The Chem Path syllabus contains the following topics:
- Acid Base Balance
- Salt and Water balance
- Potassium Balance
- Renal Function
- Calcium, Phosphate and Magnesium
- Liver and Intestinal Function
- Lipids
- Serum Proteins and Enzymology
- Tumour Markers
- Measurements of Endocrine Function
- Pregnancy, Foetus and Neonate
- Inherited Metabolic Disorders
- Toxicology and Drug Monitoring
- Emergencies and Drug Monitoring
- Emergencies and Intensive Care
- Investigations in Clinical Immunology (added by me, not in the original syllabus)
The most important things to know here are:
- the investigations required for a particular set of symptoms
- methods of most important investigations
- pathologies defined by an imbalance in a particular measurable parameter (hyper/hypo-*-aemia etc.)
- some background information, mostly physiology
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