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Evaluation in an emergency department of rapid separator tubes containing thrombin for serum preparation prior to hs-cTnT and CK-MB analyses

BACKGROUND: In our emergency department, we collect blood in Rapid Serum Tubes (RSTs; Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ), in which clotting times are reduced. We investigated the influence of RST use on cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) test results, in comparison with t...

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Autores principales: Budak, Yasemin U, Huysal, Kagan, Bulut, Mehtap, Polat, Murat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23763845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-13-20