Challenges for the endocrine laboratory in critical illness

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 847-859

  Clark, P M S ^a   Gordon, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytical; free hormones; post analytical; pre analytical; standardisation; turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ENDOCRINE LABORATORY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASSS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TURNAROUND TIME;

EID: 80052924457     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2011.04.010     Document Type: Review

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