ArticleEJIFCC2022
Importance of Interpretative Comments in Clinical Biochemistry - a Practitioner's Report.
Article in EJIFCC, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Essential Data Elements for Laboratory Test Interoperability: An Expert Consensus-Based Framework.Annals of laboratory medicine · 2026Guideline
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Abstract
Interpretative comment (IC) from the clinical biochemist is a professional obligation. Most of the Nepalese clinical laboratories use only predefined comments on the report, while few laboratories do not provide comments at all. Apart from doctors, other healthcare professionals and sometimes patients themselves seek laboratory expert opinion in the interpretation of obtained results. The non-availability of patient's medical record or limited communication with physicians as well as insufficient professional knowledge impacts the quality of interpretative comments in Nepal. This report is intended to emphasize that the task of providing IC is becoming more important in the context of Nepal. Similarly, this report also guides those who provide interpretative comments.
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