Which sample tube should be used for routine glucose determination?

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 227-232

  Bonetti, Graziella ^a   Cancelli, Vanessa ^a   Coccoli, Giulio ^a   Piccinelli, Giorgio ^a   Brugnoni, Duilio ^a   Caimi, Luigi ^a,b   Carta, Mariarosa ^c  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrate acidification; Glucose; Glycolysis inhibition; Hexokinase; Preanalytical conditions; Sodium fluoride; Stability

Indexed keywords

CITRATE BUFFER; EDETATE SODIUM; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; HEXOKINASE; LITHIUM; SODIUM FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUFFER; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VENOUS BLOOD; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARD; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BUFFERS; CITRIC ACID; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949843591     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: 18780210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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