Article | 09-August-2018
Designing child hospitals is a complex, multi-layered process. Research shows, the patients’ environment has influence on the process of treatment. The feelings of isolation, powerlessness, discomfort and stress can be exacerbated by a inadequate design. Currently, many hospitals are built around the world, in which the design should help process of treatment. One of them is the Meyer Hospital in Florence, Italy, which is an excellent example of an interesting, functional and surprising
Magdalena Jamrozik-Szatanek,
Łukasz Jamrozik-Szatanek
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 1, 11–20
Research Article | 21-May-2019
Appropriate decontamination of hospital textiles depends heavily on specifically defined proceedings for handling decontaminated hospital textiles (collection, segregation, packing, transportation) and appropriate disinfection in the laundry process. It is becoming increasingly common to disinfect hospital textiles in a chemical-thermal process. Disinfectants used in this process should be applied according to functional parameters defined in validated and repeatable test methods. Changes in
Patryk Tarka,
Aneta Nitsch-Osuch,
Krzysztof Kanecki,
Agnieszka Chojecka,
Olga Paduch
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 56 , ISSUE 1, 113–119
Research Article | 23-May-2019
Drug-resistant bacteria from the genus Enterococcus are currently among the most important pathogens behind healthcare-associated infections. The drug resistance of these bacteria has been on the increase since the 1980s, leeding to their multi-drug resistance. Selective pressure, present mainly in the hospital environment, contributed to this phenomenon. However, also outside the hospital environment selective pressure comes into play, namely the use of antibiotics as promoters of growth in
Katarzyna Talaga-Ćwiertnia,
Małgorzata Bulanda
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 57 , ISSUE 3, 244–250
Review | 20-March-2020
Many hospital transfusion services have assumed responsibility for the coordinated management of human allograft tissue. This overview summarizes logistical aspects of tissue management based on the experience of a centralized tissue service at a large academic hospital, in which tissue is stored in a location remote from patient care areas. Operational aspects include determination of which personnel classifications will perform the necessary functions, establishment and maintenance of the
Beth M. Alden,
Annette J. Schlueter
Immunohematology, Volume 25 , ISSUE 3, 107–111
research-article | 13-February-2018
, 2017). The country wise variation is due, among other things, to aspects of safety of mother and child, mother’s satisfaction, respect for women’s rights, and cost-effectiveness. Previous studies from several countries including Canada (Janssen et al., 2009), Denmark (Jensen et al., 2017), The Netherlands (Bolten et al., 2016; de Jonge et al., 2013), and Switzerland (Ackermann-Liebrich et al., 1996) showed no significant differences between homebirths and hospital births in deaths or short-term
Matti Sillanpää,
Maiju M. Saarinen,
Päivi Polo-Kantola
Journal of Epileptology, Volume 26 , ISSUE 1-2, 7–14
original-paper | 19-March-2021
Introduction
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a critical multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterium in humans responsible for numerous hospital infections linked to high morbidity and mortality since treatment options are limited (Navon-Venezia et al. 2017). K. pneumoniae from the family Enterobacteriaceae, occurs in the human and animal gastrointestinal tract microbiome. It is a commonly found opportunistic pathogen associated with the hospital environment and, overall, accountable for approximately a third
DOROTA OCHOŃSKA,
HANNA KLAMIŃSKA-CEBULA,
ANNA DOBRUT,
MAŁGORZATA BULANDA,
MONIKA BRZYCHCZY-WŁOCH
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 1, 107–116
research-article | 08-October-2021
of these areas, is also proposed in rural areas.
