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Articles and journal scans about Hemoglobins
Article
May 2014
Laboratory use of umbilical cord blood for critically ill infants
Neonates nearly always experience their single largest day of blood loss on the day of birth due to admission laboratory testing. The term "admission laboratory testing" refers to the initial blood tests done when a baby is born and admitted to the NICU.
Total circulating blood volume in a 3.5 kg term newborn is 280...
Point-of-care testing
Blood gases/acid-base
Hemoglobins
Article
September 2013
Developing quality control strategies based on risk management: The CLSI EP23 guideline
How do errors occur in the laboratory and what can we do to prevent errors?
Any test can and will fail if incorrectly performed or operated under the wrong conditions. The role of the laboratory director is to determine those conditions and to understand test limitations in order to prevent laboratory errors....
Point-of-care testing
Quality assurance
Hemoglobins
D-dimer
Troponins
Article
June 2013
How to optimize patient flow and outcome in ED - The impact of point of care
Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is becoming an increasingly international issue.
Although the problem is not only resolved by ED change management (but rather requires a system-wide solution recognizing the complex interdependencies of consumer expectations, human resources, information systems immaturity and...
Point-of-care testing
Process optimization
Blood gases/acid-base
Electrolytes
Cardiac markers
Glucose
Hemoglobins
Bilirubin
D-dimer
Troponins
Article
April 2013
POCT of NT-proBNP in patients with renal disease
Point of care (POC) testing has become an important part of nephrological care. In cases of acute renal failure, POC is indispensable in deciding the need for dialysis, but is also essential in the management of patients on regular dialysis.
For example, hyperhydration, cardiovascular adverse events and inflammation...
Point-of-care testing
Cardiac markers
Glucose
Hemoglobins
D-dimer
Troponins
CRP
Natriuretic peptide
Kidneys/fluids
Journal Scan
January 2013
Carbon monoxide poisoning – a review article
The incorporation of CO-oximeters in modern blood gas analyzers allows rapid determination of the amount of carboxyhemoglobin in blood. This, in turn, allows rapid diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning, the subject of a recently published review.
This wide-ranging review article begins with consideration of the...
Hemoglobins
Article
January 2013
Impact of Quick Diagnosis Unit Integrated in an Emergency Department Setting
BACKGROUND: Hospitals in countries with public health systems have recently adopted organizational changes to improve efficiency and resource allocation, and reducing inappropriate hospitalizations has been established as an important goal, as well as avoiding or buffering overcrowding in Emergency Departments.
AIMS: ...
Process optimization
Point-of-care testing
Glucose
Lactate
Creatinine/urea
Hemoglobins
D-dimer
Article
October 2012
100 years of blood gas and acid base analysis in clinical medicine
The term acidosis was first mentioned in the medical literature in 1898 in connection with the description of diabetic ketoacidosis. Alkalosis was first used in human medicine in 1922 by the English physiologist J. S. Haldane; it had been used in veterinary medicine somewhat earlier.
In 1870, the Norwegians C. M....
Blood gases/acid-base
Glucose
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Article
July 2012
Blood Lactate: A Useful Analysis in Emergency Care
Reprinted and translated by permission of Läkartidningen from “Serumlaktat - användbar analys inom akutsjukvården”, by Bengt R Widgren and Monique Ekhardt, 2011; vol 108: 475-477. Copyright 2011 by Author, Läkartidningen and AB Typoform, Sweden.Translated by Radiometer Medical ApS.
In emergency care triage, diagnosis...
Point-of-care testing
Glucose
Process optimization
CRP
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Article
January 2012
Why measure blood gases? A three-part introduction for the novice - Part 1
Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis generates a number of parameters (listed in BOX 5) that together allow assessment of pulmonary gas exchange, blood oxygenation and acid-base balance. These physiological functions of the blood, respiratory and renal systems are disturbed in a range of respiratory and non-respiratory...
Blood gases/acid-base
Hemoglobins
Journal Scan
October 2011
Point-of-care creatinine testing in radiology
The necessary administration of image-enhancing agents to patients prior to radiological investigation is associated with risk of two serious adverse effects: nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) and contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The risk only applies to those patients with renal disease, either acute kidney...
Kidneys/fluids
Point-of-care testing
Hemoglobins