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P
Peroxidase, 97, 139–141, 153
Phosphate buffer, 24–26, 58, 64, 65, 104, 105,
118, 130, 140
Phosphocreatine, 75, 132
Phospholipid, 93, 139, 142
Phosphorus
clinical importance, 92
distribution, 89
functions, 90
normal value, 92
types, 89
Phosphotungstate, 32, 81
Photometry, 17– 19
Physiological buffer, 25
Plasma, 5–7, 25, 33, 35, 43, 44, 47, 58, 61, 62,
64, 65, 67, 71–73, 75, 79, 81, 85, 87, 94,
107, 118, 125, 129, 131, 132, 135, 139,
141, 143, 147, 150, 165
Plasma separating tubes, 6
Pneumaturia, 39
Polyuria, 30, 158, 159
Post analytical error, 11
Post renal proteinuria, 36, 37
Postrenal uremia, 70
Potassium
distribution, 147– 150
functions, 148
hyperkalemia, 150
hypokalemia, 150
plasma concentration, 147
significance, 149
Pre-analytical error, 10
Precision, 9, 11
Prerenal uremia, 70
Prostate-specific antigen, 112
Protein buffer, 25
Protein-freefiltrate, 61, 77, 78, 82, 83, 90,
91, 95
Proteinuria, 33, 34, 36, 37, 41, 165, 166
Pyrogallol red dye, 135
Pyruvate, 103–106, 129, 130

Q
Quality control, 9– 12

R

Radioimmunoassay (RIA), 151, 152

Random error, 10, 11

Reducing sugars, 49–51, 53–55, 157, 158, 166

Renal glycosuria, 66, 157

Renal uremia, 70

Reproducibility, 9, 11, 13

Rothera’s test, 120–122, 158

S

Sensitivity, 9, 50, 152

Serum

preparation, 6

Single beam spectrophotometer, 19

Sodium

distribution, 147– 150

functions, 147

hypernatremia, 149

hyponatremia, 149

plasma concentration, 147

significance, 149

Solute, 21, 22, 24, 30

Solvent, 1, 19, 21, 139

Somogyi unit (SU), 113, 114

Specificity, 9, 17, 152, 153

Spectrophotometer, 17–20, 69, 143, 144

Standard urea clearance, 72

Stercobilin, 123

Sucrose, 49

Sulfosalicylic acid, 35, 136

Systemic error, 10

T

Transaminase, 103–106, 164

Transmittance, 17

Triglyceride, 93, 139, 141–145, 167

Tris buffer, 24, 26

Tubular proteinuria, 36, 37

Turbidimetry method, 136, 137

U

Unconjugated bilirubin, 97, 100, 101, 123, 125,

162 – 164

Unesterified cholesterol, 93

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