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Items for "diagnostic errors"

Poor knowledge and faulty thinking regarding hemolysis and potassium elevation

A questionnaire to assess knowledge of the expected elevation in serum K measurement with different grades of hemolysis was administered to medical technologists working in biochemistry laboratories, hospital physicians and nurses...

Keywords: diagnostic errors, health knowledge, hemolysis, hyperkalemia, potassium

04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Rheumatoid factor interference in the determination of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9)

Background: Investigation of a 61-year-old Caucasian male suffering from fatigue and weight loss led to the finding of a carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) concentration of 80 kU/L using an ADVIA Centaur analyser...

Keywords: antibodies, artifacts, CA-19-9 antigen, diagnostic errors, false positive reactions, heterophile, rheumatoid factor

09/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter