Method precision and frequent causes of errors observed in point-of-care glucose testing: a proficiency testing program perspective.

abstract：:Screening sera for streptococcal antibodies is a useful clinical procedure when recent streptococcal infection requires verification. Presently there are two test kits available that detect five (or more) of the antibodies that may be present. These two screening tests were compared using antistreptolysin O (ASO) and ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Tolliver PR,Roe MH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the specificity of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) as a marker for lymphoblastic lymphoma in the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, the authors assayed malignant cells from 142 patients with non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma, as well as cells from normal lymphoid tissue controls. Neoplastic cells from ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Braziel RM,Keneklis T,Donlon JA,Hsu SM,Cossman J,Bollum FJ,Jaffe ES

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1973 Comprehensive Blood Bank Survey Program of the College of American Pathologists was administered to 2,200 laboratories and blood banks throughout the United States. The results showed a considerable increase in the accuracy of the testing and in the performance of reagents. Accuracy of ABO testing was 99.3%; ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Myhre BA,Koepke JA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric osteosarcoma (M-OGS) is characterized by multicentricity of osseous osteosarcomas, either synchronous or metachronous, without visceral involvement. The study's purpose was to clinicopathologically and radiographically analyze 56 cases of M-OGS (22 synchronous and 34 metachronous). The distal femur was th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Corradi D,Wenger DE,Bertoni F,Bacchini P,Bosio S,Goldoni M,Unni KK,Sim FH,Inwards CY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cutaneous T-cell lymphomas are derived from mature postthymic T cells of the CD4 subtype. When other less common profiles are encountered, a diagnostic challenge is posed. Accurate categorization is critical because of the specificity of therapeutic regimens, including biologics. A 65-year-old woman was seen in 2...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Magro CM,Seilstad KH,Porcu P,Morrison CD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of variables thought to affect measurement of prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) were examined in an effort to determine more precisely their effects on these measurements. On the basis of these studies, it is proposed that blood specimens be anticoagulated with one part 3.8% (w./v.) ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koepke JA,Rodgers JL,Ollivier MJ

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of 20 patients, each of whom has a positive lupus erythematosus cell preparation and a negative antinuclear factor test, are presented. The concept of a false-positive lupus erythematosus preparation is suggested. Five common mechanisms causing a false-negative antinuclear factor test are discussed and evalu...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Koller SR,Johnston CL Jr,Moncure CW

更新日期：1976-09-01 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

authors： Nielsen JA,Lager DJ,Lewin M,Weber JJ,Roberts CA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the blast cells obtained from two patients with acute myelofibrosis with the use of recently developed immunochemical and ultrastructural markers. They intended to examine the expression of megakaryoblastic, erythroblastic, myeloblastic, and monoblastic properties in these cells. Respectively,...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Schreeder MT,Prchal JT,Parmley RT,Carroll AJ,Gewirtz AM,Hoffman R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid, simple tests to detect antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in urine could be valuable for several testing situations, such as in private offices, for epidemiologic surveys, and in developing countries. The authors evaluated the performance of the SUDS HIV type 1 test to detect antibody t...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Constantine NT,Zhang X,Li L,Bansal J,Hyams KC,Smialek JE

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pathogenic free-living amebae (FLAs) cause skin, ocular, and central nervous system (CNS) infections with significant morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis of FLA infections by pathologic examination of tissue sections can be aided using molecular assays. This study investigated the performance characteristics ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Norgan AP,Sloan LM,Pritt BS

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue specimens from a series of 46 hepatic tumors occurring in young female oral contraceptive users were tested for alpha1-antitrypsin deposition, utilizing immunocytochemical and histochemical methods. In two instances serum alpha1-antitrypsin phenotyping was also performed. Immunoreactive alpha1-antitrypsin depos...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Palmer PE,Christopherson WM,Wolfe HJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the performance of four measures of laboratory turnaround time: the mean, median, 90th percentile, and proportion of tests reported within a predetermined cut-off interval (proportion of acceptable tests [PAT]). Measures were examined with the use of turnaround time data from 11,070 stat partial th...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Valenstein PN,Emancipator K

