A new issue of CCLM is available online! Vol 57, Issue 5

following the agreement on mutual cooperation between EFLM and W. de Gruyter for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), it has been planned to send regularly to the EFLM contacts the table of contents of CCLM issues and the list of future titles as well. I do hope you will appreciate the initiative which is intended as a further service by EFLM to our European professional community.  CCLM is published on a monthly basis and is the most relevant Journal on Clinical Chemistry in Europe; it is a valuable and updated source of knowledge for the professionals in the field, well recognized all over the world.  The CCLM 2017 Impact Factor is 3.556.

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MariaStella Graziani
Chair EFLM Communication Committee

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Cardiac biomarkers – 2019

Lackner, Karl J.

Current understanding and future directions in the application of TIMP-2 and IGFBP7 in AKI clinical practice

Fan, Weixuan / Ankawi, Ghada / Zhang, Jingxiao / Digvijay, Kumar / Giavarina, Davide / Yin, Yongjie / Ronco, Claudio

Serum cytokines, adipokines and ferritin for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease: a systematic review

Haghgoo, Seyyed Mortaza / Sharafi, Heidar / Alavian, Seyed Moayed

Detection capability of quantitative faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin (FIT) and reporting of low faecal haemoglobin concentrations

Fraser, Callum G. / Benton, Sally C.

Should phosphatidylethanol be currently analysed using whole blood, dried blood spots or both?

Nguyen, Van Long / Fitzpatrick, Michael

High sensitivity, contemporary and point-of-care cardiac troponin assays: educational aids developed by the IFCC Committee on Clinical Application of Cardiac Bio-Markers

Collinson, Paul O. / Saenger, Amy K. / Apple, Fred S. /

Cardiac troponin and natriuretic peptide analytical interferences from hemolysis and biotin: educational aids from the IFCC Committee on Cardiac Biomarkers (IFCC C-CB)

Saenger, Amy K. / Jaffe, Allan S. / Body, Richard / Collinson, Paul O. / Kavsak, Peter A. / Lam, Carolyn S.P. / Lefèvre, Guillaume / Omland, Tobjørn / Ordóñez-Llanos, Jordi / Pulkki, Kari / Apple, Fred S.

Droplet digital PCR for the simultaneous analysis of minimal residual disease and hematopoietic chimerism after allogeneic cell transplantation

Waterhouse, Miguel / Pfeifer, Dietmar / Duque-Afonso, Jesus / Follo, Marie / Duyster, Justus / Depner, Melanie / Bertz, Hartmut / Finke, Jürgen

Commutable whole blood reference materials for hemoglobin A1c validated on multiple clinical analyzers

Liu, Hong / Wong, Lingkai / Yong, Sharon / Liu, Qinde / Teo, Tang Lin / Lee, Tong Kooi / Loh, Tze Ping / Sethi, Sunil Kumar / Wong, Moh Sim / Cosio, Shelia Marie Delos Santos / Ho, Clement K.M. / Setoh, Johnson Weng Sung / Lim, Sok Fong Maria / Lee, Grace Lay Lay / Khalid, Hafash / Lim, Sharine / Lam, Choong-Weng / Lee, Mee-Yin / Yeo, Chin Pin / Chincholkar, Pallavi Ravikiran / Hawkins, Robert / Ng, Bih-Yann

When results matter: reliable creatinine concentrations in hyperbilirubinemia patients

Roelofsen-de Beer, Roseri J.A.C. / van Zelst, Bertrand D. / Vroling, Aram B. / de Rijke, Yolanda B. / Ramakers, Christian

Mass spectrometry based analytical quality assessment of serum and plasma specimens with patterns of endo- and exogenous peptides

Findeisen, Peter / Hemanna, Shruthi / Maharjan, Romi Singh / Mindt, Sonani / Costina, Victor / Hofheinz, Ralf / Neumaier, Michael

Association of serum sphingomyelin profile with clinical outcomes in patients with lower respiratory tract infections: results of an observational, prospective 6-year follow-up study

Baumgartner, Thomas / Zurauskaite, Giedre / Steuer, Christian / Bernasconi, Luca / Huber, Andreas / Mueller, Beat / Schuetz, Philipp

Effect of an activated charcoal product (DOAC Stop™) intended for extracting DOACs on various other APTT-prolonging anticoagulants

Exner, Thomas / Ahuja, Monica / Ellwood, Lisa

Commutability assessment of reference materials for the enumeration of lymphocyte subsets

Li, Chenbin / Peng, Mingting / Xu, Dongsheng / Lu, Hong / Zhou, Wenbin / Liu, Yanhong / Liu, Xiuli / Chen, Wenxiang

Circulating platelet-neutrophil aggregates as risk factor for deep venous thrombosis

Zhou, Jingyi / Xu, Erwen / Shao, Kang / Shen, Wenyan / Gu, Yi / Li, Min / Shen, Wei

A comparison of complete blood count reference intervals in healthy elderly vs. younger Korean adults: a large population study

Lee, Eun Jin / Kim, Miyoung / Lee, Eunyup / Jeon, Kibum / Lee, Jiwon / Lee, Jee-Soo / Kim, Han-Sung / Kang, Hee Jung / Lee, Young Kyung

Indirect determination of hematology reference intervals in adult patients on Beckman Coulter UniCell DxH 800 and Abbott CELL-DYN Sapphire devices

Zierk, Jakob / Arzideh, Farhad / Haeckel, Rainer / Rauh, Manfred / Metzler, Markus / Ganslandt, Thomas / Krause, Stefan W.

