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  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Medical Informatics
  • Biostatistics

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  • Distinguishing true physiological changes from random variation in serial laboratory results is challenging for clinicians.
  • Physician reliance on intuition for interpreting lab result changes can be unreliable, especially for less experienced practitioners.
  • Lack of accessible tools complicates the assessment of consecutive laboratory data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a tool that quantifies the probability of a 'real change' between consecutive laboratory results.
  • To assist healthcare professionals in interpreting longitudinal laboratory data more objectively.
  • To provide a supplementary aid for clinical decision-making based on laboratory monitoring.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a smartphone application, Labtracker+, for medical and educational purposes.
  • Integration of biological variation data from scientific literature into the app's algorithms.
  • Inclusion of analytical precision data from contemporary laboratories to assess lab result changes.
  • Calculation of the probability of a 'real change' between two sequential laboratory measurements.

Main Results:

  • The Labtracker+ app provides a quantitative probability of a 'real change' in laboratory results.
  • The app utilizes established biological variation and analytical precision data.
  • This quantitative approach offers an objective complement to subjective clinical interpretation.

Conclusions:

  • Labtracker+ offers a novel approach to interpreting serial laboratory results.
  • The app can enhance diagnostic accuracy by differentiating true changes from fluctuations.
  • This tool has the potential to improve clinical decision-making in patient monitoring.