Impact of experimental hypercalcemia on routine haemostasis testing.

BACKGROUND:The blood to anticoagulant ratio is standardized according to the physiological calcium concentration in blood samples conventionally used for hemostasis testing. Specifically, one fixed volume of 0.109 mmol/L sodium citrate is added to 9 volumes of blood. Since little is known about the...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giorgio Brocco, Matteo Gelati, Elisa Danese, Emmanuel J Favaloro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5376338?pdf=render