Patient acuity exacerbates discrepancy between whole blood and plasma methods through error in molality to molarity conversion: "Mind the gap!"

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 412-417

  Lyon, Martha E ^a,b,c   Lyon, Andrew W ^a,c  

^a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Erythrocyte water concentration; Glucose meters; Hematocrit; Interference; Mathematical model; Plasma water concentration; Point of care; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; PLASMA PROTEIN; WATER;

ACCURACY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PLASMA OSMOLARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER BLOOD LEVEL; WATER ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL;

BLOOD; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 79952747499     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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