a simple inexpensive con!nuous quality control method, by means of eight basic blood coun!ng parameters, obtained from automated hematology analyzers, using pa!ent samples, is described. a few samples with low, normal and high values were selected and introduced to the instrument early in the morning as the first count, the results of which are plo#ed on the appropriate chart as dots. the same ...

background: full blood count has been shown to predict disease severity and mortality risk in cancer patients. this study aimed to highlight the degree of derangements of full blood count parameters and provide mean values in pre-chemotherapy breast cancer patients compared with apparently normal control subjects.methods: this was an unmatched case-control study among breast cancer patients att...

to assess the effects of pre-analytical handling (storage time and temperature) on selected hematological parameters, whole blood samples were collected in edta coated tubes from each of 30 clinically normal male adult beagle dogs. each sample was separated in 2 aliquots, of which one was stored in ambient temperature (25 ˚c) and the other one was refrigerated (2 to 4 ˚c). complete blood counts...

conclusions when evaluating flank pain in patients, it is important to remember that cbc parameters may support urinary stone disease, and considering cbc results may be useful in the diagnosis of urinary stone disease. patients and methods this study was a retrospective observational study of 3,099 patients who were admitted to the urology outpatient clinic or diagnosed with urinary stone dise...

conclusions respiratory distress is more common in eos whereas jaundice, fever and seizure are more likely to be observed in los infants. considering the results, clinical manifestations should be regarded as an important part of early diagnosis of sepsis. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate, record and rank the clinical manifestations and lab data of neonates with clinical sepsis....

conclusions according to the results of this study, effect of biochemical interfering factors on test results of impedance cell counter must be considered in clinical laboratories. results comparison between case and control groups revealed that uremia caused significant increase in mcv and rdw levels (p < 0.05) and had no effect on mch level (p > 0.05). both hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia caus...

background &amp; objective: there are many common infections and inflammations among people over the world. this demands an affordable and reliable test with high sensitivity/specificity to predict or confirm the diagnosis of such cases in routinely clinical practice. in the present study, we aimed to find any potential correlation between serum levels of ggt and crp- q and/or hs- crp and wbc c...

objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the biological effects of opium on the number of peripheral blood cells and red blood cells (rbcs) indices in diabetic rats. materials and methods peripheral blood samples were collected from diabetic, opium-addicted, diabetic opium-addicted and normal male and female rats and hematological parameters were measured. results the mean number of whi...

abstract background phenyl ketonuria (pku) is a congenital metabolic disease. irreversible brain damage is the result of phenyl alanin accumulation, so its amount should be restricted in patients diet. in their diet, trace elements such as hem iron, folic acid, vitamin b12 and, etc are also limited, and could represent anemia. in this study, the frequency of anemia in pku patients in yazd was i...