Biochemical investigation of suspected rhabdomyolysis

R Beetham - Annals of clinical biochemistry, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Rhabdomyolysis is a common condition1 in which injury to skeletal muscle results in
leakage of the contents of myocytes into extravascular fluid and, if severe enough, passage …

Proteinuria: pathophysiology, significance and recommendations for measurement in clinical practice

R Beetham, WR Cattell - Annals of clinical biochemistry, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
The association between proteinuria and disease can be traced back some 2400
years,'although it was the observations of Richard Bright that established proteinuria as an …

[PDF][PDF] UK Myeloma Forum (UKMF) and Nordic Myeloma Study Group (NMSG): guidelines for the investigation of newly detected M‐proteins and the management of …

…, I Turesson, M Drayson, R Beetham… - British journal of …, 2009 - academy.myeloma.org.uk
1Avon Haematology Unit, Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, Bristol, 2Department
of Haematology, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK, 3Department of Haematology …

Revised national guidelines for analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for bilirubin in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage

A Cruickshank, P Auld, R Beetham… - Annals of clinical …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
It is crucially important to detect subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in all patients in whom it
has occurred to select patients for angiography and preventative surgery. A computerized …

Detection of Bence-Jones protein in practice

R Beetham - Annals of clinical biochemistry, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
The monoclonal gammopathies1 are characterized by the presence in serum and/or urine of
a monoclonal, intact immunoglobulin or fragment, a so-called monoclonal component …

The PRIMA study: presentation ischaemia-modified albumin in the emergency department

L Keating, JR Benger, R Beetham… - Emergency Medicine …, 2006 - emj.bmj.com
Objectives: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of presentation ischaemia-modified
albumin (IMA), in addition to cardiac troponin I (TnI), as a strategy to rapidly ascribe low risk …

Geology of Christchurch, New Zealand

LJ Brown, RD Beetham… - Environmental & …, 1995 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Christchurch is situated on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand in the south
Pacific Ocean. The city is located at the coast of the Canterbury Plains adjacent to an extinct …

Can serum free light chains replace urine electrophoresis in the detection of monoclonal gammopathies?

R Beetham, J Wassell, MJ Wallage… - Annals of clinical …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: We investigated how sensitive serum free light chain (FLC) analysis was for the
detection of Bence-Jones protein (BJP) and whether a serum κ/λ ratio could replace urine …

Fluid flow in fault zones from an active rift

H Seebeck, A Nicol, JJ Walsh, C Childs… - Journal of Structural …, 2014 - Elsevier
The geometry and hydraulic properties of fault zones are investigated for Mesozoic
greywacke basement and Miocene sandstone from∼ 37 km of tunnels in the southern …

The importance of commutability of reference materials used as calibrators: the example of ceruloplasmin

I Zegers, R Beetham, T Keller, J Sheldon… - Clinical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Different methods for ceruloplasmin tend to give different results in external
quality assessment schemes. During the production of the certified reference material ERM …