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• A randomised study of nurse collected venous blood and self-collected dried blood spots for the assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in the Understanding Society Innovation Panel August 10, 2023
  Introduction Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. In the UK, cardiovascular disease is patterned by several ...... by dried blood spot (DBS) sampling, which is a low resource-demanding alternative to venous blood draws, and as less invasive, may be ...
• Finger Prick, Venous Blood Can Identify Key Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers August 4, 2023
  HealthDay News — Finger prick or venous blood collection can identify key Alzheimer disease-related biomarkers, according to a study ...... found that DBS(capillary) GFAP and NfL levels were associated with their counterparts in EDTA plasma. Significant associations were ...
• Clinical performance of volumetric finger-prick sampling for the monitoring of tacrolimus, creatinine and hemoglobin in kidney transplant recipients August 4, 2023
  ... https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15870 ...... by healthcare professionals versus self-sampling, and differences between the two devices. We compared finger-prick and venous ...