Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics

Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 8th Edition, provides a condensed, easier-to-understand version of the acclaimed Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, covering laboratory principles, analytical techniques, instrumentation, analytes, pathophysiology, and more. It features new clinical cases from The Coakley Collection, new questions from The Deacon's Challenge of Biochemical Calculations Collection, and updated content throughout the text to ensure readers stay ahead of the latest techniques, instrumentation, and technologies. With over 500 illustrations and easy-to-read tables, it helps readers better understand and remember key concepts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 1088 pages
Publication date: 19 February 2019
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 8th Edition, is a condensed and easier-to-understand version of the acclaimed Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics that provides a laboratory perspective to guide you through selecting and performing diagnostic lab tests and accurately evaluating the results. This eighth edition features new clinical cases from The Coakley Collection, new questions from The Deacon's Challenge of Biochemical Calculations Collection, and new content throughout the text to ensure you stay ahead of all the latest techniques, instrumentation, and technologies.

The book covers laboratory principles, analytical techniques, instrumentation, analytes, pathophysiology, and more. The eighth edition features new clinical cases from The Coakley Collection, new questions from The Deacon's Challenge of Biochemical Calculations Collection, and new content throughout the text to ensure you stay ahead of all the latest techniques, instrumentation, and technologies.

The book covers analytical techniques and instrumentation, including optical techniques, electrochemistry, electrophoresis, chromatography, mass spectrometry, enzymology, immunochemical techniques, microchips, automation, and point of care testing. Updated chapters on molecular diagnostics cover the principles of molecular biology, nucleic acid techniques and applications, and genomes and nucleic acid alterations, reflecting the changes in this rapidly evolving field.

Learning objectives, key words, and review questions are included in each chapter to support learning. More than 500 illustrations plus easy-to-read tables help readers better understand and remember key concepts.

NEW! Clinical Cases from The Coakley Collection use real-life scenarios to demonstrate the application of clinical chemistry principles in a clinical setting.

Overall, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 8th Edition, is a valuable resource for anyone working in a real-world clinical lab who wants to gain a foundational knowledge of the field.

Weight: 2440g
Dimension: 279 x 223 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323530446
Edition number: 8 ed