Scientific foundations of biochemistry in clinical practice /
Scientific Foundations of Biochemistry in Clinical Practice.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Boston :
Butterworth Heinemann,
�1994.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; CONTRIBUTORS; Preface; Acknowledgements; SECTION 1: GENERAL METABOLIC DISORDERS; Chapter 1: Nutritional Disorders; Publisher Summary; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY AND EXCESS; TRACE ELEMENT DEFICIENCY AND EXCESS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 2: Obesity; Publisher Summary; DEFINITION; ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY; REASON FOR CONCERN; CLASSIFICATIONS OF OBESITY; AETIOLOGY; THE HORMONAL CONCOMITANTS OF OBESITY; TREATMENT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Disorders Involving Disturbances in Hydrogen Ion Concentration and Blood Gases
- Publisher SummaryINTRODUCTION; BUFFERING; CONTROL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR BICARBONATE BUFFER PAIR; ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN ION STATUS; DISTURBANCES OF HYDROGEN ION BALANCE; INVESTIGATION OF HYDROGEN ION DISTURBANCES; Chapter 4: Disorders of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance; Publisher Summary; ELECTROLYTE AND WATER COMPOSITION OF THE BODY; THE RENAL HANDLING OF WATER AND SALT; ABNORMALITIES OF THE SODIUM AND WATER CONTENT OF THE BODY; POTASSIUM; Chapter 5: Polyuria and Disorders of Thirst; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; BASIC PRINCIPLES OF WATER CONTROL
- PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WATER HOMEOSTASISCLINICAL ASPECTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF POLYURIA AND POLYDIPSIA; Chapter 6: Diabetes Mellitus; Publisher Summary; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; FAT METABOLISM; INSULIN; AETIOLOGY OF DIABETES; PATHOGENESIS; DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; HYPERGLYCAEMIC EMERGENCIES; HYPOGLYCAEMIA; LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES; Chapter 7: The Clinical Biochemistry of Alcohol; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; ACUTE ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BIOCHEMICAL FACTORS RELEVANT TO PREDISPOSITION TO EXCESS ALCOHOL INTAKE AND TO ALCOHOLIC ORGAN DAMAGE25
- BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES THAT ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING EXCESS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION44OVERVIEW OF THE LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION OF ALCOHOL EXCESS; CLINICAL CONSULTATION, QUESTIONNAIRES AND THEIR RELATION TO BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES; COMPLICATIONS OF ALCOHOLISM; CONCLUSION; Chapter 8: Psychiatric Disorders of Biochemical Origin; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; PSYCHIATRIC SIDE-EFFECTS OF DRUG THERAPY
- MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME AND OTHER FACTITIOUS ILLNESSES27LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS28; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9: The Clinical Biochemistry of Neoplasia; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THE METABOLIC EFFECTS OF MALIGNANCY; TUMOUR PRODUCTS AS MARKERS OF MALIGNANCY; SECTION 2: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY IN THE CARE OF SICK PATIENTS; Chapter 10: Clinical Biochemistry in Intensive and Postoperative Care; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE: CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES; THE EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA ON CELL METABOLISM; PHASING OF THE GENERAL METABOLIC RESPONSE TO INJURY