Iva Friščić, Sonja Perkov, Mirjana Mariana Kardum Paro
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 35, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: case report; sample discoloration; interferences; intensive care; sterile dye
Sunghwan Shin, Shinae Yu, Sollip Kim, Soo Jin Yoo, Eun-Jung Cho, Jae-Woo Chung
Original articles, Volume 35, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: delta check; hormone tests; laboratory tests; result verification; postanalytical phase management
Lisa Cristelli, Francesca Occhipinti, Daniel Tumiatti, De Luisi Antonia, Erika Jani, Massimo Daves
Original articles, Volume 35, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory organization and management; quality control; validation; evaluation; Westgard rules
Vladimira Rimac, Jelena Vlašić Tanasković, Anja Jokić, Lorena Honović, Sonja Podolar, Jasna Leniček Krleža
Reviews, Volume 35, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: autovalidation; recommendations; postanalytical phase; clinical laboratory
Slavica Dodig, Ivana Čepelak, Matko Dodig
Reviews, Volume 35, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; healthcare; clinical laboratory
Alen Vrtarić, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Ivana Ćelap
Short communications, Volume 34, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; glucose; glucose inhibitor; anticoagulants; citrate
Ran Gao, Fang Zhao, Liangyu Xia, Chaochao Ma, Yingying Hu, Zhihong Qi, Xinqi Cheng, Ling Qiu
Original articles, Volume 34, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: HbA1c; autoverification; reference change value; laboratory information system
Lovorka Đerek, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Sanja Marević, Brankica Šimac, Marko Žarak, Antonija Perović, Domagoj Marijančević, Robert Buljubašić, Luka Matanović, Maja Cigrovski Berković
Reviews, Volume 34, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: sports; medical laboratory science; endocrinology; orthopaedics; biological variation
Borna Rapčan, Maja Hanić, Branimir Plavša, Jelena Šimunović, Jerko Štambuk, Frano Vučković, Irena Trbojević-Akmačić, Mislav Novokmet, Gordan Lauc, Genadij Razdorov
Original articles, Volume 34, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory automation; immunoglobulin G; glycomics; chromatography; validation/evaluation
Francisco J. Illana, Álvaro García-Osuna, María Sospedra, Rosa Ferrer, Cecília Martínez-Brú, Leonor Guiñón
Original articles, Volume 34, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: automation; laboratory organization and management; sample stability; add-on testing; quality assurance
Yan Zhang, Hua-Li Wang, Ye-Hong Xie, Da-Hai He, Chao-Qiong Zhou, Li-Rui Kong
Short communications, Volume 34, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: daily average value; patient-generated data; potassium; quality control
Janne Cadamuro, Ursula Huber-Schönauer, Cornelia Mrazek, Lukas Hehenwarter, Ulrike Kipman, Thomas K. Felder, Christian Pirich
Letters to the editor, Volume 34, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: demand management; preanalytical phase; laboratory order; vitamin D
Özlem Çakır Madenci, Soner Erdin, Ayşe Kestane, Müge Kutnu
Original articles, Volume 33, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: inborn errors of metabolism; laboratory information system (LIS); paediatrics; reference intervals; tandem mass spectrometry
Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Sandra Božičević, Lea Smirčić Duvnjak
Reviews, Volume 33, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: diabetic nephropathy; glomerular filtration rate; albuminuria; biomarkers; diagnostic tests
Jasmina Katanić, Bojan Stanimirov, Vanesa Sekeruš, Maja Đanić, Nebojša Pavlović, Momir Mikov, Karmen Stankov
Short review, Volume 33, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: biochemical marker; clinical laboratory test; diagnostic error; drug-laboratory test interaction; pharmaceuticals
Wenhui Wang, Linlin Liu, Zhongping Ning, Lin Che, Xinming Li
Original articles, Volume 33, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: acute myocardial infarction; neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; mortality; inflammation
Merica Aralica, Vesna Šupak-Smolčić, Lorena Honović, Lucija Franin, Pavica Šonjić, Maja Šimac, Mihovil Horvat, Nina Poropat
Reviews, Volume 33, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: antihypertensive agent; clinical laboratory test; hypertension; medical laboratory science
Paul Bălănescu, Eugenia Bălănescu, Cristian Băicuș, Anca Bălănescu
