Intra-laboratory variation and its effect on gestational diabetes diagnosis

Articles in the same Issue

1. Frontmatter
2. Editorials
3. Reporting LDL-cholesterol levels in the era of intensive lipid management: a clarion call
4. The challenges of genetic risk scores for the prediction of coronary heart disease
5. Reviews
6. Advanced lipoprotein testing for cardiovascular diseases risk assessment: a review of the novel approaches in lipoprotein profiling
7. A review of the challenge in measuring and standardizing BCR-ABL1
8. Mini Review
9. Challenges in the analysis of epigenetic biomarkers in clinical samples
10. Opinion Paper
11. Defining a roadmap for harmonizing quality indicators in Laboratory Medicine: a consensus statement on behalf of the IFCC Working Group “Laboratory Error and Patient Safety” and EFLM Task and Finish Group “Performance specifications for the extra-analytical phases”
12. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
13. Assessment of EGFR mutation status using cell-free DNA from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
14. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
15. A survey of patients’ views from eight European countries of interpretive support from Specialists in Laboratory Medicine
16. Verification of examination procedures in clinical laboratory for imprecision, trueness and diagnostic accuracy according to ISO 15189:2012: a pragmatic approach
17. Expressing analytical performance from multi-sample evaluation in laboratory EQA
18. A candidate reference method for serum potassium measurement by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
19. Practical motives are prominent in test-ordering in the Emergency Department
20. Technical and clinical validation of the Greiner FC-Mix glycaemia tube
21. Comparison of pneumatic tube system with manual transport for routine chemistry, hematology, coagulation and blood gas tests
22. Accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid Aβ1-42 measurements: evaluation of pre-analytical factors using a novel Elecsys immunosassay
23. Evaluation of cannabinoids concentration and stability in standardized preparations of cannabis tea and cannabis oil by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
24. Analytical performance and diagnostic accuracy of six different faecal calprotectin assays in inflammatory bowel disease
25. Novel immunoassays for detection of CUZD1 autoantibodies in serum of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
26. Hematology and Coagulation
27. Critical appraisal of discriminant formulas for distinguishing thalassemia from iron deficiency in patients with microcytic anemia
28. Reference Values and Biological Variations
29. Reference ranges of thromboelastometry in healthy full-term and pre-term neonates
30. Cancer Diagnostics
31. Immunoparesis in IgM gammopathies as a useful biomarker to predict disease progression
32. Cardiovascular Diseases
33. Assessment of the clinical utility of adding common single nucleotide polymorphism genetic scores to classical risk factor algorithms in coronary heart disease risk prediction in UK men
34. Time and age dependent decrease of NT-proBNP after septal myectomy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
35. Infectious Diseases
36. Higher serum caspase-cleaved cytokeratin-18 levels during the first week of sepsis diagnosis in non-survivor patients
37. Letters to the Editor
38. Data mining for age-related TSH reference intervals in adulthood
39. Intra-laboratory variation and its effect on gestational diabetes diagnosis
40. Evaluation of long-term imprecision of automated complete blood cell count on the Sysmex XN-9000 system
41. Sensitivity of the Sysmex XN9000 WPC-channel for detection of monoclonal B-cell populations
42. Evaluation of biotin interference on immunoassays: new data for troponin I, digoxin, NT-Pro-BNP, and progesterone
43. Stability of procalcitonin in cerebrospinal fluid
44. Between-laboratory analysis of IgG antibodies against Aspergillus fumigatus in paired quality control samples
45. Mass spectrometry vs. immunoassay in clinical and forensic toxicology: qui modus in rebus est?
46. Great need for changes in higher education in Greece
47. A note from the Editor in Chief regarding the Letter to the Editor “Great need for changes in higher education in Greece”