Reference limits of plasma and serum creatinine concentrations from intra-laboratory data bases of several German and Italian medical centres: Comparison between direct and indirect procedures

• Published in: Clinica chimica acta Vol. 411; no. 3-4; p. 215
• Main Authors: Arzideh, Farhad, Wosniok, Werner, Haeckel, Rainer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 02.02.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood Chemical Analysis - methods; Blood Chemical Analysis - standards; Creatinine - blood; Databases, Factual; Female; Germany; Humans; Italy; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; Reference Values; Sex Factors; Young Adult; Italy; Germany

The current dogma of establishing intra-laboratory reference limits (RLs) and their periodical reviewing cannot be fulfilled by most laboratories due to the expenses involved. Thus, most laboratories adopt external sources for their RLs often neglecting the problems of transferability. Therefore, se...