Underfilled blood collection tubes as pathologizing factor for measured laboratory parameters in older patients

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 May;72(5):1553-1556. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18790. Epub 2024 Feb 5.

Authors

Adrian Rosada¹, Monika Prpic², Eileen Spieß¹, Katharina Friedrich², Nick Neuwinger^{2

3}, Ursula Müller-Werdan¹, Kai Kappert^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geriatrics and Medical Gerontology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Institute of Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³ Labor Berlin-Charité Vivantes GmbH, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 38314861
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18790

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Specimen Collection* / methods
Female
Humans
Male