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Editorial

The first step in creating national Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) guidelines – a questionnaire

Vanja Radišić Biljak, Anders Grubb, Isabel Cachapuz Guerra, Etienne Cavalier, Stella Raymondo, Rosa Sierra-Amor, Michele Mussap, Shanthi Naidu Kamathan, Dogan Yucel, Pradip Datta, Takashi Wada, Flavio F. Alcantara

Editorial, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: chronic kidney disease (CKD); International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC); guidelines; action plan; questionnaire

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030301

Lessons in Biostatistics

Confidence interval of percentiles in skewed distribution: The importance of the actual coverage probability in practical quality applications for laboratory medicine

Cristiano Ialongo

Lessons in Biostatistics, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: biostatistics; confidence intervals; statistical data analysis; health care quality indicators

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030101

Review

Hallmarks of senescence and aging

Slavica Dodig, Ivana Čepelak, Ivan Pavić

Review, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: senescence; aging; biomarkers; hallmarks

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030501

Original Articles

Preanalytical classical and alternative complement pathway activity loss

Koen O.A. Vercauteren, Stijn Lambrecht, Joris Delanghe

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; alternative and classical complement pathway; complement haemolytic activity assay; complement C3; complement C3d

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030701

Determining biological variation of serum parathyroid hormone in healthy adults

Müjgan Ercan, Emiş Deniz Akbulut, Esin Avcı, Çiğdem Yücel, Esra Fırat Oğuz, Turan Turhan, Muhittin Serdar

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: biological variation; individuality; reference change value; PTH; quality specification

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030702

Assessment of a laboratory critical risk result notification protocol in a tertiary care hospital and their use in clinical decision making

Jose A. Delgado Rodríguez, Maria I. Pastor García, Cristina Gómez Cobo, Antonia R. Pons Más, Isabel Llompart Alabern, Josep Miquel Bauça

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: phone notification; turnaround time; clinical decision making; critical risk result

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030703

Assessment of the degree of adherence of medical laboratories to KDIGO 2012 guideline for evaluation and management of CKD in Czechia and Slovakia

Šálek Tomáš, Friedecký Bedřich, Kratochvíla Josef, Pelinková Květa, Budina Marek

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: creatinine; cystatin C; glomerular filtration; estimated glomerular filtration rate; post-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030704

Effectiveness of minimum retesting intervals in managing repetitive laboratory testing: experience from a Croatian university hospital

Ivana Lapić, Dunja Rogić, Mirjana Fuček, Ružica Galović

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: evidence-based practice; clinical laboratory services; pre-analytical phase; cost analysis

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030705

Rapid serum tube technology overcomes problems associated with use of anticoagulants

Kong-Nan Zhao, Goce Dimeski, John de Jersey, Lambro A Johnson, Michael Grant, Paul P Masci, Martin F Lavin

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: prothrombin activators; serum; anticoagulants; analytes

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030706

Classical pathway activity C3c, C4 and C1-inhibitor protein reference intervals determination in EDTA plasma

Benjamin Lopez, Nicolas Bertier, Emmanuel Ledoult, Romane Joudinaud, Mehdi Maanaoui, Victoria Majerus, Emmanuelle Moitrot, Anne-Sophie Deleplancque, Stéphanie Rogeau, David Launay, Guillaume Lefèvre, Myriam Labalette, Sylvain Dubucquoi

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: reference values; complement C3c; complement C4; classical complement pathway; complement C1 inhibitor protein

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030707

Time-dependent variation of ionized calcium in serum samples

Antonija Perović, Marina Njire Bratičević

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: ionized calcium; serum; heparin; specimen handling; pre-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030708

Verification study of free light chains assays on reagent-optimized analysers

Dragana Šegulja, Danica Matišić, Karmela Barišić, Dunja Rogić

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: M components; serum free light chains; immunoassay; gammopathy; monoclonal

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030709

Optimizing moving average control procedures for small-volume laboratories: can it be done?

Vera Lukić, Svetlana Ignjatović

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: quality control; moving average; bias detection simulation; MA Generator software

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030710

Clinician’s opinion about critical risk results proposed by the Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists: a survey in one Croatian tertiary hospital

Pavica Šonjić, Ana Nikler, Dora Vuljanić, Lora Dukić, Ana-Maria Šimundić

Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: critical results; survey; post-analytical phase; laboratory management

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030711

Case Reports

Escherichia coli spheroplasts in a Croatian patient misclassified by two urine sediment analysers as erythrocytes: case report

Ana Nikler, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Helena Čičak, Nikolina Marić, Danijela Bejuk, Jose Antonio Tesser Poloni, Ana-Maria Simundic

Case Reports, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: spheroplasts; bacterial forms; urinalysis; misclassification

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.030801

Preanalytical Mysteries

Flushing of an intravenous catheter: a cause for unreliable laboratory results

Rutger C.C. Hengeveld, Maaike C. Gerards, Bianca E. Olofsen, Milan L. Ridderikhof, Victor F.H.A. Hakkenberg van Gaasbeek, Peter A. Leenhouts, Edmée C. van Dongen-Lases

Preanalytical Mysteries, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; phlebotomy; intravenous catheter

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.031001

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to: 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

Corrigendum, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.031201

Erratum

Corrigendum to: Assessment of the degree of adherence of medical laboratories to KDIGO 2012 guideline for evaluation and management of CKD in Czechia and Slovakia

Tomáš Šálek, Bedřich Friedecký, Josef Kratochvíla, Květa Pelinková, Marek Budina

Erratum, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.031202

Symposium abstracts

30th Symposium Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: Vitamin D in health and disease

Symposium abstracts, Volume 29, October, Issue 3

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