Rapid availability of theophilline plasma concentration in office practice (out-patients)

Autor: Cristina Cinti, Pier Aldo Canessa, Vittorio Capecchi, Antonio Torraca, Daniela Cagnetti, Maria Chiara Pieri
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Aerobiologia. 8:159-162
ISSN: 1573-3025
0393-5965
DOI: 10.1007/bf02291345
Popis: A new non-instrumental method, disposable for T determination (Immunograph-Acculevel, Syva, Palo Alto, USA) in out-patients related to the EMIT method in laboratory is described. 24 patients were studied with the two methods by a little blood arterial sample used also for the gasanalysis (15 M, 9 F: average age 63 (±2.3), range 32–74; 6 with asthma, 8 with chronic bronchitis and 10 with COPD. The linear regression analysis of the samples showed highly significant correlation of results between IMMUNOGRAPH and EMIT (y=0.827+1.874 r≅0.9. This is a rapid, precise, reliable and specific method but expensive. It allows to control the side effects of T therapy.
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