The impact of demand management on vitamin D testing

Juan José Perales-Afán, Diego Aparicio-Pelaz, Juan José Puente-Lanzarote, Marta Fabre

Original articles, Volume 35, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: cost savings; reference values; vitamin D; vitamin D deficiency; demand management guidelines

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2025.020707

Impact of fasting duration on LDL cholesterol concentrations estimated by the Friedewald, Martin-Hopkins, and Sampson/NIH equations

Şerif Ercan, Ali Manav

Original articles, Volume 35, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: cholesterol; fasting; lipids; postprandial lipemia; preanalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2025.020704

Evaluation of the impact of reducing fasting hours on laboratory results in a mediterranean population

Gemma Solé-Enrech, Ruth Cano-Corres, Raquel Escribano-Tembleque, Eva Martínez-Sevilla, Núria Busquets-Carmona, Carlos García-Miralles

Original articles, Volume 35, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: fasting hours; preanalytical phase; venous blood sampling

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2025.020703

Impact of combining data from multiple instruments on performance of patient-based real-time quality control

Qianqian Zhou, Tze Ping Loh, Tony Badrick, Chun Yee Lim

Original Articles, Volume 31, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: quality control; laboratory management; moving median; moving average; average of normal

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2021.020705

Impact of an Andean breakfast on biochemistry and immunochemistry laboratory tests: an evaluation on behalf COLABIOCLI WG-PRE-LATAM

Wilson Bajaña, Eduardo Aranda, Maria Elena Arredondo, Lorena Michele Brennan-Bourdon, Marise Danielle Campelo, Edgar Espinoza, Silvia Flores, Patricia Ochoa, Veronica Vega, Beatriz Varela, Gabriel Lima-Oliveira

Original articles, Volume 29, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: blood specimen collection; diagnostic errors; fasting; postprandial period; reproducibility of results

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020702

Faecal calprotectin determination: impact of preanalytical sample treatment and stool consistency on within- and between-method variability

Gordana Juricic, Tina Brencic, Andrea Tesija-Kuna, Milena Njegovan, Lorena Honovic

Original Articles, Volume 29, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: calprotectin; preanalytical phase; inflammatory bowel disease; immunoassay

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.010707

The impact of delayed sample handling and type of anticoagulant on the interpretation of dysplastic signs detected by flow cytometry

Bettina Kárai, Zsófia Miltényi, Lajos Gergely, Marianna Száraz-Széles, János Kappelmayer, Zsuzsanna Hevessy

Original Papers, Volume 28, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: myelodysplastic syndromes; flow cytometry; pre-analytical error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2018.020704

Setting the IMPACT (IMProve Access to Clinical Trial data) Observatory baseline

Mersiha Mahmić-Kaknjo, Josip Šimić, Karmela Krleža-Jerić

Research Integrity Corner, Volume 28, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: clinical trial data sharing; baseline; databases; registries; Cochrane; scandals

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2018.010201

Impact of reference change value (RCV) based autoverification on turnaround time and physician satisfaction

Esther Fernández-Grande, Carolina Valera-Rodriguez, Luis Sáenz-Mateos, Amparo Sastre-Gómez, Pilar García-Chico, Teodoro J. Palomino-Muñoz

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: autoverification; reference change value; turnaround time; physician satisfaction

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.037

Corrigendum to: Impact of reference change value (RCV) based autoverification on turnaround time and physician satisfaction

Esther Fernández-Grande, Carolina Varela-Rodriguez, Luis Sáenz-Mateos, Amparo Sastre-Gómez, Pilar García-Chico, Teodoro J. Palomino-Muñoz

Corrigendum, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.031203

Failure to review STAT clinical laboratory requests and its economical impact

Enrique Rodriguez-Borja, Celia Villalba-Martinez, Esther Barba-Serrano, Arturo Carratala-Calvo

Original papers, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality indicators; health care; extra-analytical phase; total quality management; clinical laboratory information systems

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.005

IMPACT Observatory: tracking the evolution of clinical trial data sharing and research integrity

Karmela Krleža-Jerić, Mirko Gabelica, Rita Banzi, Marina Krnić Martinić, Bibiana Pulido, Mersiha Mahmić-Kaknjo, Ludovic Reveiz, Josip Šimić, Ana Utrobičić, Irena Hrgović

Research Integrity Corner, Volume 26, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: clinical trial data sharing; research integrity; IMPACT Observatory

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.035

Biomedical research platforms and their influence on article submissions and journal rankings: An update

Giuseppe Lippi, Emmanuel J. Favaloro, Ana-Maria Simundic

Editorial, Volume 22, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: impact factor; indexing; Medline

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2012.002

Biochemia Medica indexed in Medline

Ana-Maria Simundic

Editorial, Volume 22, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: impact factor; journal; publication; editorial board

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2012.001

Impact of the phlebotomy training based on CLSI/NCCLS H03-A6 – procedures for the collection of diagnostic blood

Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Martina Montagnana, Geraldo Picheth, Gian Cesare Guidi

Original papers, Volume 22, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; blood specimen collection; tourniquet application time; CLSI documents; pre-analytic variability; extra- analytical variability

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2012.036

Biochemia Medica celebrates its first impact factor

Ana-Maria Simundic, Marijana Miler, Nora Nikolac, Dubravka Cvoriscec, Elizabeta Topic

Editorial, Volume 20, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: impact factor; journal; publication; editorial board

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.033

H-index as a new scientometric indicator

Maja Jokić

Editorial, Volume 19, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: bibliometric/scientometric indicators; h-index; impact factor

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2009.001

Impact factor and evaluation of scientific papers or teams

Tomáš Zima

Editorial, Volume 18, February, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.001

Alterations in antioxidant and pro-oxidant balance in preeclampsia – impact on erythrocyte osmotic fragility

Mohd Suhail, Mohd Faizul Suhail, Hina Khan

Original papers, Volume 18, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: preeclampsia; nonenzymatic antioxidants and oxidants; enzymatic antioxidants; erythrocyte osmotic fragility

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.029

Molecular impact of glutathione peroxidases in antioxidant processes

Simona Jurkovič, Joško Osredkar, Janja Marc

Review, Volume 18, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: antioxidant process; glutathione peroxidase; SECIS motif; glutathione; selenium; isoenzymes

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.016