It is time to extend the laboratory critical (panic) value system to include vital values

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Lundberg, George D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCREDITATION; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PANIC; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; PANIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33846926992     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

1. Lundberg GD. When to panic over abnormal values. MLO Med Lab Obs. 1972;4:47-54.
2. Lundberg GD. Critical (panic) value notification: An established laboratory policy (parameter). JAMA. 1990;263:709.
3. Dighe AS, Rao A, Coakley AB, Lewandrowski KB. Analysis of laboratory critical values reporting in a large academic medical center. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006; 125:758-764. Abstract.