Biochemistry: Clinical Applications

Biochemistry: Clinical Applications — Medicine

How it begins

Integración exhaustiva entre los fundamentos bioquímicos y su traducción al diagnóstico, fisiopatología y tratamiento de las enfermedades. Nivel de exigencia médica de alta complejidad.

What it covers

1. Clinical Applications
2. Clinical Enzymology and Serum Biomarkers
3. · Cardiac Markers
4. · Liver Markers
5. · Pancreatic Markers
6. Blood Gases and Acid-Base Balance
7. · Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation and Bicarbonate System
8. · Classification and Pathophysiology of Acid-Base Disorders
9. · Anion Gap: Differential Diagnosis of Metabolic Acidosis
10. · Oxygen Transport: Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve
11. Glucose Metabolism: Diabetes and Diagnostic Tests
12. · Laboratory Tests in Diabetes Mellitus
13. · Non-Enzymatic Glycation and HbA1c: Biochemical Foundation
14. · Polyol and Sorbitol Pathway: Mechanism of Chronic Complications
15. Hemoglobinopathies, Anemias and Porphyrias
16. · Structure and Synthesis of Hemoglobin
17. · Sickle Cell Anemia (Sickle Cell Disease)
18. · Thalassemias
19. · Porphyrias: Errors in Heme Synthesis
20. Plasma Lipids: Diagnosis and Cardiovascular Risk
21. · Lipid Profile and Its Limitations
22. · Lp(a): The Underestimated Risk Factor
23. Plasma Proteins: Electrophoresis and Clinical Interpretation
24. · Main Proteins and Their Clinical Meanings
25. · Serum Protein Electrophoresis (EPP) and Monoclonal Gammopathy
26. Vitamins and Coenzymes: Deficiencies with Clinical Relevance
27. Minerals, Metals and Mineral Metabolism Disorders
28. · Calcium, Phosphorus and Parathyroid Hormone
29. · Iron: Metabolism, Deficiency and Overload
30. · Copper: Wilson's Disease and Menkes Syndrome
31. Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Biochemical Diagnosis
32. · Aminoacidopathies
33. · Urea Cycle Disorders
34. Pharmacological Biochemistry: Molecular Mechanisms of Essential Drugs
35. · Antibiotics: Biochemical Targets
36. · Anticoagulants: Biochemical Foundation
37. · Immunomodulatory Drugs: Key Mechanisms
38. Tumor Markers: Biochemistry and Clinical Application
39. Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism: Gout and Hyperuricemia
40. · De Novo synthesis vs. Purines Rescue Route
41. · Purine Catabolism and Uric Acid Production
42. · Gout: Biochemical Pathophysiology
43. · Synthesis and Degradation of Pyrimidines