Reprint of "Influence of analytical bias and imprecision on the number of false positive results using guideline-driven medical decision limits"

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 432, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-134

  Hyltoft Petersen, Per ^a   Klee, George G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical bias; Analytical imprecision; Analytical quality specifications; Clinical guidelines; Clinical outcome; Probability function

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONSENSUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84901586514     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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