Original articles, Volume 32, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: systemic sclerosis; marginal zone B1 protein; leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein-1; cytokeratin 17; fibrosis
Bahar Ünlü Gül, Oğuzhan Özcan, Serdar Doğan, Abdullah Arpaci
Original articles, Volume 32, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: automation; biochemistry; laboratory organization and management; validation/evaluation
Scott Ailliet, Rik Vandenberghe, Toon Schiemsky, Lode Van Overbeke, Philippe Demaerel, Wouter Meersseman, David Cassiman, Pieter Vermeersch
Case reports, Volume 32, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: vitamin B12; homocysteine; cobalamin C; subacute combined degeneration
Bernhard Strasser, Sebastian Strasser, Josef Tomasits
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: cystatin C; creatinine; estimated glomerular filtration rate; case report
Vladimira Rimac, Sonja Podolar, Anja Jokic, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic, Lorena Honovic, Jasna Lenicek Krleza
Short communications, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: post-analytical phase; clinical laboratory; interpretative comments; questionnaire
Helena Čičak, Pavica Šonjić, Ana-Maria Šimundić
Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: automated ESR; Westergren method; blood sedimentation rate; verification; haematology
Ivana Lapić, Margareta Radić Antolic, Sara Dejanović Bekić, Désirée Coen-Herak, Ernest Bilić, Dunja Rogić, Renata Zadro
Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: haemostasis; von Willebrand disease; paediatrics; hemorrhage; next-generation sequencing
Vera Lukić, Svetlana Ignjatović
Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: quality control; moving average; patient-based real-time quality control; laboratory information system
Stephanie Gay, Belinda Pope, Tony Badrick, Michael Whiley
Original articles, Volume 32, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: extra-analytical phase; laboratory organisation and management; pre- and post-analytical incidents; risk matrix; quality assurance
Michael Paal, Katharina Habler, Michael Vogeser
Short Communications, Volume 31, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: reference change values; inter-laboratory; external quality assessment; measurement uncertainty; biological variation
Anja Jokic, Vladimira Rimac, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic, Sonja Podolar, Lorena Honovic, Jasna Lenicek Krleza
Original articles, Volume 31, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: postanalytical phase; survey; clinical laboratory; critical results; quality indicators
Adriana Bokulić, Ivana Zec, Domagoj Marijančević, Sanja Goreta, Marija Požgaj Šepec, Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić
Original Articles, Volume 31, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: paediatric; reference values; thyroid function tests; immunoassay; standard deviation ratio
Tapasyapreeti Mukhopadhyay, Arulselvi Subramanian, Shivam Pandey, Nirupam Madaan, Anjan Trikha, Rajesh Malhotra
Original Articles, Volume 31, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory biosafety; preanalytical phase; quality indicators; SARS-CoV-2; total testing process
Qianqian Zhou, Tze Ping Loh, Tony Badrick, Chun Yee Lim
Original Articles, Volume 31, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: quality control; laboratory management; moving median; moving average; average of normal
Rufino Mondejar, María Mayor Reyes, Enrique Melguizo Madrid, Consuelo Cañavate Solano, Santiago Pérez Ramos
Original Articles, Volume 31, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: jaundice; bilirubin; hyperbilirubinemia; haemolysis; receiver operating characteristic curve
Enrique Rodriguez-Borja, Adela Pozo-Giraldez, Macarena Díaz-Gimenez, Ausias Hervas-Romero, Africa Corchon-Peyrallo, Inmaculada Vinyals-Bellido, Arturo Carratala Calvo
Original Articles, Volume 31, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: algorithms; anaemia; diagnosis; clinical laboratory information systems; cost – effectiveness; referral and consultation
Letter to the Editor, Volume 31, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; testing; definition
Humeyra Ozturk Emre, Fatma Hande Karpuzoglu, Cihan Coskun, Ebru Demirel Sezer, Ozlem Goruroglu Ozturk, Fatma Ucar, Hikmet Can Cubukcu, Fatma Demet Arslan, Levent Deniz, Mehmet Senes, Mustafa Serteser, Cevat Yazici, Dogan Yucel, Abdurrahman Coskun
Original Articles, Volume 31, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: biological variation; laboratory error; patient safety; reference change value
Allan J. Hicks, Zoe L. Carwardine, Mike J. Hallworth, Eric S. Kilpatrick
