Evaluation of the i-STAT point-of-care capillary whole blood prothrombin time and international normalized ratio: Comparison to the Tcoag MDAII coagulation analyzer in the central laboratory

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 955-959

  Pena J A ^a   Lewandrowski, K B ^a   Lewandrowski, E L ^a   Gregory, K ^a   Baron, J M ^a   Van Cott, E M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary blood; INR; International normalized ratio; POCT; Point of care testing; Prothrombin time

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; I STAT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TCOAG MDAII ANALYZER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VEINS;

EID: 84859429904     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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