Evaluation of a laboratory critical limit (alert value) policy for hypercalcemia

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 633-636

  Lum, Gifford ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Pathol and Lab Medicine Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030037849     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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