TIETZ TEXTBOOK OF LABORATORY MEDICINE. 7TH EDITION

• SECTION I: BASICS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE
1. Laboratory Medicine
2. Statistical Methodologies in Laboratory Medicine
3. Quality Management in the Clinical Laboratory
4. Specimen Collection and Handling
5. Preanalytical Variations & Preexamination Process
6. Quality Control
7. Standardization and Harmonization
8. Biological Variations
9. Reference Intervals
10. Evidenced-based Lab Medicine
11. Biobanking
12. Lab Support of Pharma, IVD and EPI Studies
13. Machine Learning and Big Data
14. Utilization of Laboratory Tests
15. Lab Safety
• SECTION II: ANAYLTICAL TECHNIQUES
16. Optical Techniques
17. Electrochemistry and Chemical Sensors
18. Electrophoresis
19. Chromatography
20. Mass spec
21. Sample Preparation for MS
22. MS Application in Infectious Disease
23. MS for Small Molecule
24. Proteomics
25. Enzyme and Rate Analysis
26. Immunochemical Techniques
27. Microfibrication and Microfluidics
28. Cytometry
29. Automation in the Clinical Lab
30. Point-of-Care Testing
• SECTION III: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY-ANALYTES
31. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
32. Serum Enzymes
33. Tumor Markers
34. Kidney Function Tests
35. Carbohydrates
36. Lipids and Lipoproteins
37. Electrolytes and Blood Gases
38. Hormone
39. Vitamins and Trace Elements
40. Iron Metabolism
41. Porphyrins and Porphyrias
42. TDM
43. Clinical Toxicology
44. Toxic Elements
45. Body Fluids
• SECTION IV: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY-PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
46. Nutrition
47. Diabetes Mellitus
48. Cardiac Function
49. Kidney Disease
50. Disorders of Water, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Met
51. Liver Disease
52. Gastric, Pancreatic & Intestinal Function
53. Mono-amine Producing Tumor
54. Bone and Mineral Metabolism
55. Pituitary Function
56. Adrenal Cortex
57. Thyroid Disorders
58. Reproductive Endocrinology
59. Pregnancy and its Disorders
• SECTION V: GENETIC METABOLIC DISORDERS
60. Newborn Screening and IEM (Small Molecules)
61. Newborn Screening and IEM (Large Molecules)
• SECTION VI: MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
62. Principles of Molecular Biology
63. Nucleic Acid Isolation
64. Nucleic Acid Techniques
65. Genomes, Variants, and Massively Paralleled Methods
66. Clinical Genome Sequencing
67. Molecular Microbiology
68. Genetics
69. Solid Tumors
70. Hematopathology
71. Circulating Tumor Cells & Circulating Nucleic Acids in Oncology
72. Circulating Nucleic Acids for Prenatal Diagnostics
73. Pharmacogenetics
• SECTION VII: HEMATOLOGY AND COAGULATION
74. Automated Hematology
75. WBC Morphology
76. RBC Morphology & Indices with Clinical Chemistry Interface
77. Hemoglobin & Hemoglobinopathies
78. Enzymes of the RBC
79. Physiology of Hemostasis
80. Platelets & von Willebrand Factor
81. Coagulation & Fibrinolysis
• SECTION VIII: MICROBIOLOGY
82. Overview of Infectious Disease
83. The Role of the Clinical Laboratory in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship
84. Bacteriology
85. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
86. Mycobacteriology
87. Mycology
88. Parasitology
89. Virology
• SECTION IX: TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
90. Blood Groups and Pretransfusion Testing
91. Blood Components, Products Modifications, Blood Donor Screening
92. Indications for Transfusion: RBCs, Platelets, Plasma, and Cryoprecipitate
93. Transfusion Reactions/Adverse Events Associated with Transfusion
• SECTION X: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
94. Systemic Autoimmune Disease (ANA testing, RF, CCP, antibodies, etc.)
95. Transplant, Solid Organ
96. Transplant, Bone Marrow
97. Immunogenetics
98. Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies and Immunogenicity
99. Allergy Testing
100. Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiencies
• APPENDIX
Reference Information for the Clinical Laboratory
Tietz Atlas of Biochemical Genetics: The Roy Peake Collection
Tietz Atlas of Electrophoretic Patterns
Tietz Clinical Vignettes: The Coakley Collection and Other Short Cases
Tietz Biochemical Calculations: Deacon's Challenge
Tietz Teasers in Parasitology: The Bobbit Pritt Collection
Atlas of Parasitology: The Bobbi Pritt Collection

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Nader Rifai, PhD, Professor Department of Pathology Harvard Medical School; The Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac Chair in Laboratory Medicine Boston Children's Hospital; Director of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Medicine Boston Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts