Objectives Even though most physicians and professionals in laboratory medicine have received basic training in...
Digital competence in laboratory medicine
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A case report of pseudoleukopenia: playing hide-and-seek
Objectives Routine blood examination, one of the most commonly performed tests in clinical laboratories, directly...
Keep cool! Observed temperature variations at different process stages of the biobanking workflow – examples from the Leipzig medical biobank
Objectives Biobanked samples are becoming increasingly important for research outcomes. Most of the biobanking...
Congress report: 5th Munich POCT Symposium, September 27–29, 2022, Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München
The POCT section of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL) has organized the 5th...
Age-and sex-specific reference intervals of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and non-HDL cholesterol. Comparison of two algorithms for the indirect estimation of reference intervals
Objectives Reference intervals of total cholesterol concentrations in plasma and of their fractions low-density...
A new machine-learning-based prediction of survival in patients with end-stage liver disease
Objectives The shortage of grafts for liver transplantation requires risk stratification and adequate allocation...
Oxidative stress and antioxidants in health and disease
The increase in the formation of reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species of endogenous or exogenous origin...
Increased hemolysis rate in plasma tubes after implementation of a fully automated sample delivery and acceptance system
Objectives Automated sample delivery and laboratory acceptance systems (PTAS) may influence the hemolysis rate of...
The lncRNA prostate androgen-regulated transcript 1 (PART-1) promotes non-small cell lung cancer progression by regulating the miR-204-3p/IGFBP-2 pathway
Objectives Lung cancer is a common malignant tumour of the lung and the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide....
Circulating pyridoxal 5′-phosphate in serum and whole blood: implications for assessment of vitamin B6 status
Objectives Concentrations of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) in serum and whole blood are routinely measured. The...
Study on pathogen spectrum of 1,046 hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections during COVID-19
Objectives This study aimed to describe the pathogen spectrum of bacteria and viruses of RTIs in hospitalized children...
Antibody titer 6 months after the third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
Objectives Administration of the third dose of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine...