Original Articles, Volume 31, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: cardiovascular diseases; guideline; clinical laboratory testing
Letters to the Editor, Volume 31, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; education; editorial practice; research methodology; writing in science
Mogamat-Yazied Chothia, Patricia Kassum, Annalise Zemlin
Original Articles, Volume 30, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: point-of-care; emergency department; potassium concentrations; hyperkalaemia
Slavica Dodig, Ivana Čepelak, Daniela Čepelak Dodig, Renata Laškaj
Review, Volume 30, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: biomarkers; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; laboratory medicine; patient safety
Jorge Díaz–Garzón, Paloma Oliver, Gema Crespo, Marta Duque, Pilar Fernandez-Calle, Marta Gómez, Roberto Mora, Isabel Moreno, Lydia Pascual, Ana-Laila Qasem, Olaia Rodriguez-Fraga, Manuela Simón, Antonio Buño
Letter to the editor, Volume 30, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: COVID-19; field hospital; laboratory organization and management; preanalytics; POCT
Roberto Assandri, Ciro Canetta, Giovanni Viganò, Elisabetta Buscarini, Alessandro Scartabellati, Alessandro Montanelli
Letter to the editor, Volume 30, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: COVID-19; Emergency room; RT-PCR; laboratory markers; Corona score
Parham Habibzadeh, Mohammad M. Sajadi, Amir Emami, Mohammad Hossein Karimi, Mahboobeh Yadollahie, Maryam Kucheki, Sahar Akbarpoor, Farrokh Habibzadeh
Letter to the editor, Volume 30, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: COVID-19; RT-PCR; laboratory test
Lora Dukic, Nikolina Maric, Ana-Maria Simundic
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: case report; critical care; extra-analytical phase; sample coloration
Seán J. Costelloe, Kelly McCarthy, Marguerite O’Connell, Mark Butler
Preanalytical mysteries, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: delayed separation; spurious hyponatraemia; spurious hypocalcaemia; haemolysis; case report
Chun Yee Lim, Tony Badrick, Tze Ping Loh
Original Articles, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory management; quality control; moving average; moving sum of positive patient results; patient-based quality control
Tomáš Šálek, Petr Schneiderka, Barbora Studená, Michaela Votroubková
Original Articles, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: drug monitoring; pharmacokinetics; preanalytical phase; clinical laboratory services; kidney function tests
Vladimira Rimac, Anja Jokic, Sonja Podolar, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic, Lorena Honovic, Jasna Lenicek Krleza
Original papers, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: postanalytical phase; autovalidation; clinical laboratory; questionnaire
Cornelia Mrazek, Giuseppe Lippi, Martin H Keppel, Thomas K Felder, Hannes Oberkofler, Elisabeth Haschke-Becher, Janne Cadamuro
Review, Volume 30, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: total testing process; extra-analytical phase; quality indicators; laboratory medicine; patient safety
Marina Njire Braticevic, Ivana Babic, Irena Abramovic, Anja Jokic, Martina Horvat
Original Articles, Volume 30, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: cross-sectional studies; medical laboratory technology; publications; bibliometrics
Frank Bernhard Kraus, Marija Kocijancic, Alexander Kluttig, Beatrice Ludwig-Kraus
Original Articles, Volume 30, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: β-hydroxybutyrate; ketoacidosis; method validation; reference range; urine ketones
Review, Volume 30, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: integrated diagnostics; laboratory medicine; pathology; radiology
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
Vera Lukić, Svetlana Ignjatović
Original Articles, Volume 29, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: quality control; moving average; bias detection simulation; MA Generator software
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
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
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
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
Luisa Alvarez, Anna Soler, Leonor Guiñón, Aurea Mira
Short review, Volume 29, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: balanced scorecard; clinical laboratory; management; strategic plan
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
Farrokh Habibzadeh, Parham Habibzadeh
