What is the most suitable blood collection tube for glucose estimation?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 270-275

  Dimeski, Goce ^a   Yow, Kong S ^a   Brown, Nigel N ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

citrate; Glucomedics; Glucose; NaF KOx

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; LITHIUM; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM OXALATE; SODIUM FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOMEDICS TUBE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GLYCOLYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PLASMA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERUM; TIME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; GLYCOLYSIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLASMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM; SODIUM FLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924755738     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214544708     Document Type: Article

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