Assessment of serum calcium in patients referred for suspected lung cancer: a quality improvement project to enhance patient safety in clinical practice

Assessment of serum calcium in ­patients referred for suspected lung cancer: A quality ­improvement project to enhance patient safety in clinical practice

“…However, after excluding patients with duplicate records, benign disease and those who decided to continue their care through the private sector, 72 patients were investigated initially. 6 The data required for this study were collected via the hospital's confidential e-records system, obtaining the date of initial referral to the lung cancer team (LCT) and subsequently the adjusted calcium and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. ALT was used as a standard blood test.…”