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 29, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: ROC curve; diagnostic tests; likelihood ratio
Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Ünsal
Short Communications, Volume 29, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory error; normal distribution; sigma metric; Six Sigma; uniform distribution
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
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
Pedro Sánchez Pellicer, Ruth González Tamayo, Vicente Navarro López
Original Papers, Volume 28, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: demand management laboratory; test laboratory request; anti-thyroid antibodies; anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies; anti-thyroglobulin antibodies
Enrique Rodriguez-Borja, Africa Corchon-Peyrallo, Macarena Diaz-Gimenez, Arturo Carratala-Calvo
Original Papers, Volume 28, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: clinical decision support systems; computer physician order entry; health care costs; laboratory management; randomized controlled trials
Ana Borovecki, Ana Mlinaric, Martina Horvat, Vesna Supak Smolcic
Research Integrity Corner, Volume 28, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: informed consent; ethical approval; research; laboratory medicine; ethics committees
Ashish Jain, Sanchit Jain, Neha Singh, Priyanka Aswal, Shweta Pal, Sushant Kumar Meinia, Nilotpal Chowdhury
Short Communications, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: pre-analytical error; erythrocyte indices; laboratory errors; platelet count; sample stability
Beatriz Varela, Gonzalo Pacheco
Original Papers: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: total quality management; quality control; bias; laboratory proficiency testing/methods; clinical chemistry test
Lessons in Biostatistics: Special issue on Six Sigma metrics, Volume 28, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: medical laboratory; Sigma metrics; Six Sigma; allowable total error
Amalija Bunjevac, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Marijana Miler, Anita Horvat
Original Papers, Volume 28, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; laboratory error; urinalysis; urine sediment
Darian Volarić, Veljko Flego, Gordana Žauhar, Ljiljana Bulat-Kardum
Original Papers, Volume 28, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: pleural effusion; CA-125 antigen; carcinoembryonic antigen; neuron-specific enolase; cytokeratin 19 fragment
Mirjana Fuček, Živka Dika, Sandra Karanović, Ivana Vuković Brinar, Vedran Premužić, Jelena Kos, Ante Cvitković, Maja Mišić, Josip Samardžić, Dunja Rogić, Bojan Jelaković
Original Papers, Volume 28, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: chronic kidney disease; estimated glomerular filtration rate; predictive equation; endemic nephropathy
Lessons in Biostatistics, Volume 28, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: likelihood ratio; cumulative data analysis; odds; sensitivity; specificity
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory; quality assurance; proficiency testing; resource-limited countries
Anne Stavelin, Sverre Sandberg
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: quality assurance; health care; laboratory proficiency testing; point-of-care testing; health personnel
Tony Badrick, Stephanie Gay, Euan J. McCaughey, Andrew Georgiou
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: health care quality assurance; laboratory; pathology; quality
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: haematology; laboratory proficiency testing; blood cell count
Janne Cadamuro, Helmut Wiedemann, Thomas K. Felder, Cornelia Mrazek, Ulrike Kipman, Oberkofler Hannes, Elisabeth Haschke-Becher
Pre-analytical mysteries, Volume 27, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: case report; white particulate matter; lithium-heparin tubes; separator gel
Tomas Salek, Ivan Andel, Irena Kurfurstova
Case Report, Volume 27, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: urolithiasis; acidosis; renal tubular acidosis; topiramate; glomerular filtration rate
Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic, Giacomo Musile, Elisa Danese, Gianluca Salvagno, Franco Tagliaro
Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory testing; diagnostics; alcohol; errors; pre-analytical phase
Simaporn Prommetta, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Goonnapa Fucharoen, Supawadee Yamsri, Attawut Chaiboonroeng, Supan Fucharoen
Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory proficiency testing; thalassemia; quality control
Anne Stavelin, Xavier Albe, Piet Meijer, Erika Sarkany, Finlay MacKenzie