It is proposed to organize additional (extra) primary healthcare facilities in the urban environment by integrating this function into diagnostic centers in the network of secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities. This will provide medical assistance throughout the year and around the clock, reducing the burden on the out-of-hospital emergency medical service. Diagnostic centers at maternity hospitals or perinatal centers may serve as an extra
Irina BULAKH
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 14 , ISSUE 3, 5–15
original-paper | 28-June-2019
provides useful information for prevention and helps clinicians prescribe the effective antibiotic therapy (Ventola 2015), as well as optimize the use of antibiotics, which has become one of the most important parts of drug resistance control (Lafaurie et al. 2012; Wang et al. 2018). In this study, the significant changes and trends in antibiotic resistance of clinically important pathogens isolated from a general hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, from 2011 to 2016 were described to provide
TINGTING MAO,
HUIJUAN ZHAI,
GUANGCAI DUAN,
HAIYAN YANG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 2, 225–232
Review | 20-March-2020
Quality assurance is a vital component of a tissue service that aims to meet regulatory requirements and provide safe and functional tissue for surgical procedures in the institution. Many hospital transfusion services have or are in the process of assuming tissue service functions for their institutions, and the concepts of tissue quality assurance requirements should be familiar to the transfusion service. This review discusses the key aspects of tissue service quality assurance, including
Christine M. Hillberry,
Annette J. Schlueter
Immunohematology, Volume 25 , ISSUE 3, 102–106
research-article | 17-April-2021
1.
INTRODUCTION
Modern hospitals are complex and large-scale systems that should provide effective treatment while creating and radiating a compassionate, supportive, and caring environment for patients who are the most vulnerable psychologically and physically during illness [1, 2]. To achieve this goal hospital projects should be created individually, taking into account many specific circumstances of the urban environment, traditions, and culture, the way of community life [3, 4]. A sick
Irina BULAKH
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 14 , ISSUE 1, 15–24
Article | 14-October-2020
To evaluate the current use of the DAT in our hospital,we reviewed the charts of all patients who had a DAT performed in our laboratory. The collected data included DAT results and a previously completed laboratory evaluation of suspected hemolytic anemia. Four hundred sixty-three DATs were performed in our laboratory from April 1999 to October 2001.The DAT was negative in 434 (93.7%) cases and positive in 29 (6.3%) cases. A complete laboratory evaluation of suspected hemolytic anemia was seen
Joan Cid,
Xavier Ortín,
Víctor Beltran,
Lourdes Escoda,
Enric Contreras,
Enric Elies,
Carmen Martín-Vega
Immunohematology, Volume 19 , ISSUE 1, 16–18
Short Communication | 27-September-2017
obtained, including two virulent environmental clones and three clinical clones virulent and resistant to antibiotics. Intra-hospital transmission of high-risk clones detected, in and between wards, constitutes a great public health concern.
Itto Maroui,
Abouddihaj Barguigua,
Asmae Aboulkacem,
Hanane Elhafa,
Khadija Ouarrak,
Mohammed Sbiti,
Lhoussain Louzi,
Mohammed Timinouni,
Abdelhaq Belhaj
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 3, 397–400
Research Article | 03-April-2018
Cigarette smoking costs Australia and New Zealand billions of dollars per year and is the single most preventable risk to health. Though governments have initiated numerous public health policies which have reduced the incidence of smoking, current usage remains around 15 percent. Making further inroads is likely to require augmenting these interventions with action at the individual level. The hospital setting provides a unique opportunity to assess the efficacy of individual attention. The
Zoe Kopsaftis,
Joseph van Agteren,
Kristin Carson-Chahhoud,
Tim O’Loughlin,
Brian Smith
Evidence Base, Volume 2018 , ISSUE 1, 1–35
Short Communication | 28-December-2016
Work in Hospital Emergency Departments (HEDs) exposes both the emergency ward staff and patients to infectious and in other way harmful biological agents. The results of this study shows the presence of pathogenic bacteria isolated by three different methods. It revealed 9.8% of pathogens detected by imprint method, 10.5% of pathogens by swabbing method, 17.6% and 22% in HEDs corridors and rooms, respectively, by air sampling method. In control workplaces (offices) pathogenic bacteria reached
Agata Bielawska-Drózd,
Bożena Wlizło-Skowronek,
Piotr Cieślik,
Izabela Winnicka,
Ewa Skopińska-Różewska,
Leszek Kubiak,
Dorota Żakowska,
Aleksandra Brewczyńska,
Janusz Kocik
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 65 , ISSUE 4, 465–469
Short Communication | 27-September-2017
Four Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from children hospitalized over 10 months in an intensive care unit in a children’s teaching hospital in Poland were analyzed. All of the isolates belonged to a single pulsotype and sequence type (ST) 11, and produced the KPC-2 carbapenemase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) CTX-M-15. They were resistant to a variety of antimicrobials, and their β-lactam resistance patterns were typical for KPC producers. This is one of few cases of
Monika Machulska,
Anna Baraniak,
Iwona Żak,
Katarzyna Bojarska,
Dorota Żabicka,
Iwona Sowa-Sierant,
Waleria Hryniewicz,
Marek Gniadkowski
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 3, 401–404
original-paper | 03-September-2019
). Type 2 of NSTI is usually associated with infection with a single bacterial species (e.g. MRSA) and often affects limbs. Some people distinguish Type 3, i.e. infection caused by a particular bacterial species: Aeromonas hydrophila, Vibrio vulnificus or a species from the genus Clostridium, which is most often isolated from gas gangrene cases (Stevens et al. 2017).
