ROUTINE CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY TESTS COLLECTED FROM PATIENTS DYING IN HOSPITAL |
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| Authors: | WD Neithercut MD P Chattington MRCP |
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| Affiliation: | Departments of Chemical Pathology and Medicine for the Elderly, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY A study conducted of the collection of samples from patients dying in hospital and the results of their analysis found that samples are often collected unnecessarily from patients dying in hospital, and are collected more often from women than from men. |
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