Objective: Although there have been many studies about the pre-analytic errors of hemolysis on laboratory tests, different results were found with different work environments and different methods. This study was put together to investigate the effects of hemolysis on routine...

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the performance characteristics of preliminary coagulation tests on the Sysmex CS-5100 coagulation autoanalyzer and compare it with the ACL Top 700 autoanalyzer. Both analyzers were assessed for their ability to measure prothrombin time (PT),...

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...

Children are quite different from adults not only as structurally, but also their metabolism and in terms of their response to the diseases. The most important variable is the age of the pediatric patients. Clinical biochemist must have knowledgeable about the differences in the interpretation...

Aim: The aim of this study was to calculate the uncertainty of the hs-cTn I test in which the clinical decision limit value was important and to evaluate the possible effect of the calculated measurement uncertainty for the test result interpretation at the clinical decision...