Assessing agreement between point of care and laboratory results for lipid testing from a clinical perspective

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Gialamas, Angela ^a   Laurence, Caroline O ^a   Yelland, Lisa N ^a   Tideman, Philip ^b   Worley, Paul ^c   Shephard, Mark D ^c   Tirimacco, Rosy ^b   Willson, Kristyn J ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a   Gill, Janice ^d   Thomas, David W ^e   Beilby, Justin J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RCPA Quality Assurance Programs Pty Limited   (Australia)

^e RCPA Quality Assurance Programs Pty Ltd ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Lipids; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 76749088885     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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