TY - JOUR AU - Budak, Yasemin U. AU - Huysal, Kagan AU - Bulut, Mehtap AU - Polat, Murat PY - 2013 DA - 2013/06/13 TI - Evaluation in an emergency department of rapid separator tubes containing thrombin for serum preparation prior to hs-cTnT and CK-MB analyses JO - BMC Clinical Pathology SP - 20 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - In our emergency department, we collect blood in Rapid Serum Tubes (RSTs; Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ), in which clotting times are reduced. We investigated the influence of RST use on cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) test results, in comparison with the use of tubes featuring a separator gel containing a clotting activator (SSTs; Green-vac, Yongin, Korea). SN - 1472-6890 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-13-20 DO - 10.1186/1472-6890-13-20 ID - Budak2013 ER -