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory proficiency testing; quality assessment; laboratory medicine
Enrique Rodríguez–Borja, Africa Corchon–Peyrallo, Gerardo Aguilar–Aguilar, Arturo Carratala–Calvo
Short Communications, Volume 27, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: cost-effectiveness; preoperative care; patient safety; routine diagnostic tests
Engy Shokry, Nelson Roberto Antoniosi Filho
Review, Volume 27, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: cerumen; laboratory diagnosis; metabolomics; proteomics; genomics
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Short Communication, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: celiac disease; quality indicators; clinical laboratory services; benchmarking
Dietmar Enko, Harald Mangge, Andreas Münch, Tobias Niedrist, Elisabeth Mahla, Helfried Metzler, Florian Prüller
Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: platelets; platelet aggregation; platelet function tests; clinical laboratory services; preanalytical phase
Vanja Radišić Biljak, Lorena Honović, Jasminka Matica, Branka Krešić, Sanela Šimić Vojak
Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: chronic kidney disease (CKD); recommendations; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); albuminuria; proteinuria
Nora Nikolac, Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Ana-Maria Simundic
Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; external quality assessment; laboratory error
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
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
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
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
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Maria Leiva-Salinas, Patricia Esteban, Miguel Ahumada, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Short communication, Volume 26, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory; pre-analytical phase; primary care; quality indicators; test request
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Maria Leiva-Salinas, Rosa Lillo, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Short communication, Volume 26, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: medical laboratory personnel; quality indicators; health care
Merve Kaymak Ekşioğlu, Özlem Çakır Madenci, Nihal Yücel, Abdullah Elçi, Bülent Turhan, Gani Orhan, Asuman Orçun
Original paper, Volume 26, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: urinalysis; preservation; sample preparation
Lucius C Imoh, Mubanga Mutale, Christopher T Parker, Rajiv T Erasmus, Annalise E Zemlin
Original paper, Volume 26, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: turnaround time; laboratory audit; quality indicator; continual improvement; CSF chemistry
Cristiano Ialongo, Sergio Bernardini
Review, Volume 26, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; venipuncture; laboratory testing; preanalytical phase; preanalytical variability; patient safety; evidence based medicine
Vanja Radišić Biljak, Lorena Honović, Jasminka Matica, Branka Knežević, Sanela Šimić Vojak
Original papers, Volume 25, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: survey; chronic kidney disease; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); albuminuria; proteinuria; creatinine; harmonization
Davide Giavarina, Mariarosa Carta
Original papers, Volume 25, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: CD14 Antigen; presepsin; reference values; male; female; Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute
Fatma Emel Kocak, Ozben Ozden Isiklar, Havva Kocak, Ayfer Meral
Original papers, Volume 25, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; ethanol; stability; storage temperature
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Ana Santo-Quiles, Mercedes Gutierrez, Javier Lugo, Rosa Lillo, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Original papers, Volume 25, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: Preanalytical phase; errors in laboratory medicine; balanced scorecard; patient safety
Philippe B. Katchunga, Patrick N. Mirindi, Antoine S. Kishabongo, Justin C. Cikomola, Socrate Bwanamdogo, Jan Philippé, Marijn M. Speeckaert, Joris R. Delanghe
Original papers, Volume 25, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: fasting glucose concentration; fructosamine; hemoglobin A1c protein; nails; sub-Saharan Africa; diabetes mellitus
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Joaquín Uris, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Original papers, Volume 25, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: primary care; laboratory proficiency testing; clinical laboratory services; test requesting; preanalytical phase
