. Dry chemistry has been accepted as an important technology in medical laboratories for many years. Many evaluations of this technology have been undertaken by reputable clinical laboratories, the results of which were excellent when compared with conventional wet chemistry analysis. This book contains a detailed overview of the Current knowledge in the field of dry chemistry both in the physicians' office laboratories and large medical laboratories. The results from many evaluation studies are presented, as is data from interference studies which complete the descriptions of many dry chemistry methods. A detailed description of various commercially available dry chemistry systems such as Ektachem, Reflotron, Seralyzer, Cobas Ready, Drichem, Opus and Stratus are also included. This book effectively describes the current state-of-the-art technology and knowledge and succeeds in filing the gap in information in this important field of clinical chemistry science. Originally published as 'Trockenchemie' by Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Dr. Sonntag has taken the opportunity of this translation to completely revise and update the contents of his book.
Author(s): P.C. van der Vliet (Eds.)
Series: Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 25
Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub Co
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: ii-x, 1-623
Content:
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Page ii
Copyright page
Page iv
Dedication
Page v
Preface
Page vii
Oswald Sonntag
Preface of the German Edition
Pages ix-x
O. Sonntag
Introduction to Dry Chemistry
Pages 1-6
Theory of Reflection Spectroscopy
Pages 7-18
Instrument Systems
Pages 19-20
Cobas Ready
Pages 21-50
Drichem 1000
Pages 51-56
Ektachem
Pages 57-319
Opus
Pages 321-329
Reflotron
Pages 331-434
Seralyzer
Pages 435-549
Stratus
Pages 551-596
Dry Chemistry as used in the Physician's Office Laboratory
Pages 597-599
Summary
Pages 601-615
Glossary
Pages 617-618
Subject Index
Pages 619-623