Platelet function testing is important for the diagnostic evaluation of common and rare bleeding disorders. Our study goals were to promote best practices and reduce unnecessary testing variances by developing North American guidelines on platelet function testing. Guidelines were developed by consensus for expert recommendations (minimum level for approval, 70%) that included recommendations o...

the genus entamoeba contains many species, six of which (entamoeba histolytica, entamoeba dispar, entamoeba moshkovskii, entamoeba polecki, entamoeba coli, and entamoeba hartmanni) reside in the human intestinal lumen. entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of amebiasis in humans with a worldwide distribution. correct detection of e.histolytica is frequently a major concern in diagnostic ...

introduction: electronic medical records has of practically paved the way to centralize information without being worried about physical space. although iran, from technological point of view, is able to compete with developed countries, it has fallen because of medical records technology. in this study, hospital information systems in educational hospitals in tehran province were compared with...

the application of magnetic resonance to diagnostic medical imaging stands as one of the great scientific achievements in the past 50 years. magnetic resonance techniques are easily applied to organs which remain stationary during the imaging procedure, such as the brain and musculoskeletal system. imaging of moving heart structures and circulating blood is considerably more difficult.   clinic...

From the Graduate School (SP), Department of Clinical Chemistry (SP, SF) and Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand (GF, KS), Department of Clinical Pathology, Maharaj Hospital, Nakornsrithammaraj, Thailand (SS), Center for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, T...

BACKGROUND Successful management of patients with hematologic malignancies depends upon accurate and timely diagnosis, which frequently requires integration and interpretation of multiple tests. Our retrospective analysis compared diagnostic uncertainty, resource utilization, and costs for patients with diagnostic bone marrow (BM) tests managed by commercial laboratories. METHODS Patients wit...

in september 2007 national standard manual was finalized and officially announced as the minimal quality requirements for all medical laboratories in the country. apart from auditing laboratories, reference health laboratory has performed benchmarking auditing of medical laboratory network (surveys) in provinces. 12(th) benchmarks performed in tehran and alborz provinces, iran in 2010 in three ...