Background Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is a common condition affecting adults.
Although a lack of treatment consensus continues to prompt numerous effectiveness studies …

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the appropriate transport and storage
conditions for blood taken for direct renin concentration and plasma renin activity …

Objectives To assess the appropriate preanalytical process for storage of plasma for renin
concentration analysis. This study was initiated due to the wide variation in preanalytical …

Objectives Testing for renin and aldosterone in clinical laboratories is complicated by pre-
analytical considerations such as the posture for blood collection and susceptibility to …

Cholesterol is the precursor of all steroids, but how cholesterol flux is controlled in
steroidogenic tissues is poorly understood. The cholesterol exporter ABCG1 is an essential …

Objectives The pre-analytical stability of various biochemical analytes requires careful
consideration, as it can lead to the release of erroneous laboratory results. There is currently …

Plasma renin activity (PRA) is recommended as the first screening indicator for primary
aldosteronism. Immunoassays and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC …

Background. Pain aggravates the autonomic response to stress and raises neuroendocrine
stress hormone levels. We compared the effects of propofol and sevoflurane on …

Background Increasing albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) within the normal range is a risk
factor for cardiovascular disease in the general population. Clinical and epidemiological …

Background Plasma renin activity (PRA) is one of the recommended screening indicators for
primary aldosteronism (PA) diagnosis and had become increasingly important in …