Collection tubes containing citrate stabiliser over-estimate plasma glucose, when compared to other samples undergoing immediate plasma separation

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1406-1411

  Carey, Rebekah ^a   Lunt, Helen ^a,b   Heenan, Helen F ^b   Frampton, Christopher M A ^a   Florkowski, Christopher M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bias, systematic; Blood chemical analysis; Blood glucose; Citrate; Diabetes; Diagnosis, laboratory; Glycolysis; Plasma

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; FLUORIDE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HEXOKINASE; LITHIUM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HEMOLYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CITRATES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84999622552     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.05.017     Document Type: Article

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