Apoprotein measurements and their clinical application.

abstract：:The improvement of quality in clinical care can greatly benefit form continuous benchmarking with information based on laboratory data. To be most effective, the information is best provided in the form of real-time disease management decision support. Such an approach requires advances in the implementation of hospit...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Bissell MG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article attempts to define and identify sources of variation in laboratory analysis that occur predominantly "away" from the analytic bench. Problems in the derivation and application of reference ranges are reviewed and sources of non-analytic error are "located" within the entire testing cycle. Reference source...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Bachner P

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven different mycoplasmas have been isolated from the human genitourinary tract. The diseases they cause or with which they have been associated are described. Diagnosis of infection by cultural and noncultural (antigen detection, DNA probes) methods is discussed in detail. The more useful serologic procedures are i...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of food-borne helminthic infections is not well recognized and has not received the same attention as food-borne bacterial infections. Poverty, overpopulation, and cultural practices contribute to conditions that maintain food-borne helminthic infections. The development of better means of transportatio...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Bruckner DA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To overcome the significant mortality associated with ovarian cancer, a highly sensitive and specific screening test is urgently needed. CA-125 testing is used to monitor response to chemotherapy, detect recurrence, and detect late stage ovarian cancer. However, CA-125 testing, alone or in combination with ultrasonogr...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Kim K,Visintin I,Alvero AB,Mor G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder presenting with tissue injury in various organs attributed to large or small vessel thrombosis or, in some instances, possible nonthrombotic inflammatory mechanisms, associated with in vitro evidence of antibodies to certain proteins, or proteinphospholipid...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Eby C

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subject of this article is privacy and its relationship to the activities of health care organizations. Privacy is a good quality that each individual may possess. The quality of an individual's privacy is a personal determination. Although everyday life requires that we attempt to understand and protect the priva...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Essin DJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews cytomorphology of rare malignant tumors of the breast: squamous carcinoma, metaplastic carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, apocrine carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, lipid-rich carcinoma, and carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous features. It is important to bear in mind the cytomorphology and diagnos...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Khalbuss WE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice that contain a proline to leucine mutation at amino acid 101 in the endogenous murine PrP gene have been produced by gene targeting. This line of mice was generated to model the mutation thought to be responsible for P102L GSS, a familial TSE disease in humans. Genetargeted 101LL mice showed no evidenc...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Barron RM,Manson JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the laboratory methodologies used to evaluate acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and their role in establishing a diagnosis and prognosis of this disease. These methodologies are: morphology, flow cytometry, cytogenetics, and molecular diagnostics. Additionally, immunophenotypic classi...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Melnick SJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image processing has traveled to the lunar surface and back, finding its way into the clinical laboratory. Advances in digital computers have improved the technology of image analysis, resulting in a wide variety of medical applications. Offering improvements in turnaround time, standardized systems, increased precisi...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Kisner HJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The era of prenatal screening for serious birth defects began in the 1970s with the discovery that amniotic fluid and maternal serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) were increased in pregnancies affected by fetal open neural tube defects. Since then, prenatal screening has become a part of routine obstetric care. In...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Canick JA,Kellner LH,Bombard AT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An obvious advantage of a combined PAP and PSA measurement is the increased sensitivity of detection. Furthermore, the use of both markers in monitoring patients with prostatic carcinoma offers the advantage of a greater number of patients with objective parameters for follow-up. ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Saito Y

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of assay techniques for the analysis of tumor markers in tissue extracts and in the peripheral circulation has had a major impact on the diagnosis and management of patients with endocrine neoplasms. In addition to eutopic and ectopic hormones, a variety of other tumor-derived products, including endoc...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： DeLellis RA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in cellular therapies for pediatric patients have created many opportunities for improved survival with reduced morbidity. This article reviews current cellular therapies in pediatric hematological malignancy, including the most updated practices in hematopoietic stem cell transplant and the use of chimeric a...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Kuldanek S,Pasko B,DomBourian M,Annen K

