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  1. A guide to conducting systematic reviews of clinical laboratory tests
  2. Assessment of the Measurement Error in Cyclosporine Levels Drawn Between Peripheral and Central Sources
  3. Point-of-care testing (POCT) and evidence-based laboratory medicine (EBLM) – does it leverage any advantage in clinical decision making?
  4. Rates of inappropriate laboratory test utilization in Ontario
  5. Evaluation of a chemiluminescent immunoassay for urinary aldosterone on the DiaSorin LIAISON automated platform against RIA and LC-MS/MS
  6. Commutable samples with assigned target concentrations may help us harmonise general chemistry results
  7. Clinical implications of estrone sulfate measurement in laboratory medicine
  8. Lot change for reagents and calibrators
  9. Familial partial lipodystrophy presenting as metabolic syndrome
  10. Frameshift mutation in the APOA5 gene causing hypertriglyceridemia in a Pakistani family: Management and considerations for cardiovascular risk
  11. Acceptable Analytical Variation May Exceed High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Cutoffs in Early Rule-Out and Rule-In Acute Myocardial Infarction Algorithms
  12. Error detection in routine clinical chemistry laboratory test results
  13. Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
  14. Evaluation of natriuretic peptide recommendations in heart failure clinical practice guidelines
  15. Successful reintroduction of statin therapy after statin-associated rhabdomyolysis
  16. Laboratory challenges in primary aldosteronism screening and diagnosis
  17. Evidence based application of BNP/NT-proBNP testing in heart failure
  18. Assessing the long-term stability of total bilirubin protected from light under refrigerated conditions
  19. Reactivity of macroprolactin in two widely used commercial prolactin immunoassays
  20. The diagnostic role of B-type natriuretic peptide in pediatric populations: A systematic review
  21. Incremental predictive value of natriuretic peptides for prognosis in the chronic stable heart failure population: a systematic review
  22. B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy: a systematic review
  23. BNP and NT-proBNP as prognostic markers in persons with acute decompensated heart failure: a systematic review
  24. Incremental value of natriuretic peptide measurement in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF): a systematic review
  25. Prediction of clinical outcomes using B-type natriuretic peptides in the general population: a systematic review
  26. BNP and NT-proBNP as prognostic markers in persons with chronic stable heart failure
  27. Performance of BNP and NT-proBNP for diagnosis of heart failure in primary care patients: a systematic review
  28. A systematic review of BNP and NT-proBNP in the management of heart failure: overview and methods
  29. Use of BNP and NT-proBNP for the diagnosis of heart failure in the emergency department: a systematic review of the evidence
  30. Dual Reporting of Hemoglobin A1C in the Canadian Journal of Diabetes
  31. Within-run precision and outlier detection for the Abbott ARCHITECT cardiac troponin I assay
  32. Effect of fructose on markers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled feeding trials
  33. Assessing different population-based troponin T 99th percentiles for women in labor
  34. Lithium overdose associated acute thyrotoxicosis due to silent thyroiditis
  35. Position statement of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists and Canadian Association of Medical Biochemists on hemoglobin A1c measurement and reporting
  36. Applicability of the AGREE II Instrument in Evaluating the Development Process and Quality of Current National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Guidelines
  37. Reporting of post-polyethylene glycol prolactin: precipitation by polyethylene glycol 6000 or polyethylene glycol 8000 will change reference intervals for monomeric prolactin
  38. Missed follow-up opportunities using a two-step screening approach for gestational diabetes
  39. Improving serological test ordering patterns for the diagnosis of celiac disease through clinical laboratory audit of practice
  40. Adverse metabolic effects of a hypercaloric, high-fat diet in rodents precede observable changes in body weight
  41. Comparison of monomeric prolactin levels following macroprolactin precipitation by PEG6000 and PEG8000
  42. The Clinical Utility of Kidney Injury Molecule 1 in the Prediction, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review
  43. Testing for Gluten-Related Disorders in Clinical Practice: The Role of Serology in Managing the Spectrum of Gluten Sensitivity
  44. Pediatric critical values: Laboratory–pediatrician discourse
  45. The (mis) use of bone resorption markers in the context of bisphosphonate exposure, dental surgery and osteonecrosis of the jaw
  46. Bone turnover markers in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis
  47. Laboratory defined critical value limits: How do hospital physicians perceive laboratory based critical values?
  48. Review of the prevalence of macroprolactinaemia in a South African hospital
  49. Requesting and Interpreting Urine Albumin Measurements in the Primary Health Care Setting
  50. Health in Africa: International experience may provoke animosity towards those returning home
  51. Cortisol Responses to the Insulin Hypoglycaemia Test in Children
  52. Clinical and radiological features of patients with macroprolactinaemia
  53. Exocytosis Studies in a Chromaffin Cell-Free System
  54. High-efficiency Semliki Forest virus-mediated transduction in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells
  55. High-efficiency Semliki Forest virus-mediated transduction in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells