APPENDIX
e53 The Clinical Laboratory in Modern Health Care
![]() | Figure e53-1 Probability of at least one laboratory result being abnormal in a healthy individual as an increasing number of independent tests are performed. The reference range is the central 95% of values measured in a healthy population. |
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![]() | Figure e53-2 Relationship between plasma creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using the 4-parameter Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation. IDMS, isotope dilution mass spectrometry. |
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