In prospective cohort study design, in acute setting, where days count, how I decide how often studied laboratory parameter should be measured? The study measuring diagnostic and prognostic value of given parameter.
James Leigh
It would depend on the time course of the parameter you are measuring during the disease process, the technical variability in the measure, the between subject variability, the cost and invasiveness/discomfort of the procedure and the magnitude of its likely diagnostic/prognostic value compared to your control group.
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