Kristina Dukic, Matea Zoric, Petra Pozaic, Jelena Starcic, Marija Culjak, Andrea Saracevic, Marijana Miler
Original papers, Volume 25, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: survey; compliance; laboratory technician; universal safety measures; total quality management; clinical laboratory services
Zeliha Gunnur Dikmen, Asli Pinar, Filiz Akbiyik
Original papers, Volume 25, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory services; total quality management; patient safety; preanalytical phase; preanalytical error
Angeles Giménez-Marín, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Ana M. García-Raja, Rafael Venta-Obaya, Margarita Fusté-Ventosa, Inmaculada Caballé-Martín, Alfonso Benítez-Estevez, Ana I. Quinteiro-García, José Luis Bedini, Antonio León-Justel, Montserrat Torra-Puig
Original papers, Volume 25, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: patient safety; clinical laboratory services; questionnaires; cross-sectional studies; public hospital; universal safety measures; total quality management
Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giorgio Brocco, Gian Cesare Guidi
Case Report, Volume 25, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory techniques; patient safety; laboratory variability; reference standards; quality control; parathyroid hormone
Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, María Leiva-Salinas, Miguel Ahumada, Carlos Leiva-Salinas
Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory services; utilization; vitamin D; communication; education
Yang Fei, Rong Zeng, Wei Wang, Falin He, Kun Zhong, Zhiguo Wang
Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: quality indicators; quality control; clinical laboratory services
Lara Milevoj Kopcinovic, Jasenka Trifunović, Tihana Pavosevic, Nora Nikolac
Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: critical results; laboratory testing; quality indicators; survey; post-analytical phase
Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: Bland-Altman; agreement analysis; laboratory research; method comparison; correlation of data
Joris Delanghe, Marijn Speeckaert
Review, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: flow cytometry; preservatives; sample preparation; urinalysis
Review, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: lipemia interference; laboratory error; preanalytical phase; interference testing; biological variation
Gabriella De Carli, Dominique Abiteboul, Vincenzo Puro
Review, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: occupational exposure; needlestick injuries; bloodborne pathogens; accident prevention; laboratories
Angeles Giménez-Marín, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Maria del Mar Pérez-Hidalgo, Pedro Molina-Mendoza
Original papers, Volume 24, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: total quality management; quality indicators; health care; laboratories; patient safety
Review, Volume 24, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory services; utilization; utilization review
Fethullah Gerin, Dilber Coban Ramazan, Ozgur Baykan, Onder Sirikci, Goncagul Haklar
Case report, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: separator gel; preanalytical phase; blood collection tube; floating gel; hyperproteinemia
Matteo Vidali, Vincenza Bianchi, Marco Bagnati, Nadia Atzeni, Andrea Marco Bianchi, Giorgio Bellomo
Case report, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; alcoholism; drug therapy; combination; false negative reactions
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: regression analysis; logistic regression; odds ratio; variable selection
Mario Plebani, Laura Sciacovelli, Ada Aita, Maria Laura Chiozza
Review, Volume 24, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: harmonization; pre-analytical-phase; quality indicators; patient safety; clinical laboratories
Serap Cuhadar, Mehmet Koseoglu, Aysenur Atay, Ahmet Dirican
Original papers, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; serum; stability; storage; temperature
Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Lorena Honović, Saša Kralik, Jasminka Matica, Manja Prašek, Edita Pape-Medvidović, Marina Ivanišević, Josip Đelmiš
Editorial, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: gestational diabetes; IADPSG criteria; clinical laboratory techniques
Mads Nybo, Bente Jespersen, Michael Aarup, Charlotte Ejersted, Anne Pernille Hermann, Kim Brixen
Original papers, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: alkaline phosphatases; bone density; dialysis; parathyroid hormone
