Medical laboratory testing and techniques Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Primer Of Chemical Pathology, A
Book SynopsisThis book has been written primarily for medical students and junior doctors in clinical practice, but would also be a useful reference for postgraduate students in chemical pathology (clinical biochemistry), laboratory scientists, pathologists and medical laboratory technologists. It covers the field of chemical pathology, the biochemical basis of disease, and provides a basic understanding of the relationship between abnormal biochemical test results and disease states. A rational approach to proper selection and interpretation of biochemical investigations is adopted for each organ system or analyte covered in the 28 chapters. Emphasis is placed on areas and problems most commonly met with in clinical practice. Meant primarily as an introductory study book to the subject rather than as a reference text, the materials have been presented in a clear, condensed format to aid the study process. The written text is amply supplemented with relevant illustrations.Table of ContentsSodium and water metabolism; potassium metabolism; acid-base disorders and oxygen metabolism; mineralocorticoids; the kidney; calcium metabolism; phosphate metabolism; magnesium metabolism; purine and urate matabolism; carbohydrate metabolism; glucose, lactate and ketones; the hepatobiliary system; proteins in body fluids; enzymes in diagnosis; lipid and lipoprotein metabolism; the gastrointestinal tract; the hypothalamus and pituitary gland; the thyroid gland; the adrenal cortex; reproductive endocrinoloogy; iron metabolism; porphyrins and porphyrias; biochemical syndromes of tumours; hypertension; inherited metabolic diseases; nutrition, vitamins, trace elements; pregnancy and infertility; paediatric chemical pathology; therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology.
£38.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Guide To Dissection Of The Human Body, A
Book SynopsisThis invaluable manual is intended to guide and facilitate human anatomical dissections. It is flexible enough for use in long as well as short courses, and is thus structured in such a way that the dissection of the body can be completed in 110 to 160 hours. Although some medical schools have reduced the amount of dissection, the North American schools have lengthened their courses. The manual can also be used in those courses where only part of the body is dissected and even in the study of prosected material. It can be particularly useful as a link with real anatomy when used together with computerised-anatomy programs; many curricula emphasise that the student should go back and forth between the body and computer programs. The guide is also useful where students do not dissect but merely look at atlases, prosections and models, by providing a link to real, living and variable anatomy.Nowadays many anatomy courses are aimed solely at systems anatomy. Although important as systems are, regions are clinically vital since many more problems concern damage to several systems because the lesions are regional. This is where the guide is of considerable help.There is an introduction for each anatomical region; and for each section to be dissected there is an overview, a dissection schedule which guides the student through a set of instructions, a summary and a list of objectives that are clinically important. The terminology used is the latest.This manual is suitable for medical, dental, osteopathy and chiropody schools as well as human biology and science programs that include dissection in their undergraduate gross anatomy course. It is also of value for advanced knowledge of anatomy for surgery as required by further qualifications and in relation to specialised training involving interpretation of normal anatomy in non-invasive imaging of anatomy for clinical diagnosis, practice of clinical (surgical) skills on cadaveric material, and in discussions about clinical problems.Table of ContentsUpper limb: pectoral region and axilla; front of arm and cubital region; superficial dissection of back of trunk, scapular region and back of arm; joints of the shoulder region; front of forearm and hand; joints of free upper limb. Lower limb: anterior and medial aspects of the thigh; gluteal region and posterior aspect of the thigh; hip joint, popliteal fossa and back of the leg; anterior and lateral aspects of the leg and dorsum of the foot and the knee joint; sole of foot; tibiofibular joints, ankle joint and joints of the foot. Thorax: thoracic walls and lungs; superior and middle mediastinum; superior and posterior mediastinum and joints of thorax. Abdomen: anterior abdominal wall and external genitalia; abdominal cavity, stomach and intestines; liver, pancreas, duodenum and spleen; kidney, suprarenal and posterior abdominal wall; pelvic viscera; blood vessels, nerves and muscles of the pelvis; perineum. Head and neck: posterior triangle of the neck; anterior triangle of the neck; face and scalp; cranial cavity; orbit and lacrimal apparatus; the eyeball; parotid and infratemporal regions and temporomandibular joint; submandibular region and deep dissection of the neck; deep structures of the back of the neck and the trunk; nasal cavity; oral cavity; soft palate and pharynx; the larynx; the ear.