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate the differential diagnosis of poorly differentiated metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary site, we evaluated p63 and cytokeratin (CK) 5/6 as immunohistochemical markers for squamous cell carcinomas. The study cases were as follows: squamous cell carcinoma of the lungs, head/neck, esophagus, cervix ute...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kaufmann O,Fietze E,Mengs J,Dietel M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old woman who had undergone orthotopic heart transplantation because of dilative cardiomyopathy received a triple-drug immunosuppressive regimen (cyclosporine A, azathioprine, and prednisolone). During her relatively frequent episodes of acute rejection, she was treated with methylprednisolone and repeated a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kemnitz J,Cremer J,Gebel M,Uysal A,Haverich A,Georgii A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms with abnormalities of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene (FGFR1) are a rare and aggressive disease group that harbors translocations of FGFR1 with at least 14 recognized partner genes. We report a case of a patient with a novel t(17;21)(p13;q22) with RUNX1 rearrangement a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kumar KR,Chen W,Koduru PR,Luu HS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood glucose results for 2,601 specimens obtained at multiphasic health examination, divided into three age groups, were analyzed using probability plot paper. Two straight lines could be fitted to each distribution. The assumption was made that the lower lines correspond to "normal-healthy" persons, whereas the uppe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Morgenstern NL,Shearn MA

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for a simple, sensitive, specific, and inexpensive test for immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM). A solid phase passive hemagglutination test (SP-PHA) was developed for this purpose and compared with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. Hepatitis B core an...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurathong S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of carcinoma of the prostate with metastases is described. the prostate and the metastases showed adenocarcinoma with carcinoid-like areas. A tumor with the same histologic features was found at the tip of the appendix and proved to be metastatic. The possibility of primary carcinoid of the prostate wa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ansari MA,Pintozzi RL,Choi YS,Ladove RF

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferative activity in astrocytomas, measured by image cytometry, was related to prognosis. Fifty-eight astrocytic neoplasms (grade 1 or 2, 11; grade 3, 31; glioblastoma multiforme, 16) were immunostained for Ki-67 (MIB-1; 1:50) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA; prediluted). Proliferative activity (nucl...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kirkegaard LJ,DeRose PB,Yao B,Cohen C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to further clarify the histologic criteria and prognostic measurement of appendiceal adenoma and well differentiated adenocarcinoma, lectin binding activity in 31 cases of appendiceal mucocele (6 hyperplasias, 16 adenomas and 9 adenocarcinomas) was studied using an immunoperoxidase staining method. An additio...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Kim CW,Kim YI

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is said that HER2/neu expression by immunohistochemical analysis varies with the time of fixation. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the impact of the length of fixation in 10% buffered formalin on the expression of HER2/neu by immunohistochemical analysis. We studied tissue samples from 10 invasive ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ibarra JA,Rogers LW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To determine non-American Society for Clinical Pathology pathology- and laboratory-related Choosing Wisely recommendations that drive effective test utilization in the laboratory. Methods:Data were collected via a two-part web-based survey distributed to a broad sample of pathologists and laboratory profess...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Waibel E,Garcia E,Kelly M,Soles R,Hilborne L

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine tumors with histologic resemblances to ovarian sex-cord tumors were encountered in 14 women in the fourth to sixth decades of life, most of whom had abnormal vaginal bleeding and enlarged uteri suggesting leiomyomas. The tumors in six cases (Group I) were identical to one or another form of well-recognized end...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Clement PB,Scully RE

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A teenage male, with Goodpasture's syndrome and serum antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies, had a focal proliferative glomerulonephritis with crescents. Immunofluorescence microscopy of his glomeruli using anti-IgG antibodies demonstrated both intense linear GBM staining, and granular subepithelial s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jennette JC,Lamanna RW,Burnette JP,Wilkman AS,Iskander SS

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the use of counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) as a method of detecting activation of the complement system. With this technic small amounts of C3 split products (C3c/d) can be detected in plasma samples by specific precipitation with antiserum in less than two hours. The CIE technic is a highly s...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arroyave CM,Taylor DG,Gallup P,Nakamura RM

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem pathologic and bacteriologic reports were analyzed for 237 deaths occurring at a large institution for the mentally retarded from 1958 to 1973. Bronchopneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, and lipid pneumonia were frequently reported at autopsy, and in a total of 146 cases (61.6%) at least one type of pneumonia ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fetal demise and maternal recovery after acetaminophen overdose is presented, to our knowledge the first reported. Fetal liver and maternal serum concentrations indicate overdose to be the cause of fetal death. Maternal disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) may have been related to maternal acetaminop...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Haibach H,Akhter JE,Muscato MS,Cary PL,Hoffmann MF

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ongoing collaborative relationship between a pathology department and the vendor of its laboratory information system is vitally important because of the strategic importance of the laboratory information system in managing the information product of the department. Laboratory information system vendors are value-...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Friedman BA,Mitchell W

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of the change in the former close relationship between the patient and his physician, and the contribution of the pathologist to its development, is presented. The effect of these changes on the interest in and care of the patient by all in the hospital in this changing medical scene is decried; the pati...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Angrist AA

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00