The ten commandments of laboratory testing for emergency physicians

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-187

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^c   Plebani, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Academic Hospital of Parma   (Italy)

^c ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Effectiveness; Emergency department; Patient safety; Stat testing

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANTICOAGULATION; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LAW SUIT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALPRACTICE; NEUTROPHILIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84896288347     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0694     Document Type: Editorial

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