Review

Reference intervals: current status, recent developments and future considerations

Review, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: multicenter study; common reference intervals; reference values; clinical decision limits; genetic information

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.001

Phlebotomy, a bridge between laboratory and patient

Cristiano Ialongo, Sergio Bernardini

Review, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; venipuncture; laboratory testing; preanalytical phase; preanalytical variability; patient safety; evidence based medicine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.002

Laboratory use of hepcidin in renal transplant recipients

Lucija Šimetić, Lada Zibar

Review, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: hepcidin; kidney transplantation; post-transplant anemia; iron homeostasis

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.003

Original papers

The effect of extremely high glucose concentrations on 21 routine chemistry and thyroid Abbott assays: interference study

Serap Çuhadar, Mehmet Köseoğlu, Yasemin Çinpolat, Güler Buğdaycı, Murat Usta, Tuna Semerci

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: assay interference; glucose interference; preanalytical phase; creatinine; Jaffe kinetic assay; thyroid function tests

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.004

Failure to review STAT clinical laboratory requests and its economical impact

Enrique Rodriguez-Borja, Celia Villalba-Martinez, Esther Barba-Serrano, Arturo Carratala-Calvo

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality indicators; health care; extra-analytical phase; total quality management; clinical laboratory information systems

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.005

Effectiveness of citrate buffer-fluoride mixture in Terumo tubes as an inhibitor of glycolysis

Graziella Bonetti, Mariarosa Carta, Martina Montagnana, Claudia Lo Cascio, Anna Rita Bonfigli, Andrea Mosca, Roberto Testa

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: glucose; pre-analytical phase; sodium fluoride; citrate acidification; stability

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.006

Unnecessary repeated total cholesterol tests in biochemistry laboratory

Suleyman Demir, Nergiz Zorbozan, Elif Basak

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: unnecessary repeated cholesterol test; cholesterol retest interval; reference change value; laboratory costs; preanalytical phase; test requesting

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.007

Evaluation of the appropriate time period between sampling and analyzing for automated urinalysis

Ramona C. Dolscheid-Pommerich, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Rupert Conrad, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Berndt Zur

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: urinalysis; automation; analytical sample preparation methods; flow cytometry; specimen handling

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.008

The knowledge and understanding of preanalytical phase among biomedicine students at the University of Zagreb

Lora Dukic, Anja Jokic, Josipa Kules, Daria Pasalic

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: survey; education; preanalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.009

Timeliness “at a glance”: assessing the turnaround time through the six sigma metrics

Cristiano Ialongo, Sergio Bernardini

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: turnaround time; statistical data analysis; quality control; healthcare quality indicator; postanalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.010

The characterization of four gene expression analysis in circulating tumor cells made by Multiplex-PCR from the AdnaTest kit on the lab-on-a-chip Agilent DNA 1000 platform

Markéta Škereňová, Veronika Mikulová, Otakar Čapoun, Tomáš Zima

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: lab-on-a-chip devices; capillary electrophoresis; multiplex PCR; circulating tumour cells; Agilent DNA 1000 kit

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.011

Colorectal cancer detection in an asymptomatic population: fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin . fecal M2-type pyruvate kinase

Gian Paolo Caviglia, Luca Cabianca, Sharmila Fagoonee, Fabrizio M. Gili

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: biomarker; colorectal cancer; occult blood; M2-type pyruvate kinase; screening

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.012

Automatic laboratory-based strategy to improve the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in primary care

Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Maria Leiva-Salinas, Javier Lugo, Francisco J Pomares, Alberto Asencio, Miguel Ahumada, Carlos Leiva-Salinas

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: type 2 diabetes; HbA1c; diagnosis; preanalytical phase; test request appropriateness; costs; cost analysis

Review

Reference intervals: current status, recent developments and future considerations

Phlebotomy, a bridge between laboratory and patient

Laboratory use of hepcidin in renal transplant recipients

Original papers

The effect of extremely high glucose concentrations on 21 routine chemistry and thyroid Abbott assays: interference study

Failure to review STAT clinical laboratory requests and its economical impact

Effectiveness of citrate buffer-fluoride mixture in Terumo tubes as an inhibitor of glycolysis

Unnecessary repeated total cholesterol tests in biochemistry laboratory

Evaluation of the appropriate time period between sampling and analyzing for automated urinalysis

The knowledge and understanding of preanalytical phase among biomedicine students at the University of Zagreb

Timeliness “at a glance”: assessing the turnaround time through the six sigma metrics

The characterization of four gene expression analysis in circulating tumor cells made by Multiplex-PCR from the AdnaTest kit on the lab-on-a-chip Agilent DNA 1000 platform

Colorectal cancer detection in an asymptomatic population: fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin . fecal M2-type pyruvate kinase

Automatic laboratory-based strategy to improve the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in primary care

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Index of authors

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