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Lessons in biostatistics

The likelihood ratio and its graphical representation

Farrokh Habibzadeh, Parham Habibzadeh

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: ROC curve; diagnostic tests; likelihood ratio

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020101

Research integrity corner

Rewarding the quantity of peer review could harm biomedical research

Aceil Al-Khatib, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

Research integrity corner, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: autonomy; biomedical research; ethics in publishing; responsible peer review; scientific misconduct

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020201

Ethics assessment in research proposals adopting CRISPR technology

Francois Hirsch, Ron Iphofen, Zvonimir Koporc

Research integrity corner, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: CRISPR/Cas9; genome editing; ethical review

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020202

Review

Filaggrin and atopic march

Ivana Čepelak, Slavica Dodig, Ivan Pavić

Review, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: atopic dermatitis; atopic diseases; filaggrin

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020501

Post-analytical laboratory work: national recommendations from the Working Group for Post-analytics on behalf of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Lorena Honovic, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic, Sonja Podolar, Vladimira Rimac, Anja Jokic

Review, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: recommendations; post-analytical phase; clinical laboratory; harmonization; test report

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020502

Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: National recommendations for blood collection, processing, performance and reporting of results for coagulation screening assays prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, fibrinogen and D-dimer

Ana Bronić, Desiree Coen Herak, Sandra Margetić, Marija Milić

Review, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: blood coagulation tests; haemostasis; standardization; harmonization; guidelines

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020503

Short review

A balanced scorecard for assessing a strategic plan in a clinical laboratory

Luisa Alvarez, Anna Soler, Leonor Guiñón, Aurea Mira

Short review, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: balanced scorecard; clinical laboratory; management; strategic plan

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020601

Original articles

Evaluation of a commercial liquid-chromatography high-resolution mass-spectrometry method for the determination of hepcidin-25

Dietmar Enko, Sieglinde Zelzer, Günter Fauler, Markus Herrmann

Original articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: hepcidin-25; preanalytical phase; protein biomarker; liquid-chromatography high-resolution mass-spectrometry

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020701

Impact of an Andean breakfast on biochemistry and immunochemistry laboratory tests: an evaluation on behalf COLABIOCLI WG-PRE-LATAM

Wilson Bajaña, Eduardo Aranda, Maria Elena Arredondo, Lorena Michele Brennan-Bourdon, Marise Danielle Campelo, Edgar Espinoza, Silvia Flores, Patricia Ochoa, Veronica Vega, Beatriz Varela, Gabriel Lima-Oliveira

Original articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: blood specimen collection; diagnostic errors; fasting; postprandial period; reproducibility of results

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020702

Haemolysis and lipemia interfere with resistin and myeloperoxidase BioVendor ELISA assays

Andrea Saracevic, Lora Dukic, Ana-Maria Simundic

Original articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: haemolysis; lipemia; interferences; resistin; myeloperoxidase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020703

European survey on preanalytical sample handling – Part 1: How do European laboratories monitor the preanalytical phase? On behalf of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

Janne Cadamuro, Giuseppe Lippi, Alexander von Meyer, Mercedes Ibarz, Edmee van Dongen, Michael Cornes, Mads Nybo, Pieter Vermeersch, Kjell Grankvist, Joao Tiago Guimaraes, Gunn B.B. Kristensen, Barbara de la Salle, Ana-Maria Simundic

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytics; standardization; survey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020704

European survey on preanalytical sample handling – Part 2: Practices of European laboratories on monitoring and processing haemolytic, icteric and lipemic samples. On behalf of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

Janne Cadamuro, Giuseppe Lippi, Alexander von Meyer, Mercedes Ibarz, Edmee van Dongen, Michael Cornes, Mads Nybo, Pieter Vermeersch, Kjell Grankvist, Joao Tiago Guimaraes, Gunn B.B. Kristensen, Barbara de la Salle, Ana-Maria Simundic

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytics; standardization; survey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020705

Optimizing laboratory defined macroprolactin algorithm

Milica Šostarić, Adriana Bokulić, Domagoj Marijančević, Ivana Zec

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: prolactin; hyperprolactinaemia; macroprolactin; polyethylene glycol

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020706

Protein Induced by Vitamin K Absence II (PIVKA-II) as a potential serological biomarker in pancreatic cancer: a pilot study

Sara Tartaglione, Irene Pecorella, Serena Rita Zarrillo, Teresa Granato, Valentina Viggiani, Lucia Manganaro, Cinzia Marchese, Antonio Angeloni, Emanuela Anastasi

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: pancreatic cancer; PIVKA-II; CA 19-9; CA 242; CEA

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020707

Effect of temperature and time delay in centrifugation on stability of select biomarkers of nutrition and non-communicable diseases in blood samples

Ransi Ann Abraham, Praween K. Agrawal, Rajib Acharya, Avina Sarna, Sowmya Ramesh, Robert Johnston, Arjan de Wagt, Nizamuddin Khan, Akash Porwal, Sucheta Banerjee Kurundkar, Arvind Pandey, Raghu Pullakhandam, Krishnapillai Madhavan Nair, Geeta Trilok Kumar

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: survey; preanalytical conditions; temperature; time delay; centrifugation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020708

Reporting categories in urine test strip analysis: Croatian survey and call for action

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

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: urine; test strips; reporting; harmonization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2018.020709

Elevated activated partial thromboplastin time-based clot waveform analysis markers have strong positive association with acute venous thromboembolism

Chuen Wen Tan, McVin Hua Heng Cheen, Wan Hui Wong, Ian Qianhuang Wu, Brian Lee Wei Chua, Sahul Hameed Ahamedulla, Lai Heng Lee, Heng Joo Ng

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: blood coagulation; activated partial thromboplastin time; thrombophilia; thrombosis; venous thromboembolism

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020710

Analytical evaluation of the new Seal Autoanalyzer 3 High Resolution for urinary iodine determination

Valentina Vidranski, Maja Franceschi, Dražena Krilić, Tomislav Jukić, Ivan Mihaljević, Zvonko Kusić

Original Articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: colorimetry; iodine; method evaluation; urine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020711

Short communications

Establishing the 99 percentile for high sensitivity cardiac troponin I in healthy blood donors from Southern Italy

Luisa Agnello, Chiara Bellia, Concetta Scazzone, Giulia Bivona, Giorgia Iacolino, Caterina Maria Gambino, Maddalena Muratore, Bruna Lo Sasso, Marcello Ciaccio

Short communications, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: troponin I; myocardial infarction; reference values; high sensitivity; 99th percentile

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020901

High-sensitivity cardiac Troponin T delta concentration after repeat pulmonary vein isolation

Ivan Zeljkovic, Sven Knecht, Florian Spies, Tobias Reichlin, Beat Schaer, Stefan Osswald, Michael Kühne, Christian Sticherling

Short communications, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation; high-sensitivity troponin T; repeat procedure; recurrence

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020902

Preanalytical Mysteries

Description of interference in the measurement of troponin T by a high-sensitivity method

Miguel Aliste-Fernández, Gemma Sole-Enrech, Ruth Cano-Corres, Silvia Teodoro-Marin, Eugenio Berlanga-Escalera

Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: high-sensitivity troponin T; interference; case report

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.021001

An abrupt rise of coagulation error messages on ACL TOP automated analysers

Bas Calcoen, Koen Desmet, Pieter Vermeersch

Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; blood coagulation test; diagnostic error; blood specimen collection

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.021002

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