German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – areas of expertise: Division reports from the German Congress of Laboratory Medicine 2022 in Mannheim, 13–14 October 2022
The programme of the German Congress for Laboratory Medicine 2022 was essentially designed by the divisions of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL). Almost all chairpersons of the divisions organised a 90-min symposium on current...
Deutscher Kongress der Laboratoriumsmedizin
19. Jahrestagung der DGKL e. V. und 6. Fachtagung für Biomedizinische Analytik des DVTA e. V. 2024 in Bremen
Adequate cefazolin therapy for critically ill patients: can we predict active concentrations from given protein-binding data?
Objectives Therapeutic drug monitoring of β-lactam antibiotics has become an important tool for treatment of severe infections, especially for critically ill patients who often exhibit altered PK/PD. Therapeutic targets are based on MIC, which refers to the active...
Female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) have a lower ovarian reserve than either primary APS or SLE patients
Objectives To evaluate the ovarian reserve (OR) in women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially SLE-associated APS, and to determine the association between OR and clinical and laboratory parameters. Journal of Laboratory...
Wir trauern um Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Lorentz
Mit großer Trauer nehmen wir Abschied von Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Lorentz, einem herausragenden Kollegen und bedeutenden Experten im Bereich der Labormedizin. Nachruf Dipl. Chem. Ing. Oswald Sonntag
Research on the stability changes in expert consensus of the ACTH detection preprocessing scheme
Objectives Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is extremely unstable and can easily degrade at room temperature. The experts agreed that the samples should be transported in an ice bath. If it cannot be detected immediately, the plasma should be separated and frozen,...
Establishment of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I reference interval for a hospitalized paediatric population under improved selection criteria in the Shandong area
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the distribution of plasma troponin I concentration and establish the 99th percentile reference for hs-cTnI in a hospitalized population without a cardiovascular discharge diagnosis from the Shandong area. Journal of Laboratory...
Impact and frequency of IV fluid contamination on basic metabolic panel results using quality metrics
Objectives Clinical laboratories invest substantial time and resources to mitigate measurement error but potential errors during the preanalytical phase of testing are not subjected to the same level of scrutiny. Herein, we assess the proportions of...
Editorial to: German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – areas of expertise – division reports from the German Congress of Laboratory Medicine 2022 in Mannheim, 13–14 October 2022
During my time as President of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL) from 2018 to 2021, one point of the agenda was the reorganization of the internal scientific divisions and working groups [1]. The aim was to facilitate a close and...
A quality control procedure for central venous blood sampling based on potassium concentrations
Objectives To evaluate the extent of agreement between two blood collection methods for electrolytes, central venous blood sampling by the push-pull technique versus venipuncture, and to mitigate errors in blood sampling by a potassium-based quality control procedure....
