Case Presentations in Chemical Pathology is a compilation of medical records with clinical history, diagnosis, and recommended treatment. It discusses the symptoms and causes of the disease being investigated. It provides sample of laboratory results that is correlated to a possible malady.
Some of the topics covered in the book are the ethanol-related liver problem; definition of hyperprolactinaemia; explanation of abnormal plasma magnesium presence in the blood; enzyme defect in acute intermittent porphyria; causes of elevated ketones in a patient's blood and urine; and description of androgen insensitivity syndrome. The classification and clinical diagnoses of hypercalcaemia are fully covered. The definition and symptoms of Conn's syndrome are discussed in detail. The text describes in depth the causes of euthyroid hyperthyroxinaemia. The causes of hypermagnesaemia are completely presented. A chapter is devoted to the origins of respiratory alkalosis and hyponatraemia.
The book can provide useful information to doctors, students, and researchers.

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Contents
Recommendations for Interpreting Laboratory Data
Reference Ranges
Case Presentations, Questions And Answers
1 Hyperkalemia
2 Hypeprolactinaemia
3 Alcoholic Liver Disease
4 Hypomagnesaemia
5 Variegate Porphyria
6 Multiple Myeloma
7 Diabetic Comas
8 Hypernatremia
9 Male Pseudohermaphroditism
10 Hypophosphataemia
11 Hirsutism
12 Hypercalcemia
13 Tumour Markers
14 Hypercholesterolemia
15 Hyperaldosteronism
16 Metabolic Acidosis
17 Cushing's Syndrome
18 Hypokalemia
19 Polyuria
20 Hypocalcemia
21 Hyperthyroidism
22 Hypertriglyceridaemia
23 Adrenal Insufficiency
24 Protoporphyria
25 Hyperphosphataemia
26 Growth Hormone Deficiency
27 Hypermagnesaemia
28 Hepatitis
29 Hyperamylasaemia
30 Tyrosinaemia
31 Respiratory Alkalosis
32 Laboratory Artefacts
33 Hyponatremia
34 Organic Acidurias
35 Mixed Hyperlipidaemia
36 Lactic Acidosis
37 Hyperbilirubinaemia
38 Haemochromatosis
39 Hypocholesterolaemia
40 Iron Deficiency
41 Metabolic Alkalosis
42 Lithium Toxicity
43 Hyperchloraemic Acidosis
44 Phaeochromocytoma
45 Hyperammonemia
46 Ante-Natal Screening
47 Hypoglycemia
48 Hyperuricemia
49 Hyperglycaemia
50 Hypouricaemia
51 Respiratory Acidosis
52 Elevated Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase
53 Cryoglobulinaemia
54 Carcinoid Syndrome
55 Haemolysis
56 Hypothyroidism
57 Proteinuria
58 Renal Stones
59 Myocardial Infarction
60 Hypoalbuminaemia
Index