Alternative Calibration Strategies for the Clinical Laboratory: Application to Nortriptyline Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Author(s) -
Matthew T. Olson,
Autumn Breaud,
Robert Harlan,
Nkechinyere Emezienna,
Sabitha Schools,
Alfred L. Yergey,
Danni Li
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2012.194639
Subject(s) - calibration , calibration curve , analyte , medicine , area under the curve , chromatography , therapeutic drug monitoring , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , pharmacology , pharmacokinetics , mathematics , detection limit , statistics
The addition of a calibration curve with every run is both time-consuming and expensive for clinical mass spectrometry assays. We present alternative calibration strategies that eliminate the need for a calibration curve except as required by laboratory regulations.
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