Quality in laboratory medicine is defined as “an unfinished journey”, as the more essential
the laboratory information provided, the more assured its quality should be. In the past …

Causes of Preanalytical Interferences on Laboratory Immunoassays – A Critical Review - PMC
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Heart failure (HF) is a chronic cardiovascular disease that represents main cause of mortality
worldwide, particularly for elderly. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was …

To ensure that clinical laboratories produce results that are both accurate and of clinical
utility it is essential that only samples of adequate quality are analysed. Although various …

Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3
(NLRP3) inflammasome activation plays an important role in chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Objective To evaluate the major causes of preanalytical errors in medical laboratory of a
tertiary care hospital. Methods It was a retrospective study in which we analyzed the sample …

Materials and methods A total of thirty healthy adults were studied. The serum/plasma
samples were centrifuged at 2000g for 10 minutes. Immediately after centrifugation, the …

Background and aims Limited number of studies investigated lipid profile in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with inconsistent results. This study aimed to …

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) remain a potentially life-threatening condition. The gold
standard for the diagnosis of BSI is still blood cultures (BCs), and the diagnostic yield …

Sažetak The analysis of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), a pivotal toxicological test,
concerns acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) and driving under the influence (DUI). As such …