£80.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Guide To Dissection Of The Human Body, A
Book SynopsisThis invaluable manual is intended to guide and facilitate human anatomical dissections. It is flexible enough for use in long as well as short courses, and is thus structured in such a way that the dissection of the body can be completed in 110 to 160 hours. Although some medical schools have reduced the amount of dissection, the North American schools have lengthened their courses. The manual can also be used in those courses where only part of the body is dissected and even in the study of prosected material. It can be particularly useful as a link with real anatomy when used together with computerised-anatomy programs; many curricula emphasise that the student should go back and forth between the body and computer programs. The guide is also useful where students do not dissect but merely look at atlases, prosections and models, by providing a link to real, living and variable anatomy.Nowadays many anatomy courses are aimed solely at systems anatomy. Although important as systems are, regions are clinically vital since many more problems concern damage to several systems because the lesions are regional. This is where the guide is of considerable help.There is an introduction for each anatomical region; and for each section to be dissected there is an overview, a dissection schedule which guides the student through a set of instructions, a summary and a list of objectives that are clinically important. The terminology used is the latest.This manual is suitable for medical, dental, osteopathy and chiropody schools as well as human biology and science programs that include dissection in their undergraduate gross anatomy course. It is also of value for advanced knowledge of anatomy for surgery as required by further qualifications and in relation to specialised training involving interpretation of normal anatomy in non-invasive imaging of anatomy for clinical diagnosis, practice of clinical (surgical) skills on cadaveric material, and in discussions about clinical problems.Table of ContentsIntroduction to infrared spectroscopy; the properties of infared transparent substrates; the measurement of oxygen and carbon in silicon; the calculation of epitexial layer thickness; the characterization of silicon dioxide and silicon nitride thin films; the characterization of PSG and BPSG; the characterization of amorphous silicon and related materials; miscellaneous applications of infrared spectroscopy in microelectronics.
£38.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Common Sense Implementation Of Qms In The
Book SynopsisThis book explains how SaaS works and lists and describes many common misconceptions and pitfalls that laboratories have about implementing Quality Management Systems (QMS). By walking the reader through all ISO 15189 Standards and describing each in detail, we can show how to implement them in common sense and meaningful ways. This book demonstrates to clinical laboratories how to combine the rigor of international standards with the inherent benefits of contemporary cloud-based software systems so that they can involve the entire laboratory in making quality a shared habit.
£76.00
Springer Verlag, Singapore A Practical Guide to Pharmacological
Book SynopsisPharmacological biotechnology is applied to and used to study drug development, working mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapies. This textbook covers the whole range of experiments related to pharmacology. It also contains basic laboratory safety guidelines along with the basic calculations and formulas used in a laboratory. Each chapter starts with an introduction/theory into the basic approach followed by detailed methods sections with easy-to-follow protocols and comprehensive troubleshooting, calculations and possible questions for examination. The target group is researchers who are studying pharmacological biotechnology in the laboratory.Table of ContentsPart1.Introduction.- 1.1 Rules of laboratory safety in a pharmacology laboratory.- 1.2 Commom instruments and their uses used in a pharmacology laboratory.- Part2.General aspects of Pharmacology laboratory.- 2.1 Safety and Risk assessment.- 2.2 Use and Handling of laboratory animals.- 2.3 Experimental design.- 2.4 Essential statistics.- 2.5 Cumulative Dose Response Curve.- 2.6 Toxicology.- 2.7 Basic instruments and techniques in Pharmacology Laboratory .- Part3.Isolated tissues and organs.- 3.1 Basic instruments used for isolated tissue experiments.- 3.2 Organ baths.- 3.3 Smooth muscle preparations.- 3.4 Skeletal muscle preparations.- 3.5 Cardiac muscle preparations.- Part4.Isolated tissues for screening of drugs.- 4.1 Evaluation of antidiabetic agents.- 4.2 Evaluation of antidepressants.- 4.3 Evaluation of antihypertensive agents.- 4.4 Evaluation of antiulcer agents.- 4.5 Evaluation of hepatotoxicity.- 4.6 Evaluation of Antioxidant agents.- 4.7 Evaluation of local anaesthetics.- Part5.Genotoxicity and Toxicological studies.- 5.1 The Mouse Lymphoma Assay.- 5.2 The Comet Assay.- 5.3 In vitro Genotoxicity assay.- 5.4 In vitro Teratogenicity Testing.- 5.5 Histopathological studies of animal tissues.- 5.6 Drug poisoning.- Part6.Experimental Animal studies.- 6.1 Pyrogen testing.- 6.2 Collecting blood from mice.- 6.3 Studies on different parameters of blood.- 6.4 Experiment on central nervous system.- 6.5 Evaluation on cardiovascular system.- 6.6 Experiments on GI tract.- Part7.Clinical trials.- 7.1 Clinical Pharmacology and its genesis.- 7.2 National and International agencies and their role in Clinical pharmacology.- 7.3 Stages in drug development and clinical trials.- 7.4 Ethics in Clinical research.- 7.5 Safety assessment in Clinical trials.- Part8.IPR and ethics in animal studies.- 8.1 Intellectual property rights and its different categories.- 8.2 Importance of IPR in drug development.- 8.3 Patenting cells, cell lines and animals.- 8.4 Ethics in laboratory animal studies .- 8.5 Risk assessment and management.- 8.6 Good laboratory practices.
£52.49
