Observational study to determine factors associated with blood sample haemolysis in the emergency department

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 745-748

  Ong, Marcus E H ^a   Yiong, Huak Chan ^b   Chin, Siah Lim ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemistry testing; Emergency department; Sample haemolysis; Venepuncture; Venous cannulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 55549123560     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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