Contents

1. Requesting and interpreting tests

2. Disturbances of water, sodium and potassium balance.

3. Acid-base balance and oxygen transport

4. Renal disease

5. Disorders of calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism

6. Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia

7. Disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary

8. Abnormalities of thyroid function

9. Disorders of the adrenal cortex and medulla

10. Investigation of gonadal function infertility, menstrual irregularities and hirsutism

11. Pregnancy and antenatal screening

12. Cardiovascular disorders

13. Liver diseases

14. Gastrointestinal tract disease

15. Nutrition 

16. Trauma, inflammation, immunity and malignancy 

17. Disorders of iron and porphyrin metabolism

18. Uric acid, gout and purine metabolism 

19. Central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid

20. Therapeutic drug monitoring and chemical toxicology

21. Clinical Biochemistry in prediabetes and the elderly