Editorial

Biochemia Medica launches a new web page and an online manuscript submission system

Ana-Maria Simundic, Elizabeta Topic, Dubravka Cvoriscec

Editorial, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.013

Special issue

Quality in laboratory diagnostics: from theory to practice

Giuseppe Lippi, Mario Plebani, Ana-Maria Simundic

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.014

Overview on patient safety in healthcare and laboratory diagnostics

Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic, Camilla Mattiuzzi

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: errors; quality; patient safety; outcome; prevention

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.015

Quality and diagnostic perspectives in laboratory diagnostics

Mathias M. Müller

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; diagnostic process; pre-analytical phase; post-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.016

Quality in the analytical phase

Oswald Sonntag

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: analytical errors; patient safety; clinical laboratory; quality control; drug interference; calibration; paraprotein; reference interval

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.017

Hemolysis detection and management of hemolyzed specimens

Ana-Maria Simundic, Elizabeta Topic, Nora Nikolac, Giuseppe Lippi

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: hemolysis; extra-analytical quality; errors; laboratory testing; interference

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.018

The role of the External Quality Assessment

Laura Sciacovelli, Sandra Secchiero, Lorena Zardo, Mario Plebani

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: External Quality Assessment; proficiency testing; laboratory performance; analytical quality; analytical quality control

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.019

Reference intervals as a tool for total quality management

Gian Cesare Guidi, Gian Luca Salvagno

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: reference intervals; reference range; statistics; laboratory diagnostics

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.020

Notification of critical values

Mario Plebani, Elisa Piva

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: critical values; notification of critical values; clinical laboratories; post-analytical phase; errors in laboratory medicine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.021

Quality in the extra-analytical phases of urinalysis

Alberta Caleffi, Fabio Manoni, Maria Grazia Alessio, Cosimo Ottomano, Giuseppe Lippi

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: urine; urinalysis; quality; prenalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.022

Quality in coagulation and haemostasis testing

Roslyn Bonar, Emmanuel J. Favaloro, Dorothy M. Adcock

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: quality; haemostasis; coagulation; internal quality control; external quality assurance

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.023

Quality in point of care testing

Davide Giavarina, Adele Villani, Marco Caputo

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: quality; point of care; laboratory medicine; turn-around-time; error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.024

Total quality in laboratory diagnostics: the role of commercial companies

Ana K. Stankovic, Jeffrey Silvetri2, Michael Mails, Carmen Najork

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytical systems; in vitro diagnostic devices; laboratory instrument; reagent; quality

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.025

Accreditation in clinical laboratories

Tomáš Zima

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: accreditation; ISO 15189 standard; quality system

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.026

Review

Evolution and current state of assays for measuring parathyroid hormone

Mario Skugor, Manjula Gupta, Sankar D Navaneethan

Review, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: parathyroid hormone; immunometric assay; kidney disease

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.027

Original papers

Frequency of factor II G20210A, factor V Leiden, MTHFR C677T and PAI-1 5G/4G polymorphism in patients with venous thromboembolism: Croatian case-control study

Zrinka Alfirevic, Ana-Maria Simundic, Nora Nikolac, Nikola Sobocan, Igor Alfirevic, Mario Stefanovic, Zeljko Vucicevic, Elizabeta Topic

Original papers, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: thrombophilia; coagulation disorders; polymorphism; FV Leiden; factor II; plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.028

Procalcitonin in systemic and localized bacterial infection

Marina Pavic, Ana Bronic, Lara Milevoj Kopcinovic

Original papers, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: procalcitonin; systemic bacterial infection; localized bacterial infection; critically ill patients

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.029

Concentration of C-reactive protein, magnesium and calcium in children with acute bronchoconstriction before and after therapy with salbutamol

Slavica Dodig, Ivana Cepelak, Miljenko Raos, Renata Zrinski Topic, Jadranka Zivicic, Ivan Pavic

Original papers, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: asthma; bronchoconstriction; calcium; child; C-reactive protein; magnesium

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.030

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a local population in India

Manopriya Thiruvagounder, Shaheen Khan, Dhastagir Sultan Sheriff

Original papers, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: dyslipidaemia; metabolic syndrome; prevalence; glucose intolerance; waist circumference

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.031

Analytical validation of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) on AxSYM Abbott analyzer

Nora Nikolac, Ana-Maria Simundic, Nada Vukelic, Dalja Papic Futac, Nada Vrkic

Original papers, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: analytical validation; measurement uncertainty; valproic acid; phenobarbital; carbamazepine; theophylline

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.032

Editorial

Biochemia Medica launches a new web page and an online manuscript submission system

Special issue

Quality in laboratory diagnostics: from theory to practice

Overview on patient safety in healthcare and laboratory diagnostics

Quality and diagnostic perspectives in laboratory diagnostics

Quality in the analytical phase

Hemolysis detection and management of hemolyzed specimens

The role of the External Quality Assessment

Reference intervals as a tool for total quality management

Notification of critical values

Quality in the extra-analytical phases of urinalysis

Quality in coagulation and haemostasis testing

Quality in point of care testing

Total quality in laboratory diagnostics: the role of commercial companies

Accreditation in clinical laboratories

Review

Evolution and current state of assays for measuring parathyroid hormone

Original papers

Frequency of factor II G20210A, factor V Leiden, MTHFR C677T and PAI-1 5G/4G polymorphism in patients with venous thromboembolism: Croatian case-control study

Procalcitonin in systemic and localized bacterial infection

Concentration of C-reactive protein, magnesium and calcium in children with acute bronchoconstriction before and after therapy with salbutamol

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a local population in India

Analytical validation of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) on AxSYM Abbott analyzer

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