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eJIFCC Volume 28 no 2 - May 2017
In this issue: Advances in the diagnosis of sepsis
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1	Foreword of the editor Gábor L. Kovács
2	Advances in the diagnosis of sepsis Guest Editor: Tamás Kőszegi
3	Procalcitonin – assisted antibiotic strategy in sepsis Domonkos Trásy, Zsolt Molnár
4	Advances and pitfalls in using laboratory biomarkers for the diagnosis and management of sepsis Dunja Rogić, Gordana Fressl Juroš, Jόzsef Petrik, Ana Lončar Vrančić
5	Nonconventional markers of sepsis Péter Kustán, Zoltán Horváth-Szalai, Diána Mühl
6	Advances in the diagnosis of sepsis: hydrogen sulfide as a prognostic marker of septic shock severity Miha Košir, Matej Podbregar
7	A validation study of after reconstitution stability of diabetes Shyamali Pal
8	A toddler with anasarca caused by congenital nephrotic syndrome - a case report Tumelo M. Satekge, Olivia Kiabilua, Gertruida van Biljon, Komala Pillay, Tahir S. Pillay

Editor-in-Chief

Gábor L. Kovács
Institute of Laboratory Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs
Pécs, Hungary

Editorial Board

Khosrow Adeli, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada

Borut Božič, University Medical Center, Lubljana, Slovenia

Edgard Delvin, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Nilda E. Fink, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

Ronda Greaves, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia

Mike Hallworth, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Andrea R. Horvath, Prince of Wales Hospital and School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Ellis Jacobs, Alere Inc., New York, USA

Allan S. Jaffe,  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

Bruce Jordan, Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz, Switzerland

János Kappelmayer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Evelyn Koay, National University, Singapore

Gary L. Myers,  Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine, USA

Tomris Ozben, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Maria D. Pasic, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Canada

Maria del C. Pasquel Carrera, College of Chemists, Biochemists and Pharmacists, Pichincha, Ecuador

Oliver Racz, University of Kosice, Slovakia

Rosa Sierra Amor, Laboratorio Laquims, Veracruz, Mexico

Sanja Stankovic, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

Danyal Syed, Ryancenter, New York, USA

Grazyna Sypniewska, Collegium Medicum, NC University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Jillian R. Tate,  Queensland Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia

Peter Vervaart, LabMed Consulting, Australia

Stacy E. Walz, Arkansas State University, USA

Publisher and Copyright

IFCC Communications and Publications Division (IFCC-CPD)

Copyright © 2000-2017 International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC). All rights reserved.
Contents may not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Communications and Publications Division (CPD) of the IFCC.

Aims and Scope

The electronic Journal of the IFCC (eJIFCC) is a platinum open-access journal, i.e. there is no charge to read, or to submit to this journal. Our numerous high-quality articles, debates, reviews, case studies and editorials are addressed to clinical laboratorians. The journal also publishes general news articles, IFCC publicity/news, educational materials and has a letters section. Besides offering original scientific thought in our featured columns, we provide pointers to quality resources on the world wide web. We aim to assist the development of the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine worldwide. Manuscripts are fully peer reviewed and immediately free to access and download from www.ifcc.org.

The eJIFCC is a member of the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE).

Indexing

eJIFCC is archived by PubMedCentral (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).

Information for Authors

Manuscript preparation: Microsoft Word is preferred, with the use of 12-point font, 2cm margins and double spacing. The title page should list title, authors (first name, last name and initials), each author's affiliation during the study, including e-mail adresses, corresponding author's contact information, key words. All manuscript should be provided with structured Abstracts not longer than 250 words. This information should proceed the text of each submission. Tables should be created in a common word-processing or spreadsheet format and included within the text of the manuscript, close to the first location where they are referenced. The figures must be submitted as independent images or files, with high enough resolution for publishing and printing. All tables and figures must include a short title, with any further explanatory text to be included at the bottom of either. The maximum number of references for a review article is 75, and 40 for original papers. In-text reference numbers should be included paranthetically before punctuation. The actual references shall be presented and punctuated consistently and are to be listed sequentially following the main text, with their numbers unlinked. Manuscripts should provide any required Author's Disclosures. All studies involving human subjects must indicate that they are in compliance with the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

Case reports
The eJIFCC welcomes case reports that illustrate new approaches to established clinical - diagnostic problems or describing a new clinically associated diagnostic problem. To be of value appropriate for publication, a case report must provide a significant learning point for other laboratory physicians and clinical chemists. Case reports should be provided with a summary not longer than 150 words, followed by a structured main text (INTRODUCTION, CLINICAL-DIAGNOSTIC CASE, DISCUSSION, TAKE HOME MESSAGES/LEARNING POINTS) not exeeding 1500 words. Case reports will also allow 2 tables and 2 figures, the maximum number of references is 15, 3-5 keywords are mandatory. Please provide disclosures & contribution of authors at the end of manuscript text.

Submission of manuscripts: Manuscripts should be submitted to the editor-in-chief, via e-mail to: ejifcc@ifcc.org.