Evaluation of total serum calcium critical values

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 828-830

  Howanitz, Joan H ^a,b   Howanitz, Peter J ^a  

^a University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CRITICAL VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; REFERENCE VALUE; BLOOD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33745025570     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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