Bedside haematology: new facility in general practice.
| Autor: | Longmore JM |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) [Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)] 1983 Dec 17; Vol. 287 (6408), pp. 1849-51. |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.287.6408.1849 |
| Abstrakt: | A technique has been developed for performing rapid white cell counts and differential white cell counts at the bedside which uses a pocket McArthur microscope and a development of Field's staining technique. A fixed volume thick film technique is used for the total white cell count that uses the minimum of equipment, all of which is disposable. In a study of samples from 88 patients using the thick film technique and standard laboratory techniques the thick film counts fell within 1.1 X 10(9)/1 (mean) of the standard laboratory count. This compares with a value of 1.0 X 10(9)/1 (mean) for within laboratory variability, using different electronic counters on the same specimen. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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