Review of Laboratory Medicine

This book contains 35 chapters, and everything from basics of laboratory to urine analysis to cytogenetics to microbiology to clinical chemistry to hematology to immunohistochemistry everything has been considered in just the required dosage. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can all be found within the covers of this book. The contents of this book include:

Acid-base balance
amino acids
blood gases and electrolytes
core clinical chemistry
diabetes mellitus
endocrinology
enzymology
lipids
liver function tests
renal function and its evaluation
SI units
vitamins
bleeding disorders
clinical hematology
immunohematology
bacteriology
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and other body fluids
diagnostic immunology
diagnostic skin tests
medical parasitology
mycology
pregnancy tests
semen analysis
serology
sputum examination
stool examination
urine analysis
virology
cytogenetics
cytology
histopathology and microtechnique
molecular biology
laboratory safety
sterilization and knowledge to be acquired.

The basic format has been adopted from Medical Laboratory Technology—Methods and Interpretations, latest edition by one of the authors. Care has been taken not to omit anything of importance in the Middle East region and elsewhere.