Includes index.

Laboratory medicine : an introduction -- Glucose -- Liver -- Kidney -- Sodium and water -- Potassium -- Acid-base disorders -- Hypertension -- Calcium, magnesium, and phosphate -- Iron -- Endocrine tissues -- Pregnancy -- Muscle -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Cerebrospinal fluid and the nervous system -- Heme biosynthesis and porphyrias -- Uric acid and purine metabolism -- Plasma lipids and lipoproteins -- Disorders of immunoglobulins and complement -- Tumor markers -- Therapeutic drug monitoring -- Poisons and drugs of abuse -- Inborn errors of metabolism -- Vitamins, essential fatty acids, and trace elements -- Clinical chemistry in the acutely ill patient.