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Diagnostics & Laboratory Technology
Volume 62, Number 4, July 2010
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| | Evaluation of the Performance of the Automated Urine Sediment Analyzer “Urised” Compared with the Manual Method
Objective: To compare the performance of the Urised, an image-based automated urine sediment analyzer, against the manual method in urine sediment analysis.
Methods: The study was carried out in the Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in November 2008. One hundred and one urine samples ...
| | The Cut-off Point of Anti-dsDNA Test by EliA dsDNA
Objective: To determine the cut-off point of anti-dsDNA for screening by EliA dsDNA.
Methods: Serum specimens requested for anti-dsDNA between October and December 2007 were recruited and tested by the Crithidia luciliae immunofluorescence test (CLIFT) and automated fluorescence immunoassay (EliA dsDNA). The CLIFT was considered as the gold standard method. Different ...
| | | Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Tests: What Should We Know?
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are serological markers for supporting the diagnosis of ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis (AASV), namely Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) and pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis. ANCA also helps in the diagnosis of other non-vasculitic inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) ...
| | Factitious Results in Clinical Chemistry Tests Caused by Common Endogenous Interferents
Total laboratory processes are comprised of preanalytical, analytical and postanalytical phases. Quality management must be performed in all phases to yield the accuracy and precision of laboratory results. In spite of large evidence of the benefit in implementing a quality program and the improvement of laboratory automation instruments to reduce all ...
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