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Articles and journal scans about Preanalytical phase
Article
January 2002
Preanalytical issues in neonatology
Neonates are subject to more preanalytical influences than any other population group. Many of these are related to the maturity of the infant and its adaptation to extra-uterine life.
The necessary need for capillary blood collection and processing of small quantities of blood introduce additional preanalytical...
Glucose
Lactate
Creatinine/urea
Hemoglobins
Blood gases/acid-base
Neonatology
Preanalytical phase
Article
June 2001
The quality of diagnostic samples
While analytical quality standards seem well established, there has been a paucity in the development of such standards for the preanalytical phase.
Technical recommendations regarding sampling, transport, and identification have been developed in national (NCCLS, DIN) and international (IFCC, ISO) consensus...
Preanalytical phase
Quality assurance
Glucose
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Article
February 2001
Hyperbilirubinemia and requirements to the determination of the concentration of bilirubin
60 % of all neonates develop jaundice during their first week of life and thereby run a risk of getting hyperbilirubinemia.
Although different approaches for establishing treatment criteria have been suggested, treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is usually still based on the measurement of total bilirubin...
Preanalytical phase
Bilirubin
Neonatology
Hemoglobins