A national survey on pediatric critical values used in clinical laboratories across Canada

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 16-17, 2009, Pages 1610-1615

  Gong, Yanping ^a   Adeli, Khosrow ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alert values; Chemistry; Critical care; Critical values; Pediatric; Reference values; Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TROPONIN T;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL VALUE; DRUG MONITORING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OXYGEN TENSION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

CANADA; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; LABORATORIES; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 70349782227     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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