Influence of a light meal on routine haematological tests

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-99

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Gelati, Matteo ^a   Picheth, Geraldo ^c   Duarte, Alberto José ^b   Franchini, Massimo ^d   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fasting; Haematological tests; Meal; Pre analytical variability

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT MEAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAL; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EATING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FASTING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953508483     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2009.0142-09     Document Type: Article

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