Use of thrombin inhibitors ex vivo allows critical care clinical chemistry and hematology testing on common specimens

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-127

  Lyon, Andrew W ^a,b,c   Harding, Sheila Rutledge ^a,b   Drobot, Duane ^a   Lyon, Martha E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Saskatoon District Health Board ^*  (Canada)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; Argatroban; lithium heparin; pre analytical error; thrombin inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARGATROBAN; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; LITHIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; UREA;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANTITHROMBINS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PIPECOLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0030995090     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(96)00158-0     Document Type: Article

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