Influence of short-term venous stasis on clinical chemistry testing

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 869-875

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood collection; Laboratory testing; Pre analytical variability; Standardization tourniquet; Venous stasis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; ENZYME; GLUCOSE; IRON; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOURNIQUET; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 26844488850     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.146     Document Type: Article

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