Elizabeta Topic, Andjelo Beletic, Tomas Zima
Original papers, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: continuing medical education; professional education; professional competence; laboratory medicine
Ayfer Colak, Burak Toprak, Nese Dogan, Fusun Ustuner
Original papers, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: centrifugation; temperature; stability; vitamin D; preanalytical phase
Review, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: exhaled breath condensate; analysis; preanalytical phase; respiratory diseases
Review, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: inflammatory bowel disease; colitis; ulcerative; Crohn disease; serological tests
Nora Nikolac, Vesna Šupak-Smolčić, Ana-Maria Šimundić, Ivana Ćelap
Review, Volume 23, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; venous blood; recommendations; health planning; laboratory errors; preanalytical phase
Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Martina Montagnana, Geraldo Picheth, Gian Cesare Guidi
Case report, Volume 23, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory techniques; preanalytical phase; laboratory variability; blood specimen collection; EDTA contamination carryover
Review, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: blood gas analysis; preanalytical error; laboratory error; pO2; pCO2; pH
Editorial, Volume 23, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: concentration; content; quantity; metrology; terminology
Branka Kristić Kirin, Renata Zrinski Topić, Slavica Dodig
Case report, Volume 23, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: child; hepatitis; hyperphosphatasemia; otitis media; respiratory syncytial virus
Guolin Li, Wang Shi, Hui Hu, Yaqin Chen, Li Liu, Dazhong Yin
Original papers, Volume 22, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); mild kidney function damage (MKFD)
Vanja Radisic Biljak, Ivan Ozvald, Andrea Radeljak, Kresimir Majdenic, Branka Lasic, Zoran Siftar, Marijana Vucic Lovrencic, Zlata Flegar-Mestric
Original papers, Volume 22, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: accreditation; medical informatics; data transfer; laboratory information system; hospital information system; validation
Emina Colak, Nada Majkic-Singh, Lepsa Zoric, Aleksandra Radosavljevic, Natalija Kosanovic-Jakovic
Review, Volume 22, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: age-related macular degeneration; C-reactive protein; inflammation
Emmanuel J. Favaloro, Giuseppe Lippi
Review, Volume 22, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: haemostasis; coagulation; laboratory tests; anticoagulants; anti-thrombotics; Dabigatran; Rivaroxaban.
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 22, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: kappa; reliability; rater; interrater
Simone Zerah, Janet Murray, Andrea Rita Horvath
Editorial, Volume 22, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; polyvalent; sub-specialized; profession name
Review, Volume 22, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: cell free DNA; cell free fetal DNA; plasma DNA; free DNA; non-invasive prenatal diagnosis; clinical laboratory diagnosis; sex determination analysis
Serap Cuhadar, Ayşenur Atay, Mehmet Koseoglu, Ahmet Dirican, Aysel Hur
Original papers, Volume 22, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: blood specimen collection; enzyme stability; serum; storage; temperature.
Zita Ausrele Kucinskiene, Jonas Bartlingas
Special issue, Volume 21, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; medical biology; education of specialists
Special issue, Volume 21, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory diagnostics; laboratory staff; education
Gabor L. Kovacs, Andrea Ludany, Tamas Koszegi, Ferenc Liszt, Miklos Kellermayer
Special issue, Volume 21, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory training; graduate; postgraduate; Hungary
Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Martina Montagnana, Cristovão Luis Pitanguiera Manguera, Nairo M. Sumita, Geraldo Picheth, Gian Cesare Guidi, Marileia Scartezini
Original papers, Volume 21, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: phlebotomy and blood collection; pre analytical phase; quality management system in clinical laboratory; transillumination; venous stasis.
Vukmir Vlasic, Jasenka Trifunovic, Ivana Cepelak, Petra Nimac, Renata Zrinski Topic, Slavica Dodig
Original papers, Volume 21, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: exhaled breath condensate; obstructive sleep apnea; oxidative stress; urates.
