CLINICAL CHEMISTRY FOR PATIENT CARE TEXTBOOK

METABOLIC PANELS, ENZYMES, PROTEINS, ENDOCRINE MARKERS, TOXICOLOGY, AND TREND INTERPRETATION

von Jeanna A Perkins

466 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY FOR PATIENT CARE TEXTBOOK is a practical and comprehensive guide to understanding laboratory chemistry results and connecting them to real patient care.Written for nursing students, laboratory science students, allied health professionals, clinicians, and healthcare learners, this textbook moves beyond memorizing laboratory ranges. It teaches readers how to recognize meaningful patterns, evaluate changing results, identify possible testing errors, and understand when a laboratory finding may require urgent clinical attention.Inside, readers will explore metabolic panels, electrolytes, glucose regulation, kidney function, liver chemistry, enzymes, proteins, lipids, minerals, endocrine markers, toxicology, therapeutic drug monitoring, point-of-care testing, and longitudinal trend interpretation.Special attention is given to the factors that can change the meaning of a result, including specimen quality, collection timing, medications, hydration, pregnancy, biological variation, analytical interference, and differences between testing methods.The textbook also develops practical clinical reasoning through patient-care scenarios, interpretation tables, clinical pearls, red-flag alerts, documentation guidance, critical-thinking exercises, review questions, and detailed case studies.Readers will learn how to: - Interpret laboratory results within the full clinical picture- Recognize patterns across related chemistry tests- Distinguish true abnormalities from specimen or analytical problems- Evaluate changes in results over time- Understand endocrine feedback and hormone testing- Interpret toxicology and therapeutic drug concentrations- Recognize critical findings requiring rapid escalation- Communicate and document laboratory findings clearly- Use point-of-care chemistry safely and effectively- Integrate laboratory trends with symptoms, medications, vital signs, and treatment responseRather than treating laboratory values as isolated numbers, Clinical Chemistry for Patient Care Textbook provides a structured approach to turning chemistry results into informed, safe, and clinically meaningful decisions.An essential learning resource for anyone who wants greater confidence interpreting clinical chemistry in modern patient care.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175066297
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published