorders of bone

Pituitary disorders

Adrenal cortical disorders

Thyroid disorders

Reproductive disorders

Disorders of pregnancy

Newborn screening

Reference information for the clinical laboratory