Laboratory values improve predictions of hospital mortality
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Does routine repeat testing of critical laboratory values improve their accuracy?
Background: Routine repeat testing of critical laboratory values is very common these days to increase their accuracy and to avoid reporting false or infeasible results. We figure that repeat testing of critical laboratory values has any benefits or not. Methods : We examined 2233 repeated critical laboratory values in 13 different hematology and chemistry tests including: hemoglobin, white...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1353-4505,1464-3677
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.6.491