Agreement Between Serum Assays Performed in ED Point-of-Care and Hospital Central Laboratories
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Dashevsky, Meir; Barsky, Carol L; Taylor, Richard Andrew; Berstein, Steven L.
Background: Point-of-care (POC) testing allows for more time-sensitive diagnosis and treatment in the ED than sending blood samples to the hospital central laboratory (CL). However, many ED patients have blood sent to both, either out of clinical custom, or because clinicians do not trust the POC values.
2017
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
18/3
Dashevsky, Meir; Barsky, Carol L; Taylor, Richard Andrew; Berstein, Steven L.