1. Diagnostic Biochemistry By Professor: Ali Abdul Hussein S. AL-Janabi Dept. of Clinical laboratories, Collage of AMS, University of Karbala, Iraq 2014- 2015

2. Lecture 1- Purpose of Testing 1.Test Phases 2.Pretest interventions 3.Intratest interventions 4.Posttest interventions 5.Interfering factors: 6. Factors related to laboratory 7.Factors related to patient 8.Preparation of patient for test

3. Lecture 2- blood sugar 1.Diabetes testing- Blood glucose or blood sugar 2.Test types 3.Reference values 4.Hyperglycemia 5.Hypoglycaemia 6.Interfering factors: 7. Elevated glucose 8.Decreased glucose 9.Pretest patient care 10.Posttest patient care

4. Lecture 3- Liver function tests: Bilirubin 1.Cause of level Rise 2.Types of bilirubin 3.Increase indicators 4.Main aim of test 5.Reference values (Adult) 6.Clinical implications 7.Elevated indirect (unconjugated) bilirubin 8.Elevated direct (conjugated) bilirubin levels 9.Interfering factors 10.Interventions : A- Pretest patient care 11.B- Posttest patient care

5. Lecture 4- Alanine Transaminase (ALT) 1.Test aim 2.Reference values 3.Clinical implications: Increased ALT levels 4.Decreased ALT levels 5.Interfering factors 6.Interventions: Pretest patient care 7.Posttest patient care

6. Lecture 5- Aspartate Transaminase (AST) 1.Aim of test 2.Reference values 3.Clinical implication: Increase 4.Decrease 5.Interfering factors 6.Interventions: Pretest patient care 7.Posttest patient care 8.AST/ALT comparison

7. Lecture 6- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) 1.Functions 2.Types and Specificity 3.Aim of test 4.References values 5.Clinical implications : Increase levels (Liver diseases) 6.Increase levels (Bone diseases) 7.Decrease levels 8.Interfering factors 9.Interventions: Pretest patient care 10.Posttest patient care

8. Lecture 7- Lipid Profile: Cholesterol 1.Aim of Test 2.Reference values 3.Clinical implications : Increased levels (hypercholesterolemia) 4.Decreased levels (hypocholesterolemia) 5.Interfering factors 6.Interventions: Pretest patient care 7.Posttest patient care

9. Lecture 8- High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) 1.Aim of test 2.Reference values 3.Clinical implications : Increase levels 4.Decrease levels 5.Interfering factors 6.Interventions : Pretest patient care 7.Posttest patient care

10. Lecture 9-Triglycerides 1. Aim of test 2.Normal Ranges 3.Clinical implications: Increase levels 4.Decrease levels 5.Interfering factors 6.Interventions: Pretest patient care 7.Posttest patient care

11. Lecture 10- Kidney function tests: Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) 1.Aim of Test 2.Pathway of Urea 3.Reference Ranges 4.Clinical implications: Increase levels 5.Decrease levels 6.Interfering factors 7.Interventions : Pretest patient care 8.Posttest patient care

12. Lecture 11- Creatinine 1.Aim of Test 2.Reference Ranges 3.Clinical implications: Increase levels 4.Decrease levels 5.Interfering factors 6.Interventions : Pretest patient care 7.Posttest patient care