Comprehensive Pathology: Practical and Technical Book

Contents: Section I: General Techniques in Pathology. 1. Lab Safety Guidelines. 2. SI Units and Conventional Units used in Hospital Lab. 3. Various Instruments and Glassware used in Lab. 4. Microscope: Use and Care of Microscope, Dark Ground Microscope and Fluorescent Microscope. 5. Maintenance of Records and Filing of Slides. Section II: Hematology. 6. Haemopoiesis and Stem cells. 7. Blood in General: Normal Constituents of Blood, Collection of Blood samples, Sequence of Filling of Tube and Anticoagulants. 8. Hemoglobin Estimation. 9. PCV (Packed cell volume) or Hematocrit. 10. ESR : Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate. 11. Absolute Eosinophil Count. 12. Anemia: IDA, Megaloblastic, Pernicious and Thalassemia. 13. Calculation of Red Cell Indices. 14. Preparation and Staining of PBF for Morphology of RBC and WBC, TLC, TRBC, TPC (Total Platelet Count). 15. Reticulocyte Count. 16. Investigation of Megaloblastic Anemia, B12 and Folate Assay, Schilling Test. 17. Investigation of Iron Deficiency Anemia, Estimation of Serum Iron and Iron Binding Capacity. 18. Test for Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia. 19. Hemoglobin Electrophoresis. 20. Sickling Tests. 21. Osmotic Fragility Test. 22. Determination of HbF and HbA2. 23. Investigation of G6-PD. 24. Plasma Haptoglobin and Hemosiderin in Urine. 25. Measurement of Abnormal Hb Pigment. 26. Normal Hemostasis. 27. Bleeding Time (BT) and Clotting Time (CT). 28. Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT). 29. Assay of Clotting Factors: Euglobulin Test, Clot Lysis Test, FDP and Test for Fibrinolytic Activity. 30. Platelet Function Tests. 31. Normal Fibrinolytic System. 32. Demonstration of LE Cells. 33. Bone Marrow Aspiration. 34. Preparation of Bone Marrow Aspiration Smear and Staining. 35. Bone Marrow Biopsy Study. 36. Cytochemistry of Bone Marrow in D/D of Leukemia. 37. Quality Management System. Section III: Blood Banking. 38. Blood Banking. 39. Blood Components. Section IV: Cytopathology. 40. Introduction to Clinical Pathology or Laboratory Medicine. 41. Collection, Transport, Preservation and Processing of Various Clinical Specimens. 42. Collection and Preservation of Urine. 43. Physical Examination of Urine. 44. Chemical Examination of Urine. 45. Microscopic Examination of Urine. 46. Examination of CSF. 47. Examination of Pleural Fluid. 48. Examination of Ascitic Fluid. 49. Examination of Synovial Fluid. 50. Sputum Examination. 51. Examination of Faeces or Stool. 52. Infertility. Section V: Cytology. 53. Introduction to Cytology. 54. Cytology: Normal Cell Structure, Function and Cytologic Criteria of Malignancy. 55. Types of Specimen, Method of Collection and Preparation of Cell Block. 56. Different Fixatives and Methods of Fixation. 57. Papanicoloau’s Stain, Principle, Preparation and Staining Techniques. 58. May Grunwald Giemsa Stain. 59. Shorr’s Stain. 60. Aceto Orcin Stain. 61. Female Genital Tract: Anatomy, Histology, Physiology and Normal Cytology. 62. Technique of Collection of Specimens of Cervical Scrapping for Cytology. 63. Female Genital Tract: Hormonal Cytology and Cytological Indices. 64. Female Genital Tract: Cervical Cytology Screening for Malignant and Non-Malignant Conditions. 65. Cytology of Endometrium. 66. Cytology of Ovarian Cancers. 67. Respiratory Tract: Anatomy, Histology and Physiology. 68. Collection of Samples from Respiratory Tract and Preparation of Smear and Staining. 69. Respiratory Tract: Cytology of Normal, Malignant and NonMalignant Conditions. 70. GIT: Anatomy, Histology, Physiology of Gastrointestinal Tract. 71. Collection of Samples from Gastrointestinal Tract and Preparation of Smears and Staining. 72. Gastrointestinal Tract: Cytology of Normal, Malignant and Non-Malignant conditions. 73. Urinary Tract: Anatomy, Histology and Physiology. 74. Collection of Sample from Urinary Tract and Preparation of Smears and Staining. 75. Urinary Tract Cytology: Normal, Malignant and Non Malignant Conditions. 76. CSF Cytology, Normal, Inf.…