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Title:

Multicentre evaluation of a new point-of-care test for the determination of CK-MB in whole blood.

Document type:
Comparative Study; Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Multicenter Study
Author(s):
Giannitsis, E; Baum, H; Bertsch, T; Juchum, M; Müller-Bardorf, M; Jørgensen, B; Böhmer, A; Rebmann, M; Schäffler, J; Schwab, M; Zerback, R
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The point-of-care (POC) test Roche CARDIAC CK-MB is a new assay which has been developed for the existing Roche Cardiac reader system. METHODS: We performed a multicentre evaluation at six sites to assess the analytical performance of the POC CK-MB assay and to compare it with a quantitative laboratory CK-MB assay. RESULTS: Within-series coefficients of variation (CV) resulting from 34 ten-fold measurements with patient samples ranged from 4.3% to 16.4%. Using quality control materia...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Clin Chem Lab Med
Year:
2008
Journal volume:
46
Journal issue:
5
Pages contribution:
630-8
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18839464
Print-ISSN:
1434-6621
TUM Institution:
Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie
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