Prevalence of hemolytic specimens referred for arterial blood gas analysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 931-932

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Ippolito, Luigi ^a   Fontana, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial blood gas analysis; errors; hemolysis; preanalytical variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYSIS INDEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTERIES; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 79954563620     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.136     Document Type: Letter

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