Use of error grid analysis to evaluate acceptability of a point of care prothrombin time meter

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Petersen, John R ^a   Vonmarensdorf, Hans M ^a   Weiss, Heidi L ^b   Elghetany, M Tarek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation monitoring; Error grid analysis; POCT; Point of care testing; PT INR

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR GRID ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE PROTHROMBIN TIME METER; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTHROMBIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72449211708     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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