Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundRunning means for total calcium (Ca) results at our laboratory exhibit a stable time-of-day (TOD) periodic pattern. We examined use of TOD-dependent targets for running means in patient-based q…
Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2023, Page 330-335.
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundNational Health Service England issued a Patient Safety Alert in 2014 mandating all acute Trusts in England to implement Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) warning stage results and to do so using a sta…
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Diagnosis is based on the 2017 revised McDonald criteria. Unmatched oligoclonal bands (OCB) within the …
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. ObjectivesWe evaluated the applicability of a machine learning–based low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) estimation method and the influence of the characteristics of the training datasets.Method…
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundRelationships between the subclasses of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease have been studied, and using vario…
Abstract Background The error-proneness in the preanalytical and postanalytical stages is higher than that in the analytical stage of the total testing process. However, preanalytical and postanalytical quality management has not received enough attention in medical laboratory education and tests in clinical biochemistry courses. Methods/approach Clinical biochemistry teaching program aim to improve students’ awareness and … Read more
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundLaboratories should be aware of the stability of the analytes they are testing in order to avoid incorrect reporting and patient management. Stability studies are difficult to interpret and rep…
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundThe Roche Cobas c Tina-quant C-Reactive Protein (CRP) IV method has shown persistent, significant negative bias compared to other methodologies in the UK NEQAS external quality assurance (EQA) …
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundSeveral studies have demonstrated the analytical sensitivity of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) by immunoenrichment for M-protein analysis. We report the results of a novel, low-cost…
