Ascites Calprotectin
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is an acute bacterial infection of ascitic fluid. It primarily occurs in patients with advanced cirrhosis…
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Does NSAID use affect the Faecal Calprotectin Result?
In a word – yes! Is this clinically significant? in another word, no! Most non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) cause gastric…
Sharing Best Practice
The recent Calprotectin Regional User Group meetings, organised by Alpha Laboratories, generated lively and informative discussions between new, experienced and…
NICE Calprotectin!
Faecal calprotectin testing hit the news headlines late last year following publication of the NICE diagnostic guidelines: ‘Faecal calprotectin diagnostic…
Adoption project for Faecal Calprotectin Diagnostics Tests
In October 2013 NICE produced guidance (DG11) recommending the use of faecal calprotectin testing to help doctors distinguish between inflammatory…
Diagnostics for Digestive Health Day Review
The second Alpha Laboratories seminar on Diagnostics for Digestive Health was held on the 17th October at the Academy of…
Faecal Calprotectin and NICE
New guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) was released on the 2nd October regarding the…
Diagnostics for Digestive Health Seminar
We are now taking bookings for this year’s Diagnostics for Digestive Health Seminar. The event takes place on 17 October…
New Guidelines in Primary Care for IBD and IBS
Two new reports out this month detail new guidelines for the diagnosis and management of IBS and IBD in Primary…
Increasing Calprotectin Workload?
Those laboratories initially using a lower throughput system for calprotectin measurement,such as the BÜHLMANN Quantum Blue kit, may find they…