From the point of view of epidemiology and future management in cases of recurring NSTI in the same hospital, it is important to
DOMINIKA SALAMON,
DOROTA OCHOŃSKA,
ILONA WOJAK,
EWA MIKOŁAJCZYK,
MAŁGORZATA BULANDA,
MONIKA BRZYCHCZY-WŁOCH
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 3, 323–329
original-paper | 27-March-2019
Introduction
Staphylococcus aureus has been considered as one of the pathogenic bacteria responsible for a wide variety of diseases. Such diseases range from slight skin infections to critical infections including septicemia (Tokajian 2014). After the introduction of methicillin in 1959, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has transpired as a significant hospital-associated pathogen (Tokajian 2014). The widespread of MRSA and its capability for escalating in hospitals and community settings
NELLY M. MOHAMED,
AZZA S. ZAKARIA,
EVA A. EDWARD,
AMANY ABDEL-BARY
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 1, 59–69
Original Paper | 28-June-2017
The aim of the study was to assess the epidemiology, the incidence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and bloodstream infections’ (BSIs) seasonality in a university hospital. This retrospective study was carried out in the University General Hospital of Patras, Greece, during 2011–13 y. Blood cultures from patients with clinical presentation suggestive of bloodstream infection were performed by the BacT/ALERT System. Isolates were identified by Vitek 2 Advanced Expert System
Fevronia Kolonitsiou,
Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris,
Anastasia Spiliopoulou,
Vasiliki Stamouli,
Vasileios Papakostas,
Eleni Apostolopoulou,
Christos Panagiotopoulos,
Markos Marangos,
Evangelos D. Anastassiou,
Myrto Christofidou,
Iris Spiliopoulou
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 2, 171–180
original-paper | 08-September-2020
ICU patients in our hospital (Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China) between October 2016 and March 2019. The identification of these isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility testing were done using the VITEK 2 Compact automated system (BioMérieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France). The routine antibiotic panel comprised ertapenem, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, amikacin, aztreonam, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, cefazolin, nitrofurantoin, cefepime, cefoxitin, gentamicin
ZHENGZHENG WANG,
FANGYOU YU,
XIAOFEI SHEN,
MEILAN LI
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 3, 311–319
original-paper | 03-September-2019
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Experimental
Materials and Methods
Four hundred forty-five clinical C. glabrata sensu lato strains were isolated from different clinical samples (urine – 154, tracheal aspirate – 63, throat swab – 44, sputum – 34, feces – 32, peritoneal fluid – 27, skin ulcer – 26, vagina – 18, post-surgical wound drainage – 12, bile – 11, blood – 7, bronchoalveolar lavage – 7, other – 10) at routine mycological exams at the Infant Jesus Teaching Hospital in Warsaw in the years from 2014 to 2016. All samples were
MAGDALENA SIKORA,
ROBERT KUTHAN,
KATARZYNA PISKORSKA-MALOLEPSZA,
MARLENA GOLAS-PRADZYNSKA,
DARIUSZ DOMAŃSKI,
EWA AUGUSTYNOWICZ-KOPEĆ,
EWA SWOBODA-KOPEC
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 3, 303–308
Report | 14-March-2020
Conventional tube testing was used for antibody screening and titration in D– pregnant women in our hospital until the recent introduction of the gel test. In this study we assessed the sensitivity of the gel test in our setup and tried to establish a correlation between these tests for determining antibody titer. We collected 652 blood samples from 223 antenatal D– women during a span of 1 year. The samples were tested separately by the conventional tube technique and the gel test
Manish K. Thakur,
Neelam Marwaha,
Praveen Kumar,
Subhash C. Saha,
Beenu Thakral,
Ratti Ram Sharma,
Karan Saluja,
Hari Krishan Dhawan,
Ashish Jain
Immunohematology, Volume 26 , ISSUE 4, 174–177
research-article | 01-June-2020
epidemiological study indicated up to 212,000 people (1 in 117 people aged over 50 years) are living with PD in Australia, with more than one million caregivers, family and friends directly impacted by the condition (Ayton et al., 2019).