Mira Winterhalter-Jadric, Adlija Causevic, Radivoj Jadric, Jozo Coric, Sabaheta Hasic, Emina Kiseljakovic
Special issue, Volume 21, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; medical biochemistry; education
Giuseppe Lippi, Patrizia Bonelli, Rossana Rossi, Mirco Bardi, Rosalia Aloe, Alberta Caleffi, Enrichetta Bonilauri
Original papers, Volume 20, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: errors; laboratory testing; computer program; informatics; extra-analytical phase
Adriana Unić, Lovorka Đerek, Nevenka Stančin, Tihana Serdar, Novka Šprajc, Željko Romić
Original papers, Volume 20, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: tumor markers; carbohydrate antigen 19-9; alpha-fetoprotein; carcinoembryonic antigen; immunoassay
Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic
Editorial, Volume 20, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: patient safety; laboratory diagnostics; preanalytical phase; errors; quality
Review, Volume 20, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: The Cochrane Collaboration; PhD thesis; The Cochrane Library
Mario Skugor, Manjula Gupta, Sankar D Navaneethan
Review, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: parathyroid hormone; immunometric assay; kidney disease
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
Davide Giavarina, Adele Villani, Marco Caputo
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: quality; point of care; laboratory medicine; turn-around-time; error
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: critical values; notification of critical values; clinical laboratories; post-analytical phase; errors in laboratory medicine
Gian Cesare Guidi, Gian Luca Salvagno
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: reference intervals; reference range; statistics; laboratory diagnostics
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
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
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: analytical errors; patient safety; clinical laboratory; quality control; drug interference; calibration; paraprotein; reference interval
Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: laboratory medicine; diagnostic process; pre-analytical phase; post-analytical phase
Giuseppe Lippi, Nicola Tessitore, Martina Montagnana, Valeria Bedogna, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giovanni Targher, Antonio Lupo, Gian Cesare Guidi
Original papers, Volume 19, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: creatinine; glomerular filtration rate; kidney function; MDRD; MCQE
Marijana Miler, Ana-Maria Simundic, Mario Štefanović, Dragica Ferenec-Ružić, Marina Kvaternik, Elizabeta Topić, Nada Vrkić
Original papers, Volume 19, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: accreditation; analyzer comparison; internal quality control; laboratory error
Short review, Volume 19, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: systematic reviews; The Cochrane Collaboration; The Cochrane Library; diagnostic accuracy tests
Carmen Ricós, Carmen Perich, Joana Minchinela, Virtudes Álvarez, Margarita Simón, Carmen Biosca, Mariví Doménech, Pilar Fernández, Carlos-Víctor Jiménez, José Vicente Garcia-Lario, Fernando Cava
Short review, Volume 19, October, Issue 3
KEYWORDS: biological variation; quality specifications; reference change value; delta check; laboratory report
Dunja Buljubašić, Tatjana Ladenhauser-Palijan, Željko Debeljak
Case report, Volume 19, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: hemochromatosis; beta-thalassemia; transferrin saturation; HFE; hemoglobin electrophoresis
Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 19, June, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: odds ratio; chi-square test
Emina Čolak, Vesna Dimitrijević-Srećković, Predrag B. Djordjević, Sanja Stanković, Biljana Glišić, Branko Srećković, Nada Majkić-Singh
Original papers, Volume 18, February, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: oxidative stress; antioxidant defense; type 2 diabetes mellitus; cardiovascular complications; comparative analysis
Radivoj Jadrić, Sabaheta Hasić, Emina Kiseljaković, Jozo Ćorić, Jovan Radovanović, Mira Winterhalter-Jadrić
Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: β-endorphins; rat; psychoactive drugs; trazodone
Rosa Isabel Sierra-Amor, Maribel López-Martínez
Short review, Volume 17, December, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: accreditation; ISO 15189; medical laboratory
Review, Volume 17, June, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: chronic kidney disease; Cockcroft-Gault equation; glomerular filtration rate; glomerular filtration rate estimating equations; modification of diet in renal disease equation; serum creatinine
Slavica Dodig, Jadranka Demirović, Žaneta Jelčić, Darko Richter, Ivana Čepelak, Miljenko Raos, Rajka Petrinović, Kornelija Kovač, Nina Peruško Matasić
Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1
KEYWORDS: alkaline phosphatase; child; infant; hyperphosphatasemia; isoenzymes; respiratory diseases
Review, Volume 16, December, Issue 2
KEYWORDS: vitamin C; antioxidant; cardiovascular disease; cancer; common cold; respiratory diseases; diabetes mellitus; cataract
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