Could light meal jeopardize laboratory coagulation tests?

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 343-349

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Danese, Elisa ^a   Gelati, Matteo ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^d MERCOSUL: Sector Committee of Clinical Analyses and in Vitro Diagnostics – CSM 20 ^*  (Brazil)

^e UO Diagnostica Ematochimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Fasting; Postprandial period; Reference values; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; FIBRINOGEN; LIPID; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; THROMBOPLASTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANK SUM TEST; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METABOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BREAKFAST; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84908135596     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2014.036     Document Type: Article

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