The associated economic burden in 2014 was almost $1.1 billion and accounted for 53% of all health system costs (Deloitte Access Economics, 2015); this burden is expected to rise. Nursing home and inpatient hospital care comprise the largest component of these costs
Vincent Carroll,
Kirsten Deutschmann,
Jessica Andrews
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 30 , ISSUE 1, 32–43
Case report | 10-January-2018
Objective: To assess the feasibility of service integration for neurological care. Design: Observation study Participants: A total of 104 admissions for 92 neurological patients treated in a major region hospital and suitable for discharge home were eligible for participation. Intervention: A neurological integrated care pathway (NICP) was trialled at a major regional hospital between July 2012 and June 2013. Objective data included patients, gender, age, diagnosis, length of hospital stay
Kathleen McCoy,
Harriet Chan
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 25 , ISSUE 2, 25–29
Case report | 25-January-2018
Objective: To assess the feasibility of service integration for neurological care. Design: Observation study Participants: A total of 104 admissions for 92 neurological patients treated in a major region hospital and suitable for discharge home were eligible for participation. Intervention: A neurological integrated care pathway (NICP) was trialled at a major regional hospital between July 2012 and June 2013. Objective data included patients, gender, age, diagnosis, length of hospital stay
Kathleen McCoy,
Harriet Chan
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 26 , ISSUE 1, 38–43
research-article | 30-November-2017
1.
INTRODUCTION: A CHILD IN A HOSPITAL
This paper intends to present contemporary trends in the architecture of medical facilities for the youngest patients. It takes up the subject of spatial organization and material solutions applied in the interiors of such objects. The structure of the text has been divided into two formal parts. The first one elaborates on contemporary design assumptions that designers apply while creating a medical architecture, aiming at it being friendly for a child’s
Agnieszka GĘBCZYŃSKA-JANOWICZ,
Bogusława KONARZEWSKA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 11 , ISSUE 2, 13–24
case-report | 25-June-2021
= weak; pos = positive.
Case Report
Here we report a case in which a B subgroup was detected by an observant technologist using both automated gel and manual tube methods with conventional reagents at a busy hospital transfusion service. The facility is a 450-bed, small, community hospital and level 1 trauma center. The hospital transfuses an average of 5500–6000 total units of blood components annually. The lab received an EDTA-anticoagulated blood specimen for a type and screen order from a
E. Elardo,
N. Elbadri,
C. Sanchez,
V. Powell,
M. Smaris,
Y. Li,
J. Jacobson,
T. Hilbert,
T. Hamilton,
D.W. Wu
Immunohematology, Volume 37 , ISSUE 2, 89–94
Case report | 06-December-2020
A child with a history of recent viral infection entered the hospital with severe anemia, hemoglobinuria, and suspected autoimmune disease. Serologic findings included a positive direct antiglobulin test and incompatible crossmatches. Extensive studies, including a Donath-Landsteiner test, confirmed paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria. The child was transfused several times with washed red blood cells compatible by prewarm technique. Although hemolysis continued after each transfusion, he stabilized
Carol A. Putnam
Immunohematology, Volume 8 , ISSUE 1, 19–21
Research Article | 15-February-2020
The need for technology to assist in medical monitoring applications is becoming more necessary in society as the number of patients in hospital and clinics continues to grow. The demand on staff to monitor every individual consistently becomes necessary. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are now being used to facilitate this on-demand monitoring both at the patients home and in the hospital/clinic environment. This paper looks at the basic parameters necessary for a medical based WSN with
Avijit Mathur,
Thomas Newe
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 7 , ISSUE 5, 1–6
research-article | 15-June-2020
Introduction
Even though cross-sectional contrast-enhanced methods have increased in prevalence over the past 20 years, the rare case described below reaffirms that sonographic evaluation continues to play an important role in the diagnostic algorithm.
