What is clinical chemistry?

Answer 1

Clinical chemistry is the study of measuring chemicals found in blood, such as: sodium, glucose, chloride, enzymes (such as those from the heart, liver), proteins, cholesterol, vitamens, fats, etc. The measurement of cells in the blood is called "hematology" You can also measure drugs in blood and this area is called "therpeutic drug monitoring" and "toxocology"

Answer 2

Clinical chemistry is the analysis of the chemical constituents of samples of living tissue. It is usually conducted in clinical laboratories (labs set up exclusively to run tests on samples from patients in a healthcare setting) to produce results that inform treatment decisions by doctors and other care providers. It is also practiced in research settings, usually with the goal of expanding the practice of diagnosis and treatment of disease.

The general process of clinical chemistry is that basic research will determine that a certain chemical present in the body is related to a function or disease of interest. Further research will establish normal ranges for that chemical, called an alalyte, that can be used as a guide to determine whether a patient has a normal, low, or high concentration of the analyte. Practical methods for determining the level of that analyte are developed (since research methods are often very expensive, slow, and difficult). Finally, trained professionals called medical technologists or clinical laboratory scientists will use the practical method to determine the level of analyte in samples taken from patients on the order of the patients' physicians or other healthcare providers.

Within this broad framework, many methods are used to determine levels of a vast array of analytes - blood sugar, blood gases, salts, enzymes, cardiac damage markers, vitamins, hormones, etc.

Answer 3

Clinical chemistr is concerned with the determination of chemicals that are found in body fluids and blood such as drugs, minerals, electrolytes and hormones. Medical technologist oftem perform this in a clinical or hospital laboratory.

Answer 4

It is also called
Medical Biochemistry