Differences in laboratory requesting patterns in emergency department in Spain

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-359

  Salinas, Maria ^a,b   López Garrigós, Maite ^a   Uris, Joaquín ^c   Tormo, Consuelo ^d   Navarro, Laura ^e   Ortuño, Mario ^f   Sastre, José ^g   Jiménez, Maria Angeles ^h   Molinos, Juan Ignacio ⁱ   Ferrero, Jose Antonio ^j   Megia, Maria del Pilar ^k   Ortola, Juan Bautista ^l   Santo, Ana ^m   Gonzalez Ponce, Berta ⁿ   Díaz, Julian ^o   Granizo, Vicente ^p   Herrera, Isidoro ^q   Pesudo, Silvia ^r   Blázquez, Raquel ^s   Yago, Martin ^t   Benitez, Diego ^u   Chinchilla, Virtudes ^v   Garcia Chico, Pilar ^w   Andrade Olivié, M Amalia ^x   Ribelles, Mercé ^y   Barberá, Jose Luis ^z   Gascon, Felix ^aa   Miralles, Amparo ^ab   Rabadán, Luis ^ac   Sánchez Parrilla, Rafael ^ad   Molina, Juan ^ae   Marcaida, Goitzane ^af   Laíz, Begoña ^ag   Vinuesa, Carmen ^ah   Fatas, Maria ^ai   Miralles, Francisco ^aj   Poncela, Maria ^ak   Carratala, Arturo ^al   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^e Consorcio Hospitalario de Albacete ^*  (Spain)

^f Hospital Universitario de la Ribera   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LOS LIRIOS   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE ANTEQUERA   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital Comarcal de Sierrallana   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^k Hospital Virgen de Altagracia   (Spain)

^l Hospital de Dénia   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DA COSTA   (Spain)

^o HOSPITAL FRANCESC DE BORJA   (Spain)

^p HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

^q Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen ^*  (Spain)

^r HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

^s HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^t HOSPITAL GENERAL DE REQUENA   (Spain)

^u HOSPITAL VEGA BAJA   (Spain)

^v HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^w HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

^y HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^z HOSPITAL DE MANISES   (Spain)

^aa Hospital Valle de los Pedroches   (Spain)

^ab HOSPITAL DE SAGUNTO   (Spain)

^ac Hospital Virgen del Mirón   (Spain)

^ad HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^ae Hospital Comarcal de la Marina Baixa   (Spain)

^af HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^ag HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^ah Hospital de Vinaros   (Spain)

^ai HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^aj HOSPITAL LLUÍS ALCANYÍS   (Spain)

^ak HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^al HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Laboratory management; Laboratory methods

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T; UREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84890176441     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563212474568     Document Type: Article

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