Abstract:
:Urine dipstick jars often are left uncapped, which led the authors to wonder what effect prolonged air exposure might have on dipstick accuracy. Unexpired Ames Multistixs (Miles Inc., Elkhart, IN) were exposed to ambient air for intervals of up to eight weeks and were used to test urine for the presence or absence of blood, protein, and glucose. Multistixs were read by a blinded participant. A urine sample reading negative for glucose with unexposed (control) Multistixs tested trace positive with three of three Multistixs exposed for 7 days, and 1+ (three of six) or trace positive (three of six) (P less than 0.05) with Multistixs exposed for 28 days. A urine sample reading 1+ for blood with controls tested negative with five of six (P less than 0.05) and six of six (P less than 0.05) Multistixs exposed for 28 and 56 days, respectively. Protein detection was accurate up to 56 days. The authors conclude that urine dipstick jars should be recapped to avoid prompting needless evaluations of glucosuria or delaying detection of important causes of microscopic hematuria.
journal_name
Am J Clin Patholjournal_title
American journal of clinical pathologyauthors
Cohen HT,Spiegel DMdoi
10.1093/ajcp/96.3.398subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-09-01 00:00:00pages
398-400issue
3eissn
0002-9173issn
1943-7722journal_volume
96pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Serum creatine kinase (CK) was measured in 515 healthy white women and 28 obligate carriers for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. There was substantial overlap between the control and carrier populations. To analyze the impact of the degree of overlap, the predictive value of a CK result was determined by (1) using sensiti...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/84.5.655
更新日期:1985-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bull's algorithm has been evaluated by computer simulation studies. Varying amounts of systematic analytic error were simulated in either hemoglobin (Hgb), red blood cell count (RBC), or mean corpuscular volume (MCV) with the resulting red blood cell indices averaged in batches of 20 using Bull's algorithm. The number...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/83.3.337
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess the ability of flow cytometry (FC) to detect putative neoplastic T-cell subsets on skin shave biopsy (SSB) specimens from patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) and to study the immunophenotype of skin-infiltrating tumor cells in MF. METHODS:SSB specimens from patients with suspected MF were bisecte...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/AJCPWE2HBFCGDIDS
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The visible absorption spectra of dilutions of commercially prepared chemistry control sera closely mimic those of jaundiced amniotic fluids in cases of fetal rhesus isoimmunization. The authors have assessed the use of these materials for the quality control of net absorbance measurements at 450 nm on amniotic fluids...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/84.4.513
更新日期:1985-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The 2014 Bethesda System (TBS 2014) guidelines for reporting cervical cytology revised the age for reporting benign endometrial cells (BECs) from 40 years or older to age 45 years or older. We evaluated this change and further investigated if extending the reporting age to 50 years or older may be acceptable...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqaa041
更新日期:2020-08-05 00:00:00
abstract::This is apparently the second report of a case of human meningoencephalitis caused by the nematode Micronema deletrix. The patient had severe granulomatous meningoencephalitis with numerous foci of hemorrhage and encephalomalacia. Numerous adult female and larval M. deletrix were in the brain. The organisms probably i...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/72.4.640
更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A series of 138 patients seen consecutively in an adult allergy clinic were studied to determine serum alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT) levels and protease inhibitor (Pi) phenotypes. These were compared with a control group of 700 healthy young adult blood donors. Both total serum trypsin inhibitory capacity (STIC) and ...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/64.3.297
更新日期:1975-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lesions of the breast containing extravasated mucin span a continuum from benign mucoceles to invasive mucinous (colloid) carcinoma. It is well known that distinguishing benign from malignant mucinous lesions is difficult infine-needle aspiration material. Whether these lesions also are difficult to distinguish in cor...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/TP6Y-Q0QR-XXVQ-9MJ5
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The levels of thymus-derived lymphocytes (T-cells) in samples of peripheral blood from 47 patients with carcinoma of the breast, 36 patients with benign mammary lesions, and 33 matched normal controls were determined. Results were analyzed with three statistical tests. It was found that the mean percentages of T-lymph...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/65.4.445
更新日期:1976-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) is a heterogeneous disorder defined by morphologic, genetic, or clinical features. Genetic abnormalities associated with AML-MRC are often associated with adverse prognostic features, and many cases are preceded by a myelodysplastic syndrom...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1309/AJCP58RSMFRHLHHH
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Immunohistochemical techniques applied to fresh frozen sections of metastatic malignant melanoma tissue revealed abundant fibrinogen (or fibrin I) in perivascular areas throughout the tumor connective tissue stroma. Fibrin was readily detected in a focal distribution in the connective tissue around nodules of viable t...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/93.4.516
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Primary gastric non-Hodgkin lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT-NHL) is strongly related to Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection. CagA positive H pylori strains appear to be more aggressive, as reflected by a greater degree of gastric inflammation and higher levels of Il-8 production. Using a polym...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/106.5.670
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:Objectives:To analyze interobserver reproducibility and compare practice patterns between academic and community settings of Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST). Methods:In total, 132 anal biopsy slides were revised as well as p16 immunostains. Results:LAST was used in 49% of cases (academic center, 68%; sat...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqx044
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Primary malignant germ cell tumors of the mediastinum are extremely rare among females. This report describes such a tumor arising in the mediastinum of a 26-year-old woman and correlates immunohistochemical studies of the neoplasm with serum tumor markers. Microscopic examination of the tumor revealed an embryonal ca...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/75.4.573
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We analyzed the diagnostic role of claudins in effusion cytology in 325 effusions, including 218 ovarian, 49 breast, 15 cervical or endometrial, 10 gastrointestinal, and 8 lung adenocarcinomas and 25 malignant mesotheliomas (MMs). Specimens were analyzed for claudin-1 and claudin-3 expression using immunohistochemical...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/V025QRN3R9CJGNPX
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The results from fetal-maternal hemorrhage (FMH) detection and quantitation external quality assessment surveys conducted in Ontario indicate that the rosette test had a sensitivity and specificity for an FMH of more than 10 mL of 1.0 and 0.75, respectively, compared with 0.96 and 0.92, respectively, for acid elution....
