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Lessons in Biostatistics

Confidence interval for quantiles and percentiles

Cristiano Ialongo

Lessons in Biostatistics, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: biostatistics; statistical methods; confidence intervals; extra-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010101

Research Integrity Corner

Correcting duplicate publications: follow up study of MEDLINE tagged duplications

Mario Malički, Ana Utrobičić, Ana Marušić

Research Integrity Corner, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: duplicate publication; retraction of publication; authorship; scientific misconduct; published erratum

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010201

Review

A review of urinary angiotensin converting enzyme 2 in diabetes and diabetic nephropathy

Akankwasa Gilbert, Jianhua Liu, Guixue Cheng, Changjuan An, Kabuye Deo, Abalinda Mary Gorret, Xiaosong Qin

Review, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: angiotensin converting enzyme; diabetic nephropathy; mRNA

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010501

Original Articles

Standardization in laboratory medicine: Two years’ experience from category 1 EQA programs in Spain

Carmen Ricós, Carmen Perich, Beatriz Boned, Elisabet González-Lao, Jorge Diaz-Garzón, Montserrat Ventura, Sandra Bullich, Zoraida Corte, Joana Minchinela, Fernando Marques, Margarita Simón, Virtudes Alvarez, José-Vicente García-Lario, Pilar Fernández-Fern

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: standardization; external quality assessment; traceability; bias

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010701

Prognostic value of procalcitonin and lipopolysaccharide binding protein in cancer patients with chemotherapy-associated febrile neutropenia presenting to an emergency department

Luis García de Guadiana-Romualdo, Pablo Cerezuela-Fuentes, Ignacio Español-Morales, Patricia Esteban-Torrella, Enrique Jiménez-Santos, Ana Hernando-Holgado, María Dolores Albaladejo-Otón

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: febrile neutropenia; prognosis; Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer; procalcitonin; lipopolysaccharide binding protein

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010702

Fast skeletal troponin I, but not the slow isoform, is increased in patients under statin therapy: a pilot study

Alessandro Trentini, Savino Spadaro, Valentina Rosta, Maria C Manfrinato, Carlo Cervellati, Francesca Dalla Corte, Stefania Hanau, Carlo A Volta, Tiziana Bellini

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: statin; fast skeletal troponin; slow skeletal troponin; muscle damage; creatine kinase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010703

Analysis of laboratory critical values at a referral Spanish tertiary university hospital

Ariadna Arbiol-Roca, Sofía Corral-Comesaña, Ruth Cano-Corres, María José Castro-Castro, Macarena Dastis-Arias, Dolors Dot-Bach

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: critical values limits; critical values notification; patient safety

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010704

Higher serum lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 in patients with stable coronary artery disease is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events: A multicentre pilot study

Zi-wen Zhao, Yi-wei Xu, Shu-mei Li, Jin-jian Guo, Tao Yi, Liang-long Chen

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: coronary artery disease; sLOX-1; prognosis; major adverse cardiovascular events; biomarker

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010705

Changes of salivary biomarkers under different storage conditions: effects of temperature and length of storage

Tomás Barranco, Camila P Rubio, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Mónica Rubio, Elena Damia, Elsa Lamy, Ramón Cugat, José J Cerón, Fernando Tecles, Damián Escribano

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: biomarker; enzyme stability; oxidative stress; saliva; temperature

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010706

Faecal calprotectin determination: impact of preanalytical sample treatment and stool consistency on within- and between-method variability

Gordana Juricic, Tina Brencic, Andrea Tesija-Kuna, Milena Njegovan, Lorena Honovic

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: calprotectin; preanalytical phase; inflammatory bowel disease; immunoassay

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010707

Analytical verification of 12 most commonly used urine dipsticks in Croatia: comparability, repeatability and accuracy

Dora Vuljanić, Ana Dojder, Valentina Špoljarić, Andrea Saračević, Lora Dukić, Jasna Leniček-Krleža, Jelena Vlašić-Tanasković, Ivana Maradin, Ana Grzunov, Željka Vogrinc, Ana-Maria Šimundić

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: verification; urine dipsticks; comparability; accuracy; repeatability

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010708

Improving home haemodialysis: Stability evaluation of routine clinical chemistry analytes in blood samples of haemodialysis patients

Lourens J.P. Nonkes, Maaike K. van Gelder, Hans Kemperman, Alferso C. Abrahams, Frans T.J. Boereboom, Maarten J. ten Berg, Karin G.F. Gerritsen

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: haemodialysis; clinical chemistry tests; bicarbonates; blood specimen collection

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010709

Short Communications

Effects of different anticoagulants on glycated albumin quantification

Graziella Bonetti, Nicola Di Gaetano, Renata Paleari, Ferruccio Ceriotti

Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; serum albumin; diabetes mellitus; anticoagulants

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010901

Sigma metric revisited: True known mistakes

Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Ünsal

Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: laboratory error; normal distribution; sigma metric; Six Sigma; uniform distribution

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010902

Mistaken assumptions drive new Six Sigma model off the road

Sten Westgard, Hassan Bayat, James O Westgard

Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: Sigma metrics; Six Sigma; allowable total error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010903

Plasma free DNA: Evaluation of temperature-associated storage effects observed for Roche Cell-Free DNA collection tubes

Dietmar Enko, Gabriele Halwachs-Baumann, Gernot Kriegshäuser

Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: cell-free nucleic acids; pre-analytical phase; quality improvement

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010904

Preanalytical Mysteries

Falsely prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time – a pre- and post-analytical issue

Charlotte Gils, Pernille Just Vinholt, Mads Nybo

Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: activated partial thromboplastin time; haemolysis; lipemia; post-analytical errors; pre-analytical errors

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.011001

Case report: An index of suspicion in hyponatraemia

Marizna Barkhuizen, Mariza Hoffmann, Ekkehard WA Zöllner, Rajiv T. Erasmus, Annalise E. Zemlin

Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: pseudohyponatraemia; electrolyte exclusion effect; case report; serum indices; endogenous interference

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.011002

A paradigmatic case of haemolysis and pseudohyperkalemia in blood gas analysis

Gian Luca Salvagno, Davide Demonte, Giuseppe Lippi

Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: potassium; hyperkalemia; preanalytical variability; diagnostic errors

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.011003

Index of authors and list of reviewers

List of reviewers

Index of authors and list of reviewers, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

Index of authors

Index of authors and list of reviewers, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

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