This title was commended at the Basic and Clinical Sciences, BMA Awards 2007. The book has been required reading in clinical pathology since 1908. Its comprehensive coverage gives you an in-depth understanding of lab test selection and interpretation of results. A new full-colour layout makes reference much easier. New chapters on laboratory regulations, nutrition, point-of-care testing, bioterrorism, proteomics, microarray analysis, and the human genome project as well as a completely new section on cancer testing and meticulous updates from cover to cover put all the latest, most essential knowledge at your fingertips.

I The clinical laboratory by Lifshitz, Mark S. and Pincus, Matthew R. and Threatte, Gregory A. 1 General concepts and administrative issues by Anthony S. Kurec and Mark S. Lifshitz 3 2 Optimizing laboratory workflow and performance by Mark S. Lifshitz and Robert P. De Cresce and Irina Lutinger 12 3 Pre-analysis by Herb Miller and Mark S. Lifshitz 20 4 Analysis : principles of instrumentation by Robert L. Sunheimer and Gregory A. Threatte and Mark S. Lifshitz and Matthew R. Pincus 31 5 Analysis : clinical laboratory automation by Robert L. Sunheimer and Gregory A. Threatte 56 6 Point-of-care and physician office laboratories by Gregory A. Threatte 64 7 Post-analysis : medical decision-making by Rohan John and Mark S. Lifshitz and Jeffrey Jhang and Daniel Fink 68 8 Interpreting laboratory results by Matthew R. Pincus and Naif Z. Abraham, Jr. 76 9 Laboratory statistics by Richard A. McPherson 91 10 Quality control by W. Greg Miller 99 11 Clinical laboratory informatics by Mark S. Lifshitz and Gary E. Blank and Katherine I. Schexneider 112 12 Financial management by Mark L. Jaros and Mark S. Lifshitz and Robert P. De Cresce 122 13 Biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism : role of the laboratory by Philip M. Tierno, Jr. and Mark S. Lifshitz 133 II Clinical chemistry by Pincus, Matthew R. and Lifshitz, Mark S. 14 Evaluation of renal function water, electrolytes and acid-base balance by Man S. Oh 147 15 Biochemical markers of bone metabolism by Katrin M. Klemm and Michael J. Klein 170 16 Carbohydrates by Mukhtar I. Khan and Ruth S. Weinstock 185 17 Lipids and dyslipoproteinemia by Timothy Hilbert and Mark S. Lifshitz 200 More...