Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Instrumentation and analytical methods -- Chapter 2: Immunoassay design and issues of interferences -- Chapter 3: Preanalytical 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: Designer drugs, date rape drugs, LSD, volatiles, magic mushroom, and peyote cactus abuse -- Chapter 18: Testing for ethyl alcohol (alcohol) and other volatiles -- Chapter 19: Common poisonings including heavy metal poisoning -- Chapter 20: Pharmacogenomics -- Chapter 21: Point-of-care testing -- Chapter 22: Biotin interferences with immunoassays -- Chapter 23: Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia -- Chapter 24: Protein electrophoresis and immunofixation -- Chapter 25: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis testing -- Chapter 26: Autoimmunity, complement, and immunodeficiency -- Chapter 27: Effect of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory test results -- Index.

Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Laboratory Quality Control: A Comprehensive Review for Board Preparation, Certification and Clinical Practice, Second Edition presents core topics and 70 case studies that illustrate the application of clinical chemistry knowledge to everyday patient care. This succinct reference offers practical examples of how things function in the pathology clinic with useful lists, key points, case studies and a bullet point format ideal for quick pre-board review. While larger textbooks in clinical chemistry provide highly detailed information regarding instrumentation and statistics, this book is designed to educate senior medical students, residents and fellows on how tests are performed. This second edition successfully helps pathology residents gain command of clinical chemistry, toxicology, immunology, and laboratory statistics in an effort to help them prepare for the American Board of Pathology examination. Clinical chemistry is a topic in which many senior medical students and pathology residents face challenges. Includes chapters on drug-herb interaction and pharmacogenomics, topics not covered by textbooks in the field of clinical chemistry or laboratory medicine Presents seventy case studies that highlight clinical relevance and errors to avoid Covers important clinical information found in larger textbooks in a more succinct and easy-to-understand manner.

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