Clinical and economic performance criteria for intraarterial and extraarterial blood gas monitors, with comparison with in vitro testing.

abstract：:HER2 overexpression and amplification have been studied as a therapeutic and prognostic target in a number of human cancers, including esophageal, gastric, and colorectal adenocarcinomas. However, HER2 status has not been well investigated in primary small intestinal adenocarcinoma, probably because of its rarity. In ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chan OT,Chen ZM,Chung F,Kawachi K,Phan DC,Himmelfarb E,Lin F,Perry A,Wang HL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because T-regulatory cells (Tregs) can harmfully impair HIV-specific responses or beneficially limit immune activation, we compared the number of Tregs in lymph nodes from 48 HIV+ patients and 106 HIV- subjects. By using a microscope counting grid, we found that the mean ± SD number of Tregs in lymph nodes was 3 times...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arce J,Levin M,Xie Q,Albanese J,Ratech H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vimentin has been regarded as the intermediate filament characteristic of normal and neoplastic mesenchymal cells and keratins as typical of epithelial cells and the neoplasms derived from them. However, many epithelial cells in tissue culture or in effusion, as well as cells in some solid epithelial neoplasms such as...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Azumi N,Battifora H

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinomas of the sigmoid colon and rectum were studied for the presence of blood group substances of the A, B, H system using the method of specific erythrocytic adherence. Of 17 adenocarcinomas studied, eight were found to have reactivity for blood group substances. All eight tumours showing reactivity for bloo...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Cooper HS,Haesler WE Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common ovarian malignancy. The role of cytopathology in obtaining tissue diagnosis before institution of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) was evaluated. METHODS:All histopathology-proven HGSC specimens between 2015 and 2018 with prior cytopathologic diagnosis by...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bansal A,Srinivasan R,Rohilla M,Sundaram A,Rai B,Rajwanshi A,Suri V,Saha SC,Gupta N,Gupta P,Dey P

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An intraoperative consultation (IOC) checklist was developed and implemented aimed at standardizing slide labeling and monitoring metrics central to quality and safety in surgical pathology. DESIGN:Data were collected for all IOC cases over a 9-month period. Slide labeling defect rates and IOC turnaround ti...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Chen Y,Anderson KR,Xu J,Goldsmith JD,Heher YK

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is by far the most common malignancy of the upper aerodigestive tract. Most conventional-type SCCs do not present the surgical pathologist with diagnostic difficulty. Certain variants, however, can histologically mimic benign and other malignant diseases. In such cases, correct diagnosis ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Stelow EB,Mills SE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion" (LSIL-H) is an increasingly used, equivocal interpretive category in gynecologic cytology. In an effort to evaluate its potential usefulness as a measure of quality assurance, we studied patterns of use of the...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Nishino HT,Wilbur DC,Tambouret RH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defined antigen substrate sphere system is a simple method for detecting antigen or antibody in the circulation. The technic is based on the coupling of antigen or antibody with Sepharose 4B beads that have been activated by cyanogen bromide. In this study the activated beads were exposed to dengue antigen in the ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Boonpucknavig S,Bunnag C,Vuttiviroj O,Nimmannitya S

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of changes in cytology laboratory costs, including the costs of new technologies, on the cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer prevention has not been studied. Using University of Iowa laboratory detection rates and costs, a decision model determined the cost-effectiveness of the laboratory with and without...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Raab SS,Zaleski MS,Silverman JF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The platelet aggregation responses induced by adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and collagen were characterized by parameters defining rate and extent of reaction. Values were compared on the basis of platelet concentration, time elapsed between sample collection and test performance, and sex of donors. Rate and extent of a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Roper P,Drewinko B,Hasler D,Johnston D,Hester J,Freireich EJ

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) complexes have been implicated in atherogenesis. oxLDL/beta2GPI complexes were measured in 339 patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes. Approximately 68% had angiographically documented coronary artery disease (CAD) and significantly h...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Greco TP,Conti-Kelly AM,Anthony JR,Greco T Jr,Doyle R,Boisen M,Kojima K,Matsuura E,Lopez LR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The international sensitivity index (ISI) calibration of point-of-care-test (POCT) prothrombin time (PT) whole blood monitors is complex, requiring manual PT testing of 60 patients' and 20 healthy subjects' plasma samples. The possibility of reducing these numbers was studied by a Monte Carlo Bootstrap study for 2 POC...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Poller L,Keown M,Chauhan N,van den Besselaar AM,Tripodi A,Jespersen J,Shiach C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear DNA content of 20 cases of primary differentiated thyroid carcinoma, 27 corresponding cervical lymph node metastases, and 2 local recurrent tumors was determined by flow cytometry. Evidence of DNA aneuploidy was found in either the primary tumor or in the corresponding metastases in 10 (63%) of the 16 papillar...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Joensuu H,Klemi PJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated assays for free protein S (ProS) antigen, total ProS antigen, and ProS crossed immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) in the diagnosis of type 1 inherited ProS deficiency. Accurate measurement of the hemostatically important free ProS required showing that, on each specimen, precipitation of the C4b-bin...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Edson JR,Vogt JM,Huesman DA

