Master clinical lab testing skills with the condensed version of the Tietz Textbook! Designed for use by CLS students, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 9th Edition provides a streamlined guide to the clinical chemistry knowledge you need to work in a real-world, clinical lab. Coverage ranges from laboratory principles to analytical techniques and instrumentation, analytes, pathophysiology, and more. New content keeps you current with the latest developments in molecular diagnostics. From highly respected clinical chemistry educator Nader Rifai, this textbook shows how to select and perform diagnostic lab tests, and how to accurately evaluate results.

Contents

۱. Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics
۲. Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of Methods
۳. Preanalytical Variation
۴. Biological Variation and Analytical Performance Specifications
۵. Establishment and Use of Reference Intervals
۶. Specimen Collection, Processing, and Other Preanalytical Variables
۷. Quality Control of the Analytical Examination Process
۸. Principles of Basic Techniques and Laboratory Safety
۹. Optical Techniques
۱۰. Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors
۱۱ – Electrophoresis
۱۲. Chromatography
۱۳. Mass Spectrometry
۱۴. Enzyme and Rate Analyses
۱۵. Immunochemical Techniques
۱۶. Automation in the Clinical Laboratory
۱۷. Point-of-Care Testing
۱۸. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
۱۹. Serum Enzymes
۲۰. Tumor Markers
۲۱. Kidney Function Tests
۲۲. Carbohydrates
۲۳. Lipids and Lipoproteins
۲۴. Electrolytes and Blood Gases
۲۵. Hormones
۲۶. Catecholamines and Serotonin
۲۷. Vitamins and Trace Elements
۲۸. Hemoglobin and Iron
۲۹. Porphyrins and Porphyrias
۳۰. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
۳۱. Clinical Toxicology
۳۲. Toxic Elements
۳۳. Diabetes Mellitus
۳۴. Cardiac Function
۳۵. Kidney Disease
۳۶. Physiology and Disorders of Water, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Metabolism
۳۷. Liver Disease
۳۸ – Gastric, Intestinal, and Pancreatic Function
۳۹. Bone and Mineral Metabolism
۴۰. Disorders of the Pituitary Gland
۴۱. Adrenal Cortex
۴۲. Thyroid Disorders
۴۳ – Reproductive Endocrinology and Related Disorders
۴۴. Pregnancy and Prenatal Testing
۴۵. Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors of Metabolism
۴۶. Pharmacogenetics
۴۷. Principles of Molecular Biology
۴۸. Genomes, Variants, and Massively Parallel Methods
۴۹. Molecular Microbiology

Online Contents

Test Bank with Answer (362 Pages): Book-specific question bank with explanatory answers

Learning Objects (761 Pages): Summary and abstract of the main points of the book chapters with images

Case Studies (63 Pages): Real clinical or scientific situations and scenarios to study

Answer Key for Review Questions (86 Pages)

Adaptive Learning (5 Pages)

Image Collection (Online): A collection of important and original images from the book with explanations and can be saved

The most complete version of this book with online content including a question bank with explanatory answers and additional educational materials that can only be accessed by purchasing the original printed version of the book.