Liquid citrate acidification introduces significant glucose bias and leads to misclassification of patients with diabetes

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 363-371

  Juricic, Gordana ^a,b   Kopcinovic, Lara Milevoj ^b   Saracevic, Andrea ^b   Bakliza, Ana ^b,c   Simundic, Ana Maria ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL PULA   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c brankarestek petrovic pbsvihr   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucomedics; glycolysis; glycolysis inhibitors; preanalytical phase

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; CITRIC ACID; EDETATE SODIUM; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM FLUORIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPARIN; OXALIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CITRATE ACIDIFICATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRIC ACID; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM FLUORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84955325037     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0358     Document Type: Article

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