Gian Luca Salvagno

TL;DR: The results of this case-control study demonstrate that physiological pregnancy is associated with a substantial modification of the lipid and lipoprotein metabolism from the second trimester, providing reference ranges for traditional and emerging cardiovascular risk predictors throughout the gestational period.

TL;DR: Platelets in COVID-19 pneumonia are primed to spread proinflammatory and procoagulant activities in systemic circulation as well as factor XII–dependent coagulation.

TL;DR: Improved standardization of phlebotomy techniques, along with operative guidelines dissemination, continuous education, certification, and training of health care professionals involved in blood drawing responsibilities would enhance the chance of obtaining specimens of consistent quality, with favorable revenues for the health care system and the patient's outcome.

TL;DR: RDW is widely available to clinicians as a part of the complete blood count, and therefore incurs no additional costs, and might be considered with other conventional cardiac markers for the risk stratification of ACS patients admitted to emergency departments.

TL;DR: Efficiency of different analytical platforms to correctly identify and classify unsuitable samples is satisfactory, however, more effort should be placed on the standardization of reporting HI.