Prevalence and cost of hemolyzed samples in a large urban emergency department

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lippi, G ^a   Bonelli, P ^a   Cervellin, G ^a  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DAMAGE; DRUG MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFUSION; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN PUNCTURE; ARTIFACT; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; ITALY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892483891     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12135     Document Type: Letter

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