Review Article

Understanding Bland Altman analysis

Davide Giavarina

Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: Bland-Altman; agreement analysis; laboratory research; method comparison; correlation of data

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.015

Altmetrics – a complement to conventional metrics

Remedios Melero

Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: altmetrics; article-level metrics; citation; social media

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.016

Aberrant methylation patterns in cancer: a clinical view

Alja Videtic Paska, Petra Hudler

Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: biomarkers; CpG islands; DNA methylation; molecular diagnostics; epigenetics

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.017

Clinical and diagnostic utility of saliva as a non-invasive diagnostic fluid: a systematic review

Lazaro Alessandro Soares Nunes, Sayeeda Mussavira, Omana Sukumaran Bindhu

Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: saliva; non-invasive; biological markers; drug monitoring; oral health

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.018

Research Article

Croatian survey on critical results reporting

Lara Milevoj Kopcinovic, Jasenka Trifunović, Tihana Pavosevic, Nora Nikolac

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: critical results; laboratory testing; quality indicators; survey; post-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.019

Method evaluation study of a new generation of vitamin D assays

Dietmar Enko, Gernot Kriegshäuser, Robert Stolba, Elfriede Worf, Gabriele Halwachs-Baumann

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: vitamin D; immunoassays; liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; reference standards; quality improvement

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.020

National survey on intra-laboratory turnaround time for some most common routine and stat laboratory analyses in 479 laboratories in China

Yang Fei, Rong Zeng, Wei Wang, Falin He, Kun Zhong, Zhiguo Wang

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: quality indicators; quality control; clinical laboratory services

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.021

Plasma centrifugation does not influence thrombin-antithrombin and plasmin-antiplasmin levels but determines platelet microparticles count

Ewa Stępień, Krzysztof Gruszczyński, Przemysław Kapusta, Artur Kowalik, Iwona Wybrańska

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: cell-derived microparticles; blood coagulation tests; centrifugation; preanalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.022

How well are pregnant women in Croatia informed about the oral glucose tolerance test?

Patricija Bankovic Radovanovic, Marija Kocijancic

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; oral glucose tolerance test; survey; patient education; gestational diabetes

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.023

Education and communication is the key for the successful management of vitamin D test requesting

Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, María Leiva-Salinas, Miguel Ahumada, Carlos Leiva-Salinas

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory services; utilization; vitamin D; communication; education

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.024

Circulating resistin protein and mRNA concentrations and clinical severity of coronary artery disease

Jelena Joksic, Miron Sopic, Vesna Spasojevic-Kalimanovska, Dimitra Kalimanovska-Ostric, Kristina Andjelkovic, Zorana Jelic-Ivanovic

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: resistin; human; gene expression; coronary artery disease; acute coronary syndrome

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.025

Liver transplantation reverses hypergammaglobulinemia in patients with chronic hepatic failure

Diana Lebherz-Eichinger, Remy Schwarzer, Michael C. Motal, Daniel A. Klaus, Andreas Mangold, Hendrik J. Ankersmit, Gabriela A. Berlakovich, Claus G. Krenn, Georg A. Roth

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: antibodies; immunoglobulins; liver failure; liver transplantation; artificial liver support system; molecular adsorbent recirculating system

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.026

Cost-effectiveness analysis of acute kidney injury biomarkers in pediatric cardiac surgery

Stanislava Petrovic, Natasa Bogavac-Stanojevic, Dragana Lakic, Amira Peco-Antic, Irena Vulicevic, Ivana Ivanisevic, Jelena Kotur-Stevuljevic, Zorana Jelic-Ivanovic

Research Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: acute kidney injury; cardiac surgery; children; biomarkers; cost effectiveness analysis

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.027

Case Report

In vitro diagnostic company recalls and medical laboratory practices: an Italian case

Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giorgio Brocco, Gian Cesare Guidi

Case Report, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: clinical laboratory techniques; patient safety; laboratory variability; reference standards; quality control; parathyroid hormone

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.028

A case report of short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SCADD)

Barbka Repic Lampret, Simona Murko, Marusa Debeljak, Mojca Zerjav Tansek, Petja Fister, Tadej Battelino

Case Report, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: SCAD deficiency; short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency; screening; acylcarnitine; polymorphism; genetic

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.029

Platelet satellitism in infectious disease?

Valentina Vidranski, Renata Laskaj, Dubravka Sikiric, Visnja Skerk

Case Report, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: blood platelets; thrombocytopenia; EDTA; urinary infection

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.030

Symposium abstracts

26th Symposium of Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: Laboratory diagnostics of blood-borne infections related to blood transfusions and transplantations.

Symposium abstracts, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

Review Article

Understanding Bland Altman analysis

Altmetrics – a complement to conventional metrics

Aberrant methylation patterns in cancer: a clinical view

Clinical and diagnostic utility of saliva as a non-invasive diagnostic fluid: a systematic review

Research Article

Croatian survey on critical results reporting

Method evaluation study of a new generation of vitamin D assays

National survey on intra-laboratory turnaround time for some most common routine and stat laboratory analyses in 479 laboratories in China

Plasma centrifugation does not influence thrombin-antithrombin and plasmin-antiplasmin levels but determines platelet microparticles count

How well are pregnant women in Croatia informed about the oral glucose tolerance test?

Education and communication is the key for the successful management of vitamin D test requesting

Circulating resistin protein and mRNA concentrations and clinical severity of coronary artery disease

Liver transplantation reverses hypergammaglobulinemia in patients with chronic hepatic failure

Cost-effectiveness analysis of acute kidney injury biomarkers in pediatric cardiac surgery

Case Report

In vitro diagnostic company recalls and medical laboratory practices: an Italian case

A case report of short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SCADD)

Platelet satellitism in infectious disease?

Symposium abstracts

26th Symposium of Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: Laboratory diagnostics of blood-borne infections related to blood transfusions and transplantations.

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