Clinical Chemistry and Metabolic Medicine is entirely updated to reflect the new curriculum and the changes in our understanding of clinical biochemistry. The text is revised by an author with years of teaching experience who has carefully retained the strengh of Zilva and Pannall's classic textbook - readability, a firm basis in the underlying science, and a clear focus on clinical relevance.
The seventh edition of Clinical Chemistry and Metabolic Medicine re-establishes the title as the premier textbook in the field, and is essential reading for all medical students through to postgraduate trainees in medicine and candidates for the MRCP and MRCPath. General practitioners and hospital doctors may also find this text helpful in the diagnosis and management of patients with metabolic disorders.




Brand new author with strong teaching experience
Clinically oriented with illustrative case histories throughout
Fully updated with new chapters on Molecular diagnostics, Point of care testing, and Nutrition
Now in colour throughout with over 100 colour line drawings to aid understanding
Brand new design highlighting key elements of the text: basic science, clinical practice, case histories, key points, self-assessment
Relevant basic science and clinical practice logically explained and integrated
Includes common and less common diseases and syndromes for a fully comprehensive approach

CONTENTS: 1. Requesting laboratory tests and interpreting the results
2. Water and sodium
3. The kidneys
4. Acid-base disturbances
5. Potassium
6. Calcium, phosphate and magnesium
7. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland
8. The adrenal cortex
9. The reproductive system
10. Pregnancy and infertility
11. Thyroid function
12. Carbohydrate metabolism
13. Plasma lipids and lipoproteins
14. Nutrition
15. Vitamins, trace elements and metals
16. The gastrointestinal tract
17. Liver disorders and gall stones
18. Plasma enzymes in diagnosis (clinical enzymology)
19. Proteins in plasma and urine
20. Purine and urate metabolism
21. Disorders of haem metabolism: iron and the porphyrias
22. Cardiovascular disease
23. Cerebrospinal and pleural fluid
24. Metabolic effects of tumours
25. Therapeutic drug monitoring and poisoning
26. Clinical biochemistry at the extremes of age
27. Inborn errors of metabolism
28. Genetics and DNA-based technology in clinical biochemistry
29. Patient sample collection and use of the laboratory
30. Point of care testing
Appendix 1 Units in clinical chemistry
Appendix 2 Abbreviations used in the text