Reflex testing to define action limits for community-based requests

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-340

  Barron, Jeffrey ^a   Ng, Charles ^a   Aspin, Lisa ^a   Robinson, Lisa Jane ^a   Smith, Geoff ^b  

^a PO Box 12049   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; DIGOXIN; GLUCOSE; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COST CONTROL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFORMATION SERVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ALGORITHMS; BICARBONATES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ELECTROLYTES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84867131336     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.011103     Document Type: Article

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