Large platelet size is associated with poor outcome in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer

Lembeck, Anna L. / Posch, Florian / Klocker, Eva V. / Szkandera, Joanna / Schlick, Konstantin / Stojakovic, Tatjana / Kornprat, Peter / Lackner, Caroline / Gerger, Armin / Stoeger, Herbert / Stotz, Michael / Pichler, Martin

Sample matrix and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assays

Kavsak, Peter A. / Roy, Chantele / Malinowski, Paul / Clark, Lorna / Lamers, Shana / Bamford, Karen / Hill, Stephen / Worster, Andrew / Jaffe, Allan S.

Preoperative proteinuria and clinical outcomes in type B aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Yang, Hongwei / Zhou, Jianwei / Huang, Keli / Yu, Tao / Wang, Zuhui / Chen, Heng / Yu, Wenshui / Lin, Xiaodong / Zhang, Yan / Zhu, Guoxian

The rational specimen for the quantitative detection of Epstein-Barr virus DNA load

Kedi, Wang / Dongjiang, Xu / Zhi, Lv / Yan, Gao / Kun, Jia / Jianrong, Su

Letter to the Editor on article Dimech W, Karakaltsas M, Vincini G. Comparison of four methods of establishing control limits for monitoring quality controls in infectious disease serology testing. Clin Chem Lab Med 2018;56:1970–8

Badrick, Tony / Parvin, Curtis

Counterpoint to the Letter to the Editor by Badrick and Parvin in regard to Comparison of four methods of establishing control limits for monitoring quality controls in infectious disease serology testing

Dimech, Wayne / Vincini, Giuseppe / Karakaltas, Marina

Is creatine kinase an ideal biomarker in rhabdomyolysis? Reply to Lippi et al.: Diagnostic biomarkers of muscle injury and exertional rhabdomyolysis (https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2018-0656)

Delanghe, Joris R. / Speeckaert, Marijn M. / De Buyzere, Marc L.

Blood neuron cell-derived microparticles as potential biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease

Magalhães, Carolina A. / Campos, Fernanda M. / Loures, Cristina M.G. / Fraga, Vanessa G. / Oliveira, Ana Carolina R. / Chaves, Amanda C. / Rocha, Natália P. / de Souza, Leonardo C. / Maia, Raphael D. / Guimarães, Henrique C. / Cintra, Marco Túlio G. / Mateo, Elvis C.C. / Bicalho, Maria Aparecida C. / das Graças Carvalho, Maria / Sousa, Lirlândia P. / Caramelli, Paulo / Gomes, Karina B.

A fast, nondestructive, low-cost method for the determination of hematocrit of dried blood spots using image analysis

Del Ben, Fabio / Biasizzo, Jessica / Curcio, Francesco

Association of fibroblast growth factor 21 plasma levels with neonatal sepsis: preliminary results

Siahanidou, Tania / Margeli, Alexandra / Bourika, Vasiliki / Papassotiriou, Ioannis

Impact of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and other extracorporeal support techniques on procalcitonin guided antibiotic therapy in critically ill patients with septic shock

Ceccarelli, Giancarlo / Alessandri, Francesco / Sargentini, Valeria / D’Alessandro, Maria Domenica / Spaziante, Martina / Bachetoni, Alessandra / Morabito, Santo / Venditti, Mario

Determining the cutoff value of the APTT mixing test for factor VIII inhibitor

Tang, Ning / Chen, Yaopeng / Li, Dengju / Yin, Shiyu

Determining the cut-off value of the APTT mixing test for factor VIII inhibitor: reply

Kumano, Osamu / Ieko, Masahiro

Euthyroid Graves’ disease with spurious hyperthyroidism: a diagnostic challenge

Giovanella, Luca / Imperiali, Mauro / Kasapic, Dusanka / Ceriani, Luca / Trimboli, Pierpaolo

A pilot plasma-ctDNA ring trial for the Cobas® EGFR Mutation Test in clinical diagnostic laboratories

Ntzifa, Aliki / Kroupis, Christos / Haliassos, Alexander / Lianidou, Evi

MS-based proteomics: a metrological sound and robust alternative for apolipoprotein E phenotyping in a multiplexed test

Ruhaak, L. Renee / Smit, Nico P.M. / Suchiman, H. Eka D. / Pieterse, Mervin M. / Romijn, Fred P.H.T.M. / Beekman, Marian / Cobbaert, Christa M.

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