Useful Textbooks and Papers
Below is a list of valuable textbooks and primary papers from the literature. Copies of the textbooks are available in the CP resident library or from faculty members upon request. Residents should read the primary papers over the course of the rotation as these papers represent critical information that should be familiar to all pathologists.
- Textbooks
- Papers
General Clinical Chemistry
Tietz's Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics
by Carl A. Burtis, Edward R. Ashwood and David E. Brun
Ewing's Intrumental Analysis Handbook
by Jack Cazes
by James O. Westgard
Coagulation
Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice
by Robert W Colman, Victor J Marder, Alexander W Clowes, and James N George
Endocrinology
William's Textbook of Endocrinology
by Henry M. Kronenberg, Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, and P. Reed Larsen
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Applied Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Principles of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
by Michael E Burton, Leslie M Shaw, Jerome J Schentag and William E Evans, 2005
Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Principles to Practice
by Scott A. Waldman and Andre Terz
Toxicology
Casarett And Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons
by Curtis Klaassen
Clinical Toxicology Laboratory: Contemporary Practice of Poisoning Evaluation
by Leslie M. Shaw
by Richard C Dart
Clinical Chemistry
SPEPs and the serum free light chain assay
Using the lab for assessment of nutritional status
Prenatal and Perinatal Screening
- Diabetes
- Thyroid Disease
Automation in the clinical laboratory
Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Laboratory toxicology in the emergency setting
Heavy metals and trace metals
Drugs of abuse testing
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Immunosuppressive drugs
Lithium
Coagulation
Genetic assesment of the hypercoagulable state