Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Laboratory Quality Control: A Comprehensive Review for Board Preparation, Certification and Clinical Practice

ISBN-13: 9780128159606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021

Amitava Dasgupta; Amer Wahed

Spis treści

1. Instrumentation and Analytical Methods2. Immunoassay Platform and Designs3. Pre-Analytical Variables4. Laboratory Statistics and Quality Control5. Water, Homeostasis, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance6. Lipid Metabolism and Disorders7. Carbohydrate Metabolism, Diabetes, and Hypoglycemia8. Cardiac Markers9. Endocrinology10. Liver Diseases and Liver Function Tests11. Renal Function Tests12. Inborn Errors of Metabolism13. Tumor Markers14. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring15. Interferences in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring16. Drugs of Abuse Testing17. Challenges in Drugs of Abuse Testing: Magic Mushrooms, Peyote Cactus, and Designer Drugs18. Testing for Ethyl Alcohol (Alcohol) and Other Volatiles19. Common Poisonings Including Heavy Metal Poisoning20. Pharmacogenomics21. Hemoglobinopathy22. Protein Electrophoresis and Immunofixation23. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis Testing24. Autoimmunity, Complement, and Immunodeficiency25. Effect of Herbal Supplements on Clinical Laboratory Test Results

O autorze

Dr. Amitava Dasgupta received his Ph.D degree in Chemistry from Stanford University and received his medical training in Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry from the Laboratory Medicine Department of the University of Washington School Of Medicine at Seattle. He is board certified in both Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. He is a tenured Full Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center located at the Texas Medical Center at Houston. He is also the Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory of Memorial-Hermann Laboratory Services, the major clinical teaching hospital of the University of Texas. In addition, he is also the Medical Director of Memorial-TIRR Hospital laboratory services.

Dr. Dasgupta has published over 235 scientific papers and edited, co-edited, authored or co-authored 20 books including books published by Elsevier. He is on the Editorial Board of five major medical journals including American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinica Chimica Acta and Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. He lectures both nationally and internationally on drug and alcohol testing and acts as an expert witness for the State of Texas for alcohol and drug related criminal prosecutions.

Amer Wahed is a graduate of Medicine, training initially in Internal Medicine at Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England. He subsequently trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. After working for several years in a private setting, he joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry and Immunology at Memorial-Hermann Hospital at the Texas Medical Center. He is also the Associate Director of the Pathology Residency Program at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. Dr. Wahed has a strong interest in teaching and is actively involved in the education of medical students, graduate students, residents, and fellows. He has been recognized for his teaching contributions through awards from his department, as well as the Office of the Dean. He is also active in mentoring pathology residents in research and has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals.