Critical review and meta-analysis of spurious hemolysis in blood samples collected from intravenous catheters

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-200

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a   Mattiuzzi, Camilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Servizio Governance Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheters; Hemolysis; Meta analysis; Preanalytical variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETERS AND TUBES; EVACUATED TUBE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; META ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIGHT NEEDLE;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84878758027     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2013.022     Document Type: Article

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