Ten commandments of interpreting and applying results of biomarker research

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 799-801

  Ho, K M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 80053043944     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900503     Document Type: Editorial

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