Inversion of lithium heparin gel tubes after centrifugation is a significant source of bias in clinical chemistry testing

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 436, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-187

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^b   Danese, Elisa ^b   Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^b,c   Brocco, Giorgio ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^b,c  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood collection; Gel tubes; Lithium heparin; Preanalytical variability; Serum

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LITHIUM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; GELS; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOLYSIS INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPAEMIC INDEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GELS; HUMANS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; GELS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902507815     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.05.028     Document Type: Article

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