Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research Gate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maite-Lopez-Garrigos?ev=prf_overview

Research Fields:

-Biochemistry; Medical Laboratory Technology

Representative Publications:

• López-Garrigós M, Puig E, Sánchez S, Gutiérrez I, Salinas M, Ortiz A, Flores E. A Pilot Study of Opportunistic Chronic Kidney Disease Screening in Primary Care Using a Clinical Decision Support System. Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 Dec 19;16(1):8. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16010008. PMID: 41515503
• Griñó MP, López-Garrigós M, Guzman J, Jover F, Fernandez C, Iranzo MN, Flores E. Detection of hidden hepatitis C virus infection in primary care settings using clinical decision support system: The CriVHado C study. Int J Infect Dis. 2025 Dec;161:108082. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108082. Epub 2025 Sep 25. PMID: 41015080
• López-Garrigós M, Ahumada M, Leiva-Salinas M, Blasco A, Flores E, Leiva-Salinas C; PRIMary Care-LABoratory (PRIMLAB) working group. Automated Computerized-based Intervention to Identify Hypomagnesemia in Primary Care Patients With Arrhythmia. J Patient Saf. 2025 Apr 1;21(3):138-142. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001308. Epub 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39705528
• Salinas M, Torreblanca R, Sanchez E, Blasco Á, Flores E, López-Garrigós M. Managing laboratory test ordering: a challenge in the new laboratory medicine model. Adv Lab Med. 2024 Jun 25;5(3):236-247. doi: 10.1515/almed-2024-0085. eCollection 2024 Sep. PMID: 39252809
• Flores E, Martínez-Racaj L, Blasco Á, Diaz E, Esteban P, López-Garrigós M, Salinas M. A step forward in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections: from machine learning to clinical practice. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2024 Jul 25;24:533-541. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.07.018. eCollection 2024 Dec. PMID: 39220685
• Salinas M, López-Garrigós M, Torreblanca R, Flores E, Diaz E, Leiva-Salinas C. Management of procalcitonin test overuse in an emergency department through a computer algorithm. Am J Manag Care. 2024 May;30(6 Spec No.):SP464-SP467. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2024.89554. PMID: 38820188
• Salinas M, Flores E, Blasco A, Lopez-Garrigós M, Torreblanca R, Leiva-Salinas M, Gutierrez I, Leiva-Salinas C; PRIMary Care-LABoratory (PRIMLAB) working group. Laboratory reflex testing strategy for the early identification of primary care patients with multiple myeloma. Clin Biochem. 2024 Apr;126:110730. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110730. Epub 2024 Feb 21. PMID: 38387751
• Flores E, Martínez-Racaj L, Torreblanca R, Blasco A, Lopez-Garrigós M, Gutiérrez I, Salinas M. Clinical Decision Support System in laboratory medicine. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2023 Dec 5;62(7):1277-1282. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2023-1239. Print 2024 Jun 25. PMID: 38044692
• Flores E, Salinas JM, Blasco Á, López-Garrigós M, Torreblanca R, Carbonell R, Martínez-Racaj L, Salinas M. Clinical Decision Support systems: A step forward in establishing the clinical laboratory as a decision maker hubA CDS system protocol implementation in the clinical laboratory. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2023 Aug 19;22:27-31. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.08.006. eCollection 2023. PMID: 37661968
• Salinas M, López-Garrigós M, Flores E, Leiva-Salinas C. Improving diagnosis and treatment of hypomagnesemia. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2023 Jul 31;62(2):234-248. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2023-0537. Print 2024 Jan 26. PMID: 37503587