MITCHELL G. SCOTT, PhD, is Professor of Pathology and Immunology in the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University and Co-Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He served as president of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry in 2005.
ANN M. GRONOWSKI, PhD, is Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Washington University and Associate Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry and Serology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
CHARLES S. EBY, MD, is Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Medicine, Division of Laboratory Medicine and Hematology at Washington University and Medical Director, Hematology and Coagulation, Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

The classic reference, expanded and updated
Tietz's Applied Laboratory Medicine, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of modern laboratory medicine in a real-life, case-based format. Complete with patient history and laboratory data, the cases illustrate many new laboratory tests and treatments, current risk factor guidelines based on laboratory tests, and new test algorithms. For ease of use, cases are grouped by body system or disease category, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, gastrointestinal, endocrine, gynecologic and obstetrical, hematological, and central nervous system, as well as lipid and metabolism disorders, congenital disorders, toxicology, infectious, autoimmune diseases, and more. Extensively updated and expanded, this reference features:
* Ninety cases illustrating the latest laboratory tests for disease diagnosis and risk assessment, including: cardiac damage markers, congestive heart failure markers, cardiac risk factors, autoimmune markers, bone resorption markers, and genetic testing
* New case studies encompassing hematology, coagulation, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, molecular diagnostics, and more
* Detailed case studies that include the definition of the disease, its pathophysiology, and treatment
This is a practical, valuable reference for clinical chemists, clinical lab technologists, pathologists, allied health professionals, general practitioners, residents, medical students, and educators.

Preface.
Contributors.
Part One: Cardiac Disease.
Part Two: Pulmonary Diseases.
Part Three: Renal Disease.
Part Four: Liver Diseases.
Part Five: Thyroid Diseases.
Part Six: Adrenocortical Diseases.
Part Seven: Diabetes.
Part Eight: Calcium and Parathyroid Hormone.
Part Nine: Miscellaneous Endocrine Diseases.
Part Ten: Genetically Inherited Disorders.
Part Eleven: Infectious Diseases.
Part Twelve: Nonhematologic Malignancies.
Part Thirteen: Hematologic Malignancies.
Part Fourteen: Benign Hematologic Disorders.
Part Fifteen: Porphyrias.
Part Sixteen: Pharmacogenomics.
Part Seventeen: Toxicology.
Part Eighteen: Lipid Disorders.
Part Nineteen: Autoimmune Diseases.
Part Twenty: Analytical Errors.
Part Twenty-One: Miscellaneous.
Index.