Techniques in clinical chemistry : handbook for medical laboratory technicians /
Techniques in Clinical Chemistry: A Handbook for Medical Laboratory Technicians is a five-chapter supplementary handbook on the fundamentals of medical laboratory test and protocols. The opening chapter covers the fundamental aspects of medical laboratories, including accuracy measures, methods of a...
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Bristol, England :
John Wright & Sons Ltd.,
1954.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Techniques in clinical Chemistry: A Handbook for Medical Laboratory Technicians; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. FUNDAMENTALS; ACCURACY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; TYPES OF VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; IODOMETRIC STANDARDIZATION OF SOLUTIONS; HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION; BUFFERS; INDICATORS; VALENCY; CHAPTER II. PRELIMINARY PREPARATION; THE CLEANING OF GLASSWARE; DETERGENTS; THE COLLECTION OF PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND THEIR SUBMISSION TO THE LABORATORY; THE COLLECTION OF BLOOD SPECIMENS; THE COLLECTION OF URINE SPECIMENS; THE COLLECTION OF FÆCES.
- The collection of cerebrospinal fluidthe collection of gastric contents; the collection of exudates and transudates; the preparation of the protein-free filtrate; chapter iii. examination of blood; estimation of blood-urea; estimation of non-protein nitrogen; estimation of blood uric acid; estimation of blood-glucose; estimation of total blood-cholesterol; estimation of serum-calcium; estimation of plasma-chlorides; estimation of plasma-proteins; estimation of plasma-sodium; estimation of serum-magnesium; estimation of blood-iron; estimation of serum inorganic phosphorus.
- Estimation of serum-potassiumestimation of serum-bromides; estimation of serum-phosphatase; estimation of serum ascorbic acid (vitamin c); estimation of the carbon-dioxidecombining power of plasma; detection and estimation of serum-bilirubin; chapter iv. cerebrospinal fluid analysis; estimation of chlorides; estimation of urea and glucose; estimation of total protein; 'globulin ' reactions; chapter v. analysis of the fæces; estimation of fat in fæces; detection of occult blood in fæces; bilirubin; urobilin; chapter vi. gastric analysis; estimation of gastric chlorides.
- Detection of organic acidsestimation of free and combined hydrochloric acid in gastric contents; the fractional test-meal; chapter vii. examination of urine; detection and estimation of glucose; the glucose-tolerance test; detection of ketone bodies; estimation of urine chlorides; estimation of urine urea; estimation of urinary diastase; estimation of urine ascorbic acid; proteinuria; indicanuria; bilirubin and urobilin; blood-hæmaturia and hæmoglobinuria; melanogenuria; alkaptonuria; porphyrinuria; chapter viii. test of renal and hepatic function; tests for renal efficiency.
- Liver function testsappendix; i. normal blood values; 2. atomic weights; 3. calibration of glassware with mercury; 4. dichromate cleaning fluid; 5· preparation of stop-cock grease; 6. normality of concentrated acids and bases; 7. accuracy of volumetric flasks; 8 . specifications for graduated pipettes; 9. specifications for one-mark bulb pipettes; 10. specifications for burettes; index; notes.