Standardization of Lipoprotein Reporting

Standardization of lipoprotein reporting.

We wanted to ascertain whether the current format of lipid laboratory reports seemed adequate to promote identification and treatment of patients with dyslipidemia. In a random survey of lipid laboratory reports from 25 laboratories, we found great inconsistencies among reporting formats and contents. Fewer than half the laboratories correctly reported the ranges for cholesterol, only 4 correct...

Point: status of lipid and lipoprotein standardization.

Cholesterol and triglyceride standardization procedures have been used extensively and continuously since the 1950s. Definitive and Reference Methods, as well as primary and secondary standards, have been developed and maintained as the basis for evaluating the accuracy of results by various methods in many laboratories. But, although standardization efforts for apolipoprotein A-I and B measure...

Standardization of endoscopy reporting: déjà vu all over again?

ISB recommendations for standardization in the reporting of kinematic data.

Since 1990, the Standardization and Terminology Committee of the International Society of Biomechanics has been working towards a recommendation for standardization in the reporting of kinematic data. The paper, which is a result of those efforts (including broad input from members of the Society), is intended as a guide to the presentation of kinematic data in refereed publications and other m...

Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria.

The field of interventional oncology with use of image-guided tumor ablation requires standardization of terminology and reporting criteria to facilitate effective communication of ideas and appropriate comparison between treatments that use different technologies, such as chemical (ethanol or acetic acid) ablation, and thermal therapies, such as radiofrequency, laser, microwave, ultrasound, an...