A 52-year-old male patient, with a history of obesity-related health problems, was admitted to hospital to undergo an EUS (endoscopic ultrasonography) procedure for a suspected retroperitoneal tumor.
Case report
Two weeks before the described
Wojciech Tynecki,
Andrzej Tynecki,
Agata Grobelna,
Tomasz Baranowski,
Grzegorz Siemiaszko,
Tomasz Łapiński,
Julia Wilczek
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 20 , ISSUE 81, e151–e153
Review | 09-October-2019
Silvano Wendel,
Rita Fontão-Wendel,
Mayra Altobeli de Brito,
Regina Cardoso
Immunohematology, Volume 32 , ISSUE 1, 13–14
research-article | 30-November-2018
about usefulness are positively associated with changes in individual beliefs about usefulness; and (2) less network churn (i.e., fewer tie additions or deletions) is associated with more network influence, that is, greater effect of peer beliefs on individual beliefs. We testedour hypotheses with longitudinal network data collected from hospital employees in a survey administered 2 – 4 months before (N = 256) and 3 – 5 months after (N = 284) the implementation of a new electronic medical record
Christina T. Yuan,
Gerald C. Kane,
Jason M. Fletcher,
Ingrid M. Nembhard
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 20 , ISSUE 3, 29–49
Research Article | 30-November-2015
To date, injury risk among people with infantile autism (IA) has been a relatively poorly researched issue.The purpose of our study was to compare the prevalence and types of injuries in a clinical sample of 118 patients diagnosed with IA during childhood with those of 336 age- and sex-matched controls from the general population.All participants were screened through the nationwide Danish National Hospital Register. The average amount of time that the participants were observed was 30.3 years
Svend Erik Mouridsen,
Bente Rich,
Torben Isager
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Volume 4 , ISSUE 2, 88–95
Case report | 25-January-2018
Question: Does a Telehealth model of care facilitating treatment in rural hospitals for patients requiring a TLSO eliminate the need for transfer to a tertiary referral hospital? Design: Quantitative pre and post intervention design. Participants: Physiotherapists, nursing and medical staff at rural hospital pilot sites. Intervention: Pre and post intervention data collection provided patient demographics, and length of stay data around model of care implementation. Pre intervention staff
Ryan Gallagher,
Jane Morison,
Michelle Giles,
Judith Henderson,
Sarah Zehnder
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 26 , ISSUE 1, 7–9
Report | 01-December-2019
Steven R. Sloan
Immunohematology, Volume 28 , ISSUE 1, 17–19
research-article | 30-November-2020
, osobistej czy intymnej.
Osobnym, bardzo ważnym zagadnieniem jest higiena szpitalna, związana nieodłącznie z pojęciem higieny rąk. Zaniedbania higieny szpitalnej mogą prowadzić do rozwoju zakażeń związanych z opieką szpitalną/zdrowotną HAI (Hospital Aquiaried Infections). Według Światowej Organizacji Zdrowia (WHO – World Health Organization) są to zakażenia głównie pojawiające się podczas leczenia szpitalnego ale też ambulatoryjnego [30]. Zgodnie z raportem Stowarzyszenia Epidemiologii Szpitalnej, w
Klaudia Szarek,
Monika Kabała,
Gajane Martirosian
Advancements of Microbiology – Postepy Mikrobiologii, Volume 60 , ISSUE 4, 309–315
Original Paper | 29-September-2017
bigger in the drainage group. There were no statistically significant differences in the Harris Hip Score between the groups. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups in: complete blood count parameters and C-reactive protein values in the first and third day after surgery, the amount of transfused packed red blood cells, duration of hospital stay, cost of hospital stay and the relationship between osteophyte removal and hematoma size. Conclusions: Ultrasonography
Jerzy Białecki,
Paweł Bartosz,
Wojciech Marczyński,
Jan Zając
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 70, 149–153
research-article | 30-November-2018
gained more attention in popular media. Susanah Cahalan, a journalist who worked for the New York Post shared a powerful narrative of her personal experiences with the condition in the book, ‘The Brain on Fire’. For a relatively rare condition, one academic hospital in an urban centre treated four cases in a single year.