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the expression of cytokeratin (CK) 7, CK20, CDX-2, and p16 in 119 cervical adenocarcinomas (65 usual type [50 invasive; 15 in situ], 37 intestinal type [21 invasive; 16 in situ], 10 endometrioid, 5 adenosquamous, and 2 signet-ring carcinomas) in comparison with 55 cases of rectal adenocarcinomas. The percen...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Saad RS,Ismiil N,Dubé V,Nofech-Mozes S,Khalifa MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the seventh known case of blue nevus of the lymph node capsule and reviews the previously reported cases. The migration arrest hypothesis as an explanation for the occurrence of this lesion is favored rather than the "benign metastasis" hypothesis. The importance of the recognition of this pheno...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Lamovec J

更新日期：1984-03-01 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：:Factitious laboratory results often lead to unnecessary testing or treatment. This brief review of factitious biochemical results due to preexisting hematologic conditions focuses on the mechanisms underlying the factitious results and suggests ways to prevent them. An observant pathologist identifies these errors, in...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Dalal BI,Brigden ML

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with isolated trisomy 4 is rare. Associations with KIT mutations on chromosome 4q12 have been documented. The clinicopathologic features and mutational status of KIT, FLT3, NPM1, CEBPA, and RAS were assessed in 13 AML cases with isolated trisomy 4. There were 9 men and 4 women with a media...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Bains A,Lu G,Yao H,Luthra R,Medeiros LJ,Sargent RL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carumonam, a new monobactam, was found to have an anti-microbial spectrum similar to aztreonam. Its spectrum includes Enterobacteriaceae, Haemophilus influenzae, pathogenic Neisseria species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and some streptococci. Staphylococcus species, enterococci, and many other nonenteric gram-negative bac...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Jones RN,Barry AL,Thornsberry C,Fuchs PC,Packer RR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 2 patient populations, using different elution strategies, were compared to evaluate eluate yields under more and less restrictive conditions. An informative eluate was defined as one in which an antibody that could be clinically significant was detected in the eluate but was not detectable in the plasm...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Veeraputhiran MK,Pesek GA,Blackall DP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of an American child with Burkitt's lymphoma are described. The morphology of the cells was demonstrated better by use of the "millipore" technic and hematoxylin and eosin staining than by the Wright-stained smear. ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Fuchs HB,Rosan RC

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidant-antioxidant balance is known to regulate growth factors and invasion of tumor cells. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), copper zinc SOD (CuZnSOD), and extracellular SOD (ECSOD), the first-line antioxidant defenses, were studied in lung carcinomas by immunohistochemical analysis (n = 139, 56, and 37, respe...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Svensk AM,Soini Y,Pääkkö P,Hiravikoski P,Kinnula VL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the Affirm VPIII molecular test (Becton Dickinson, Burlington, NC) with morphologic identification used in routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening in the detection and identification of Candida species, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Gardnerella vaginalis, we identified 431 cases with a concomitant Pap test a...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Levi AW,Harigopal M,Hui P,Schofield K,Chhieng DC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess their applied clinical utility, viral cultures and serological tests for cytomegalovirus (CMV) were reviewed at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), a 1,125-bed tertiary-care hospital. Less than 1% (3 of 1,216) of CMV cultures were positive, and 8% of serum samples (45 of 587) were positive by single sera ...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Mangano WE,Gruninger RP

更新日期：1996-08-01 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

authors： Horna P,Kurant D,Sokol L,Sotomayor EM,Moscinski L,Glass LF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 500 consecutive soft tissue lesions referred for expert consultation to determine types of lesions and/or situations in which major discrepancies occur. Of 266 cases (53.2%) accompanied by a diagnosis, essential agreement with the second opinion was noted in 68%, minor discrepancy in 7%, and major discrepa...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Arbiser ZK,Folpe AL,Weiss SW

更新日期：2001-10-01 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

authors： Khan WA,Yu L,Eisenbrey AB,Crisan D,al Saadi A,Davis BH,Hankin RC,Mattson JC

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endocervical curettage (ECC) specimens may be limited by scant tissue. We evaluated whether a cellular concentration processing method could improve their diagnostic quality. METHODS:Between October 2018 and June 2019, ECC specimens were assigned chronologically to one of two groups: nonconcentrated ECC (NE...

journal_title：American journal of clinical pathology

authors： Ramia de Cap M,Jou D,Chen Y,Hecht JL,VanderLaan PA,Chen AL

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00