Review
Management problems
Pitfalls in the interpretation of common biochemical tests
Ruth M Ayling
Department of
Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
SE5 9RS, UK
Submitted 7 June 1999;
Accepted 13 August 1999
This review considers some of the more common problems in the
interpretation of the results of biochemical tests and, where possible,
highlights ways in which errors can be identified or avoided.
Keywords: biochemical tests
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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