Objective: Recurrent lactate and blood gas analysis are frequently assessed in intensive care units of anesthesiology to evaluate the metabolism. Two separate blood samples, a sample with heparin as an anticoagulant for one for blood gas analysis and the second sample with...

Purpose: We aimed to investigate pentraxin 3 and placental protein 13 levels related to the pathogenesis of the disease, as well as albumin, lactate dehydrogenase, uric acid and platelet count values, which are frequently requested laboratory tests, in second and third...

Aim: In this study, we compared 3 different clot-activator gel tubes to a glass reference tube and evaluated the effect of storage time on 30 different biochemical analytes.

Material and Methods: Blood samples were collected in 4 types of tubes: an...

Aim: It was aimed to determine predictive markers for the need for intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization in patients with coronavirus infection.

Material and Methods: This study was performed retrospectively from data of patients hospitalized with...

Aim: We aimed to determine the glypican-3 levels in patients diagnosed with COVID-19, compare these values with the healthy controls, and analyze the evaluation of glypican-3 levels with inflammatory markers, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), to determine its role in disease...

Aim: In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the association between disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) score and mortality among adult sepsis patients in intensive care unit (ICU).

Material and Methods: In this retrospective cohort study,...

Objective: The use of different types of analyzers and samples lead to obtaining different test results. This study aimed to investigate whether the test results yielded by conventional blood gas analyzer (cBGA) are considered interchangeable with those produced by...

Objective: Since the emergence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in December 2019, it has turned into a pandemic. Covid-19 infection; can trigger pulmonary inflammation and also cause acute lung injury. In cases with severe pneumonia, long hospital stays and high...

Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the analytical process performance of clinical biochemistry parameters by six sigma method and to make the necessary arrangements according to the obtained results in our laboratory.

Material and Methods: In...

Aim: Doxorubicin (DOXO) is a highly effective and extensively prescribed anticancer antracycline drug, however, its use is limited by multidrug resistance and dose-dependent cumulative cardiotoxicity. Administration of DOXO with widely used antidepressan fluoxetine (FLU) is...