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/3U97-V732-7JBD-PAYN
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors describe an unusual variant of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) discovered in a patient with a 90-fold increase in serum ALP. The variant ALP was indistinguishable from the bone isoenzyme when subjected to chemical inhibition, heat inactivation, lectin precipitation, and routine electrophoresis. However, treatme...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/95.5.749
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin antibody, typically associated with heparin therapy, is reported in some heparin-naive people. Seroprevalence in the general population, however, remains unclear. We prospectively evaluated PF4/heparin antibody in approximately 4,000 blood bank donors using a commercial enzyme-linked im...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/AJCPG0MNR5NGKNFX
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors analyzed the frequency of immunophenotypic abnormalities in 1,474 cases of routinely fixed, paraffin-embedded B-lineage non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. B-lineage was determined by immunoreactivity for CD20 (L26, 92%); CD45RA (4KB5, an additional 3%) or immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain restriction (remaining 5%). C...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/102.6.825
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirty-five patients with dermatopathic lymphadenopathy, 12 with (9 patients and 3 follow-up) and 23 without associated mycosis fungoides, and 7 controls with 26 lymph nodes were studied by light microscopic examination and immunostaining for S-100 protein. Fourteen of these cases were examined ultrastructurally. The ...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/87.2.187
更新日期:1987-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To calculate the incidence of nondiagnostic (ND) colorectal (CR) polyp cases in which deeper tissue sectioning rendered new diagnostic information--particularly adenomas--in 2 laboratories staffed by the same pathologists. METHODS:After initial diagnosis, 100 ND CR polyps from each laboratory were reexamine...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/AJCPPXU66QZAZNYN
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent reports show that the sensitivity of endometrial carcinoma detection on liquid-based Papanicolaou (Pap) tests (88%) is considerably higher than that reported on conventional Pap smears (20%-30%), although few laboratories have corroborated these results. We performed a 5-year retrospective review of all liquid-...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/AJCPLFBK1A2XJDQI
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Meningiomas usually can be readily diagnosed on H&E alone, although occasionally immunohistochemistry (IHC) confirmation is desirable. Studies exploring the diagnostic utility of either podoplanin (D2-40) or E-cadherin IHC in meningiomas have conflicted, and no studies exist in which the two IHCs have been u...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/AJCPSULJ6DW5REHR
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 67-year-old man presented with a malignant tumor involving abdominal lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and lungs, with associated protracted fever and night sweats. The tumor consisted of large pleomorphic cells, often surrounding microabscesses. Intracytoplasmic S100 protein, surface T6, Leu-3a (T4), and HLA-DR antigens ...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1093/ajcp/85.6.739
更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The JAK2(V617F)mutation is recurrent in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia, which are myeloproliferative neoplasms frequently associated with arterial and venous thromboembolism. It has also been reported as a marker for occult myeloproliferative disorder (MPD) in patients with splanchnic venous thrombosi...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/AJCP7VO4HAIZYATP
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Elevated T-cell leukemia-1 (TCL1) oncoprotein expression might promote human Burkitt lymphoma (BL) because increased TCL1 causes Burkitt-like lymphomas in TCL1 transgenic mice. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been implicated as a cause of increased TCL1 expression in multiple BL cell lines, suggesting a critica...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/77V7U4E03V69QHRR
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Anemia developing during the course of chronic renal disease is a frequent complication often necessitating periodic transfusion therapy. A number of etiologic factors have been implicated, including decreased production of erythropoietin; decreased erythrocyte life span secondary to uremia and splenomegaly; increased...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/65.1.73
更新日期:1976-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We obtained data on laboratory turnaround time (TAT) and emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). We correlated potassium test TAT outlier percentage (TAT-OP) with ED LOS and found that for each outlier percentage (potassium result > 40 minutes), a projected impact on ED LOS was approximately 2.8 additional min...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1309/3J5P-9VJR-UP4U-5RU5
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe 2 male patients in whom hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma (HSTL) developed 6 and 10 years after renal transplantation. The onset was abrupt with systemic symptoms, cytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. The histologic examination of the spleen (case 1), liver, and bone marrow revealed sinusoidal infilt...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1309/TC9U-FAV7-0QBW-6DFC
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A nodule of the liver was incidentally noted during left colectomy for a large villous adenoma in a 74-year-old man. Microscopic examination disclosed a granuloma of the liver containing numerous Enterobius vermicularis ova and a cross-section of the nematode. This is the fourth reported case of hepatic oxyuriasis and...
journal_title:American journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/ajcp/91.1.97
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00