Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry

About The Book

Clinical biochemistry is a science that analyses and interprets data. The analytical component entails determining the concentration of chemical components in bodily fluids and tissues. Clinical chemistry is the branch of chemistry dealing with the examination of body fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. It is a type of applied biochemistry. The field began in the late 1800s with the use of basic chemical reaction assays for various blood and urine components. Other approaches, such as the utilisation and measurement of enzyme activity, spectrophotometry, electrophoresis, and immunoassay, have been used in the decades afterwards as science and technology have improved. Many blood tests and clinical urine tests now have comprehensive diagnostic capabilities. Clinical pathology encompasses a broad variety of laboratory tasks and is concerned with illness diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Clinical pathologists are specialised healthcare practitioners who frequently oversee all of the lab's distinct departments. The blood bank, clinical chemistry and biology, toxicology, haematology, immunology and serology, and microbiology may all be included. Clinical pathology also includes information system maintenance, research, and quality control. This book is intended to provide an overview of the key procedures and analytical tools used in clinical biochemistry and clinical pathology.