Section 2 Clinical Chemistry Review, 67
Comparison of Conventional and
SI Units for Selected Reference
Ranges, 68
Examples of Patient Variables That May
Affect Chemistry Values, 69
Examples of Preanalytical Factors
That May Affect Chemistry
Results, 70
Differences in Analyte Concentrations,
72
Photometric Methods, 73
Visible Light, 75
Wavelengths Used in
Spectrophotometry, 76
Chromatography, 77
Other Analytic Techniques, 78
Steps in Automated Analysis, 79
Chemistry Panels, 80
Carbohydrates, Lipids, and
Proteins, 81
Regulation of Glucose, 83
Diabetes Mellitus, 84Tests for Diabetes Mellitus, 85
Typical Laboratory Findings in
Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus, 86
Metabolic Syndrome, 87
Aminoacidopathies, 88
Protein Electrophoresis, 89
Common Serum Protein Electrophoresis
Patterns, 90
Nonprotein Nitrogen Compounds, 92
Major Electrolytes, 93
Other Electrolytes, 95
Iron and Related Tests, 97
Factors That Influence Enzymatic
Reactions, 98
Enzymes of Clinical Significance, 99
Summary of Diagnostic Enzymology, 101
Cardiac Markers for Diagnosis of Acute
Myocardial Infarction, 102
Other Cardiac Tests, 103
Bilirubin Metabolism, 104
Types of Bilirubin, 105
Unconjugated versus Conjugated
Bilirubin, 106Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice, 107
Pituitary Hormones, 108
Thyroid and Parathyroid Hormones, 110
Thyroid Function Testing, 111
Adrenal Hormones, 112
Reproductive Hormones, 113
Pancreatic Hormones, 114
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM),
115
Therapeutic Drug Groups, 116
Toxic Agents, 117
Drugs of Abuse Urine Screen, 118
Common Tumor Markers, 119
Acid-Base Balance Terminology, 121
Acid-Base Imbalances, 123
Arterial Blood Gases Terminology, 124
Blood Gas Parameters, 125
Blood Gas Instrumentation, 126
Sources of Error in Arterial Blood Gases,
127
Calculated Chemistry Values, 128
Chemistry Calculations, 131Contentscontinued xii
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