[Attempt to adapt measurement of serum iron levels to the Centrifichem with a direct method using bathophenanthroline sulfonate-guanidine. Value and limits].

The authors have studied a direct automated colorimetric determination of iron serum on Centrifichem. Accuracy and linearity are the same than these obtained by the SFBC recommended method. Precision is poor: the coefficient of variation is about 15% for low values.

[Detection of hyperamylasuria. Value of a quick test].

A new reactive strip was used in a hospital admission unit, to detect amylasuria in the urine of 76 patients consulting for abdominal pain (population A) and of 68 unselected patients (population B). Detection on admission by this method was concordant with subsequent laboratory detection in 93% of the cases. The fast test was positive for amylasuria in 17 patients: 13 (17.