Clinical Laboratory Medicine

SECTION I: GENERAL LABORATORY Basic Laboratory Management Business Management of the Clinical Laboratory Laboratory Safety The Interpretation of Laboratory Tests Laboratory Information Systems Ethics in Laboratory Medicine SECTION II: MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY Introduction to Molecular Diagnostics Molecular Biology of Inherited Disease Molecular Biology of Solid Tumors Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases Clinical Applications of Molecular Biology Hematopoietic Disorders SECTION III: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY Immunochemical Methods The Plasma Proteins Diagnostic Enzymology and Other Biochemical Markers of Organ Damage Lipids and Lipoproteins Endocrine Function and Carbohydrates Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance Respiration and Measurement of Oxygen and Hemoglobin Nitrogen Metabolites and Renal Function Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate Heme Synthesis and Catabolism Toxicology Trace Elements, Vitamins, and Nutrition Inborn Metabolic Errors Point-of-Care Testing Tumor Markers SECTION IV: MEDICAL MICROSCOPY AND URINALYSIS Synovial, Pleural, and Peritoneal Fluids Urine SECTION V: CYTOGENETICS Basic Cytogenetics Clinical Cytogenetics Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis Cytogenetic Studies in Neoplastic Hematologic Disorders The Chromosome-Breakage Syndromes: Clinical Features, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics Solid Tumor Cytogenetics SECTION VI: HLA TYPING HLA: Structure, Function, and Methodologies Molecular HLA Typing HLA: The Major Histocompatibility Complex-Applications Bone Marrow Transplantation SECTION VII: HEMATOLOGY Hemapoiesis and the Hematopoietic Growth Factors Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow: Morphology, Counts and Differentials, and Reactive Disorders Red Blood Cell Disorders The Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Syndromes Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Immunoproliferative Disorders, and Malignant Lymphoma Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders SECTION VIII: COAGULATION Overview of Hemostasis Laboratory Evaluation of Platelet Disorders Coagulation Abnormalities Thrombophilia SECTION IX: MICROBIOLOGY Specimen Collection and Processing for Microbiology Bacteriology Fungi and Fungal Infections Chalmydia, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia Aerobic Actinomycetes Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control Autopsy Microbiology Diagnostic Virology Parasitology SECTION X: IMMUNOPATHOLOGY Basic Principles of Immunodiagnosis Flow Cytometry Cellular and Humoral Mediators of Inflammation Monoclonal Gammopathies Primary Immunodeficiency Disease Allergic Conditions Receptor Assays of the Clinical Laboratory SECTION XI: BLOOD BANK /TRANSFUSION MEDICINE Organization, Function, Regulation, and Legal Concerns of Blood Banks Blood Collection Pretransfusion Testing Blood Component Therapy Transfusion Therapy Neonatal Transfusion Complications of Blood Transfusion Immune Hemolysis