Making better use of differences in serial laboratory results

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Fraser, Callum G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; UREA;

ACCREDITATION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; DETERIORATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE;

EID: 84855927552     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011203     Document Type: Editorial

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