Basic principles and practice of clinical chemistry -- Basic principles and practice of clinical chemistry -- Laboratory safety and regulations -- Quality control and statistics -- Analytical techniques and instrumentation -- Immunoassays and nucleic acid probe techniques -- Principles of clinical chemistry automation -- Point-of-care testing -- Clinical correlations and analytic procedures -- Amino acids and proteins -- Enzymes -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids and lipoproteins -- Nonprotein nitrogen -- Porphyrins and hemoglobin -- Electrolytes -- Trace elements -- Blood gases, pH, and buffer systems -- Assessment of organ system functions -- Endocrinology -- Thyroid function -- Cardiac function -- Renal function -- Pancreatic function -- Gastrointestinal function -- Body fluid analysis -- Specialty areas of clinical chemistry -- Therapeutic drug monitoring -- Toxicology -- Tumor markers -- Vitamins and nutritional assessment -- Clinical chemistry and the geriatric patient -- Pediatric clinical chemistry -- Appendices.