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Introduction to Clinical Chemistry

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Other names for Clinical Chemistry

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• Chemical Pathology • Medical Biochemistry • Clinical Biochemistry • Pure Chemistry

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____ is a branch of medical science that study the biochemical processes associated with health and disease.

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Clinical Chemistry

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____ deals with the measurement of constituents in body fluids to facilitate diagnosis of disease and to monitor the effect of treatment.

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Clinical Chemistry

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____ is a quantitative science that is concerned with the measurement of amounts of analytes in body fluids.

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Clinical Chemistry

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Scope of Clinical Chemistry

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• Biochemistry • Instrumentation • Toxicology • Endocrinology • Analytical Chemistry • Pharmacology • Immunology • Computers

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Common analytes in the Chemistry Laboratory

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1. Iron, Salts, and Minerals 2. Small Organic Molecules * Metabolites * Therapeutic drugs * Toxicology * Drugs of Abuse 3. Large Molecules * Transport proteins * Enzymes * Specific proteins * Diabetes marker

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History of Clinical Chemistry Before 400 B.C

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Physicians from Egypt and Mesopotamia made diagnoses by performing auscultation and palpation.

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Before 400 B.C, physicians from Egypt and Mesopotamia made diagnoses by performing ____.

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auscultation and palpation

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History of Clinical Chemistry 300 B.C

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Hippocrates performed urine examination (tasting urine) to diagnose disease

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Hippocrates performed ____ (tasting urine) to diagnose disease

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urine examination

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____ is the Father of Medicine.

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Hippocrates

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History of Clinical Chemistry A.D 50

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Rufus of Ephesus described hematuria

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____ described hematuria.

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Rufus of Ephesus

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History of Clinical Chemistry 1800

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• Friedrich Wohler disproved the Vital Force Theory by Berzelius • He was able to synthesize urea by heating ammonium cyanate

#15
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____ was able to synthesize urea by heating ammonium cyanate.

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Friedrich Wohler

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The ____ states that organic compounds must have their origin in living organisms and could never be synthesized from organic material.

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Vital Force Theory

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Vital Force Theory was proposed by ____.

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Berzelius

#18
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• Date: 1918-1920 • Discoverer: • Discoveries: Clinical methods for phosphorus and magnesium Urine analyte determination Relationship of NPN to renal function Folin-Ciocalteu reagent

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Otto Folin

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• Date: 1918-1920 • Discoverer: Otto Folin • Discoveries:

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• Clinical methods for phosphorus and magnesium • Urine analyte determination • Relationship of NPN to renal function • Folin-Cocalteau reagent

#20
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• Date: 1930 • Discoverer: • Discoveries: Clinical methods for various enzymes Refractometer pH meter

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Beckman Company

#21
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• Date: 1930 • Discoverer: Beckman Company • Discoveries:

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• Clinical methods for various enzymes • Refractometer • pH meter

#22
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• Date: 1940 • Discoveries:

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• Photoelectric colorimeter • Vacuum collection tubes • Establishment of College of American Pathologists (CAP) and American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC)

#23
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• Date: 1950 • Discoverer: • Discoveries: Shewhart QC chart Methods for enzymes that are organ-specific Methods for blood triglycerides

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Levy and Jennings

#24
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• Date: 1950 • Discoverer: Levy and Jennings • Discoveries:

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• Shewhart QC chart • Methods for enzymes that are organ-specific • Methods for blood triglycerides