Preanalytical error occurrence rate in clinical chemistry laboratory of a public hospital in India.

Background: The pre and post analytical phase in a testing cycle contributes up to 93% of total laboratory errors. Hence, it is of utter importance for the laboratory to study error occurrence rates during the testing cycle and implement a quality improvement plan to release an accurate result.

Methods: The present study was conducted during the period 2008 - 2009 in the clinical biochemistry lab in Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated hospitals.

Metabolic effects of obesity: A review.

With the many recent advances in the biomedical world, vast changes are taking place in our growing knowledge of the physiological aspects of almost all the tissues and organs of the human body. One of the most prevalent topics of discussion is the question of obesity and its effect on the metabolic changes in the human body. The original classical role of adipose tissue as an energy storage organ has been greatly modified.