Clinical Presentation
A notable clinical manifestation of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis involves a triad of specific features that present as epilepsy, dyskinesia and psychiatric
Grissel B Crasto
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 29 , ISSUE 1, 1–8
Article | 10-November-2020
A. Chan,
H.F. Wong,
C.H. Chui,
L. Wong,
G. Cheng
Immunohematology, Volume 12 , ISSUE 1, 30–32
Article | 15-April-2020
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is a tertiarycare, academic university hospital and a major referral center for patients across the state of North Carolina. This 700-bed, Level 1 trauma center transfuses more than 22,000 RBC units to patients annually. Clinical services and areas of the hospital which rely most heavily on transfusion support for their activities are transplantation (bone marrow and solid organ), hematology, critical care (medical and surgical intensive
Araba Afenyi-Annan,
Nicholas Bandarenko
Immunohematology, Volume 22 , ISSUE 3, 103–107
Article | 14-October-2020
A variety of pretransfusion tests have been developed to improve the safety and effectiveness of transfusion. Recently, a number of traditional tests have been shown to offer limited clinical benefit and have been eliminated in many facilities. A survey of pretransfusion test practices was distributed to 116 hospital transfusion services. Routine test practices and facility size were analyzed. Ninety-one responses were received. Many smaller laboratories include tests such as anti-A,B, an
Beverly J. Padget,
Judith L. Hannon
Immunohematology, Volume 19 , ISSUE 1, 1–6
Case report | 06-December-2020
This case report describes laboratory management of a chronically transfused sickle cell anemia patient with multiple antibodies and the time involved in providing compatible red cells for transfusion. Time was evaluated using the laboratory workload record ing method of the College of American Pathologists. Red cell units were sent to the hospital within 24 to 48 hours from receipt of a referral sample, despite a workload recording time in excess of 15 hours for a typical sample.
Kirk D. Kitchen,
Mary F. Corgan,
Brenda L. Hillard
Immunohematology, Volume 9 , ISSUE 3, 81–82
Report | 01-December-2019
Stella T. Chou,
David F. Friedman
Immunohematology, Volume 28 , ISSUE 1, 27–30
Article | 15-April-2020
Deborah Sesok-Pizzini,
David F. Friedman,
Kim Smith-Whitley,
Sandra J. Nance
Immunohematology, Volume 22 , ISSUE 3, 121–125
Report | 01-December-2019
We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study among pregnant women in Kampala, Uganda, to determine ABO and D blood types and to determine the percentage who have unexpected red blood cell (RBC) antibodies and their specificities. Deidentified blood samples from routine testing of 1001 pregnant women at the Mulago Hospital antenatal clinics in Kampala were typed for ABO and D and screened for the presence of unexpected RBC antibodies with confirmation and subsequent antibody
Kristina Eipl,
Clemensia Nakabiito,
Kabali Bwogi,
Mahnaz Motevalli,
Angela Roots,
Lorraine Blagg,
J. Brooks Jackson
Immunohematology, Volume 28 , ISSUE 4, 115–117
Report | 01-December-2019
Matthew S. Karafin,
R. Sue Shirey,
Paul M. Ness,
Karen E. King
Immunohematology, Volume 28 , ISSUE 1, 3–6
original-paper | 17-September-2021
three case reports on M. luteus BSI, indicating that the clinical features of the patients remained uncertain. Hence, we described the clinical characteristics of patients with M. luteus BSI in a tertiary-care hospital in China, hoping to provide more information for this infrequent infection.
Experimental
Materials and Methods
Setting and design of the study. This retrospective study was performed at the First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital (FMC-PLAGH) in
MINGHUI ZHU,
QIANG ZHU,
ZHEN YANG,
ZHIXIN LIANG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 3, 321–326
Article | 22-January-2021
R. De La Puerta,
N. Carpio,
G. Sanz,
P. Solves
Immunohematology, Volume 36 , ISSUE 3, 89–92
Research Article | 24-May-2019
-associated infections. Staphylococcus epidermidis is mainly responsible for bloodstream infections and other biomedical device-related infections. Hospital strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis form protective biofilm and are characterized by their resistance to various antibiotics.
