<p>Part 1: The Clinical Laboratory<br>1. General Concepts and Administrative Issues<br>2. Optimizing Laboratory Workflow and Performance<br>3. Preanalysis<br>4. Analysis: Principles of Instrumentation<br>5. Mass Spectrometry and Applications<br>6. Analysis: Clinical Laboratory Automation<br>7. Point-of-Care Testing and Physician Office Laboratories<br>8. Postanalysis: Medical Decision Making<br>9. Interpreting Laboratory Results<br>10. Laboratory Statistics<br>11. Quality Control<br>12. Clinical Laboratory Informatics<br>13. Financial Management<br>14. Ethics in Laboratory Medicine<br><br>Part 2: Clinical Chemistry<br>15. Evaluation of Renal Function, Water , Electrolytes and Acid-Base Function<br>16. Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism<br>17. Carbohydrates<br>18. Lipids and Dyslipoproteinemia<br>19. Cardiac Injury, Atherosclerosis, and Thrombotic Disease<br>20. Specific Proteins<br>21. Clinical Enzymology<br>22. Evaluation of Liver Function<br>23. Laboratory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disorders<br>24. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring<br>25. Evaluation of Endocrine Function<br>26. Reproductive Function and Pregnancy<br>27. Vitamins and Trace Elements<br>28. Chemical Basis for Analyte Assays and Common Interferences<br><br>Part 3: Urine and Other Body Fluids<br>29. Basic Examination of Urine<br>30. Cerebrospinal, Synovial, Serous Body Fluids, and Alternative Specimens<br><br>Part 4: Hematology and Transfusion Medicine<br>31. Basic Examination of Blood and Bone Marrow<br>32. Hematopoiesis<br>33. Erythrocytic Disorders<br>34. Leukocytic Disorders<br>35. The Flow Cytometric Evaluation for Hematopoietic Neoplasia<br>36. Immunohematology<br>37. Transfusion Medicine<br>38. Hemapheresis<br>39. Tissue Banking and Progenitor Cells<br><br>Part 5: Hemostasis and Thrombosis<br>40. Coagulation and Fibrinolysis<br>41. Platelet Disorders and Von Willebrand Disease<br>42. Laboratory Approach to Thrombotic Risk<br>43. Antithrombotic Therapy<br><br>Part 6: Immunology and Immunopathology<br>44. Overview of the Immune System and Immunologic Disorders<br>45. Immunoassays and Immunochemistry<br>46. Laboratory Evaluation of the Cellular Immune System<br>47. Laboratory Evaluation of Immunoglobulin Function and Humoral Immunity<br>48. Mediators of Inflammation: Complement<br>49. Mediators of Inflammation: Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules<br>50. Human Leukocyte Antigen: The Major Histocompatibility Complex of Man<br>51. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Disease<br>52. Immunodeficiency Disorders<br>53. Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases<br>54. Vasculitis<br>55. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases<br>56. Allergic Diseases<br><br>Part 7: Medical Microbiology<br>57. Medical Bacteriology<br>58. In Vitro Testing of Antimicrobial Agents<br>59. Mycobacteria<br>60. Mycotic Diseases<br>61. Spirochete Infections<br>62. Chlamydial and Mycoplasmal Infections<br>63. Rickettsiae and Other Related Intracellular Bacteria<br>64. Viral Infections<br>65. Medical Parasitology<br>66. Specimen Collection and Handling for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases<br><br>Part 8: Molecular Pathology<br>67. Introduction to Molecular Pathology<br>68. Molecular Diagnostics: Basic Principles and Techniques<br>69. Polymerase Chain Reaction and Other Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology<br>70. Hybridization Array Technologies<br>71. Applications of Cytogenetics in Modern Pathology<br>72. Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases<br>73. Molecular Genetics of Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders: Current Research and Perspectives<br>74. Identity Testing: Use of DNA Analysis in Parentage, Forensic, and Missing Persons Testing<br>75. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine<br><br>Part 9: Clinical Pathology of Cancer<br>76. Diagnosis and Management of Cancer Using Serologic and Other Body Fluid Markers<br>77. Oncoproteins and Early Tumor Detection<br>78. Molecular Diagnosis of Hematopoietic Neoplasms<br>79. Molecular Genetic Pathology of Solid Tumors<br>80. High-Throughput Genomic and Proteomic Technologies in the Post-Genomic Era<br><br>Appendices<br>Physiologic Solutions, Buffers, Acid-Base Indicators, Standard Reference Materials, and Temperature Conversions<br>Desirable Weights, Body Surface Area, and Body Mass Index<br>Approximations of Total Blood Volume<br>Periodic Table of Elements<br>SI Units<br>Common Chimeric Genes Identified in Human Malignancies<br>Disease/Organ Panels</p>