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic field that studies antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) has had a major impact on the choice and dosing regimens used for many antibiotics especially those used in the treatment of respiratory tract infections. PK/PD parameters are particularly important in light of increasing ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Andes D,Anon J,Jacobs MR,Craig WA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2014 to 2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD), through the sheer size of the outbreak and combined experience within both resource-rich and resource-poor settings, allowed for more information to be gained about the clinical and pathologic features of EVD. This review highlights the range of aspects of EVD that the autho...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Brown CS,Mepham S,Shorten RJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India is a global leader in diabetes, currently with second largest pool of diabetes in the world. Asian Indian phenotype is uniquely predisposed to develop type 2 diabetes because of strong familial aggregation as well lifestyle factors of imprudent diet and sedentary physical habit. The typical Asian Indian phenotyp...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Joshi SR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of invasive fungal pneumonias by conventional culture methods is difficult to assess and often delayed. Nonmolecular fungal markers have emerged as an important adjunctive tool to support their diagnosis in combination with other clinical, radiologic, and microbiological criteria of invasive fungal diseases....

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Lamoth F,Alexander BD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug testing of patients in a psychiatric outpatient service is an effective way to identify patients who relapse into renewed use of drugs of abuse and in monitoring the effectiveness of ongoing medical and psychological therapy. Most of this testing involves the analysis of urine specimens with immunoassays. Hair te...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Shearer DS,Baciewicz GJ,Kwong TC

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the relationship between D-dimer concentration and patient age, gender, race, and renal function, and the role of D-dimer concentration as a predictor of in-hospital mortality, in a critically ill patient population. The results demonstrate there is a correlation between increased D-dimer concentra...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Spring JL,Winkler A,Levy JH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is the most common cause of severe thrombocytopenia in the healthy newborn, occurring in 1 in 1000 live births. NAIT is analogous to rhesus alloimmunization in pathophysiology; however, it often presents unexpectedly in first pregnancies. Presentation of NAIT varies from mil...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Strong NK,Eddleman KA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical diagnosis and management of thyroid hormone excess and deficiency are dependent on accurate laboratory measurements and the interpretation of serum free T4 and TSH values. A variety of free T4 methods are available that perform well in otherwise healthy patients with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism and ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Kaptein EM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion medicine is a rapidly evolving specialty, and efforts are ongoing to improve the safety and quality of blood component therapy. Leukocytes are known to be the cause of numerous adverse effects of transfusion therapy, and their removal from red cells and platelet components may be desirable in a variety of ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Klapper EB,Goldfinger D

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in computing speed and power have made a pure digital work flow for pathology. New technologies such as whole slide imaging (WSI), multispectral image analysis, and algorithmic image searching seem poised to fundamentally change the way in which pathology is practiced. This article provides the practicing pat...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Park S,Pantanowitz L,Parwani AV

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening tests may help or harm the healthy subject and, therefore, must be selected and used carefully. Criteria for selection include characteristics of the disease(s), of the potential screening tests, and of the population(s) to be screened. An understanding of methods used to evaluate tests will allow the invest...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Mulley AG

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FNA cytology has been shown to be highly accurate in diagnosing malignant tumors. In gynecology, an overall accuracy of 94.5% in the differentiation between benign and malignant tumors has been reported. Despite many controversial views regarding its safety, aspiration cytology has been accepted as an innocuous proced...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Ganjei P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formal medical and public health microbiology (MPHM) fellowship programs play a key role in preparing future clinical microbiology laboratory directors for their leadership and management responsibilities. Given the continually evolving MPHM field, fellowships must remain adaptable to changes in the field, providing t...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Pritt BS,Bowler CA,Theel ES

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify specific strains within a given species of pathogen is an important aid in the rational development of effective measures to prevent and control nosocomial infections. The efforts of both microbiologist and hospital epidemiologic are facilitated greatly by the availability of the newer molecula...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Sader HS,Hollis RJ,Pfaller MA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct-to-consumer genetic testing came on the scene 2 decades ago as a means for allowing consumers to access their genetic information without the involvement of a physician or genetic counselor. Results are delivered directly to the consumer, often leading to misinterpretation and needless medical interventions or ...

journal_title：Clinics in laboratory medicine

authors： Dinulos MBP,Vallee SE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00