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Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Procedures, Correlations, 5th ed. Michael L. Bishop, Edward P. Fody, and Larry Schoeff. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, 756 pp., $76.95, hardcover. ISBN 0-7817-4611-6.

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Although this book covers most aspects of the field, it is more a textbook aimed at students rather than a comprehensive in-depth reference book. It is divided into four sections: Basic Principles and Practice in Clinical Chemistry, Critical Correlations and Analytical Procedures, Assessment of Organ Function, and Specialty Areas of Clinical Chemistry. Chapters include specific examples, case studies, or summary questions.

In the first section, covering basic laboratory principles, the frequent use of examples that are familiar in laboratories make the chapters most useful. The chapter on point-of-care (POC) testing could have benefited by additional material, particularly with regard to proficiency testing and POC applications. For example, one of the largest areas of POC testing is in measuring cardiac markers, especially in emergency departments. The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry has indicated that if turnaround times cannot be met . . . [Full Text of this Article]