Beata Podgórska,
Danuta Kędzia
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 57 , ISSUE 4, 338–348
Article | 06-December-2020
Charts from a series of 679 hospital patients with positive direct antiglobulin tests (DATs) were reviewed. Sixty-three adult patients who demonstrated positive DATs due to IgG only but with nonreactive eluates were selected for further retrospective evaluation. Those patients were noted to fall into four distinct categories: autoimmune diseases including SLE, renal diseases, multiple myeloma, and miscellaneous diseases. In 16 patients for whom serum IgG levels were available, a significant
Jerald A. Clark,
Patricia C. Tanley,
Charles H. Wallas
Immunohematology, Volume 8 , ISSUE 1, 9–12
Research Article | 20-November-2017
existing follow-up recommendations and evidence for the metabolic adverse effects of SGAs in children, research evidence has not translated into clinical practice.Objective:The aim of this study was to assess the clinical use and follow-up practices of SGA medication among child psychiatric patients of one university hospital in Finland.Method:This retrospective patient report-based study was conducted at the Child Psychiatric Clinic of Tampere University Hospital, Finland. The study sample consisted
Kirsi Kakko,
Leena Pihlakoski,
Raili Salmelin,
Päivi Keskinen,
Kaija Puura,
Tuula Tamminen
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Volume 5 , ISSUE 2, 77–88
Original Paper | 14-November-2017
Background. Epilepsy is among the most frequent neurological conditions and it is estimated that approximately 8% of the population experience a seizure at some time in their lives. Aim. To examine the characteristics of patients referred to a First Seizure Clinic (FSC) at a University Hospital in South-West London. Methods. All subjects referred to the FSC at St George’s University Hospitals between January and December 2015 were included in this audit. Results. From a total of 257
Duncan Palka,
Mahinda Yogarajah,
Hannah R. Cock,
Marco Mula
Journal of Epileptology, Volume 25 , ISSUE 1-2, 31–36
Original Paper | 28-December-2016
Five of thiourea derivatives were prepared using as a starting compound 3-(trifluoromethyl)aniline, 4-chloro-3-nitroaniline, 1,3-thiazol-2-amine, 2H-1,2,3-triazol-4-amine and commercial isothiocyanates. All compounds were evaluated in vitro for antimicrobial activity. Derivatives 2 and 3 showed the highest inhibition against Gram-positive cocci (standard and hospital strains). The observed MIC values were in the range of 0.5–8 μg/ml. The products effectively inhibited the formation of
Joanna Stefańska,
Karolina Stępień,
Anna Bielenica,
Małgorzata Wrzosek,
Marta Struga
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 65 , ISSUE 4, 451–460
Research Article | 22-May-2019
In recent years, the incoming information about the emergence of new superbacteria and superviruses has been causing growing anxiety. However, also fungi are with increasing frequency reported as the sources of intercontinental microbiological hazards. According to the latest reports, quickly spreading, multidrug-resistant and difficult to identify yeast Candida auris may soon become the center of attention for clinicians, laboratory diagnosticians and the groups of advisers on the hospital
Dominika Grondalska,
Wioletta Kmieciak
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 56 , ISSUE 3, 282–288
Report | 20-March-2020
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is treated by therapeutic phlebotomy to reduce excess body iron. This 398-bed, hospital-based donor center wanted to determine whether there was a financial advantage to requesting FDA approval to allow transfusion of blood components from eligible individuals with HH. Donor center records from 2008 were reviewed to identify all therapeutic phlebotomy patients with a diagnosis of HH. HH patients were contacted and asked to complete the AABB Uniform Donor History
Dee M. Gribble,
DJ Chaffin,
Barbara J. Bryant
Immunohematology, Volume 25 , ISSUE 4, 170–173
Article | 17-February-2021
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The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board. Because all procedures were standard of care, no additional samples were drawn, and anonymized patient data were analyzed without any active intervention; the Ethics Committee approval was waived. Nevertheless, informed consent for participation in the study was obtained from all patients included in the study.
