It is time to start ordering ionized calcium more frequently: Preanalytical factors can be controlled and postanalytical data justify measurement

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-193

  Glendenning, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HUMAN; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; MEASUREMENT; NOMOGRAM; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84879441270     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563213482892     Document Type: Editorial

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