Comparison of blood collection tubes for 29 biochemical analytes in pediatric patients with central venous catheters

CONCLUSIONS: The use of LHTs for sample collection from pediatric patients with CVCs could be helpful for routine chemistry analyses. The results of potassium and total protein should be interpreted with consideration of the difference between serum and plasma samples.PMID:35545160 | DOI:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2022.04.017

Source: Clinical Biochemistry - May 11, 2022 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Hyein Kang Hae Weon Cho John Hoon Rim Seung Min Hahn Jung Woo Han Sang-Guk Lee Chuhl Joo Lyu Jong-Baeck Lim Source Type: research