Effects of EDTA on routine and specialized coagulation testing and an easy method to distinguish EDTA-treated from citrated plasma samples

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 45-48

  Crist, Ronda A ^a,b   Gibbs, Kathie ^b   Rodgers, George M ^a,b,c   Smock, Kristi J ^a,b,c  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrate; Coagulation testing; EDTA; Preanalytical variables

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; TETRAPHENYLBORON; THROMBOPLASTIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRECIPITATION; SOLUBILITY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CITRATES; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; SOLUBILITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TETRAPHENYLBORATE;

EID: 77249153251     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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