Type and Screen
According to institutional policy, a TS (blood grouping and AS) was performed during the first hospital
P. Pandey,
D. Setya,
R. Srivastava,
M.K. Singh
Immunohematology, Volume 36 , ISSUE 1, 19–28
Case report | 31-August-2018
External injuries are one of the common reasons for reporting to hospital emergency departments. Peripheral vascular injuries occur in up to about 25% of upper and lower extremity injury cases. Arteriovenous fistula is a type of arterial injury. Doppler ultrasound is currently the primary diagnostic method for vascular injuries as it allows for the implementation of appropriately targeted treatment, indicating the potential need for extended diagnosis or patient qualification for endovascular
Jan Sobstyl,
Maryla Kuczyńska,
Ewa Kuklik,
Łukasz Światłowski,
Maria Tsitskari,
Tomasz Jargiełło
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 73, 166–169
Article | 14-October-2020
A fatal transfusion reaction due to anti-Ku in a Knull (Ko) patient is reported. The patient was transfused with 34 units of incompatible RBCs during 44 days of hospitalization. Apart from the first transfusion, all subsequent transfusions failed to raise the patient’s Hb. No serum antibody was identified until he was transferred to another hospital for dialysis. A compatibility test demonstrated a weak antibody and autocontrol reacting at room temperature by a manual polybrene method
Marie Lin,
Chang Lin Wang,
Fu-Sen Chen,
Li-Hwa Ho
Immunohematology, Volume 19 , ISSUE 1, 19–21
case-report | 30-September-2021
differentiate between clinically significant and insignificant RBC antibodies. In this workup, the use of MMA would have allowed a more accurate assessment of the clinical significance of the anti-Sc2; this testing was not done, however, because this method is not available in Chile.9
In this case, the first diagnosis of HDFN was based on jaundice and on the result of a positive DAT in the newborn, which was not possible to confirm in the patient’s hospital of origin. This situation emphasizes the
M.A. Núñez Ahumada,
C.E. Arancibia Aros,
C.E. Villalobos Pavez,
F.M. Pontigo Gonzalez,
V. Abarca Arce,
M. Sandoval Medrano,
S. Reyes Jorquera
Immunohematology, Volume 37 , ISSUE 3, 122–125
original-paper | 15-May-2020
health care infrastructure.
Keeping in view the current scenario, this study was designed to investigate the measles incidence and its associated complications among the children of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) located in the northwestern region of Pakistan.
Experimental
Materials and Methods
The present study is a cross-sectional study conducted in the pediatric unit of the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), a tertiary care hospital in District Peshawar, KP. Measles cases were defined in accordance with WHO
MUHAMMAD ILYAS,
SUMERA AFZAL,
JAMSHAID AHMAD,
SAAD ALGHAMDI,
MUHAMMAD KHURRAM
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 2, 177–184
Case report | 01-December-2019
Although antibodies to antigens in the Rh blood group system are common causes of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, specificity for only the D antigen is rare in autoimmune hemolysis in pediatric patients. This case reports an anti-D associated with severe hemolytic anemia (Hb = 2.1 g/dL) in a previously healthy 14-month-old child who presented with a 3-day history of low-grade fevers and vomiting. Because of his severe anemia, on admission to the hospital he was found to have altered mental
Rachel S. Bercovitz,
Margaret Macy,
Daniel R. Ambruso
Immunohematology, Volume 29 , ISSUE 1, 15–18
Case report | 13-April-2020
compatible. This prompted the performance of DNA-based assays for DO alleles and the results obtained were consistent with and explained the compatibility test results. It was possible to study this large kindred because of the cooperation of family members, hospital personnel, and reference laboratory staff.
Diane MacFarland,
Kim Hue-Roye,
Scott Carter,
Dawn Moreau,
James Barry,
Marilyn K. Moulds,
Christine Lomas-Francis,
Marion E. Reid
Immunohematology, Volume 22 , ISSUE 2, 69–71
Case report | 26-October-2019
A 62-year-old Filipino man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia was admitted to the emergency department at Hospital A with recurrent fevers, weakness, and jaundice. The patient was evaluated and eventually discharged with a diagnosis of possible drug-induced hepatitis. One month later, the patient was admitted to Hospital B for recurrent fevers and weakness. The patient’s hemoglobin was 3.8 g/dL. Six units of packed red blood cells
Shaina McCaskill,
Scott Wise,
Sheila Tinsley
Immunohematology, Volume 31 , ISSUE 3, 119–122
Research Article | 24-May-2019
belonging to ST2, the most frequently found clonal type of hospital-associated invasive S. epidermidis, are characterized by bacterial biofilm formation and resistance to methicillin, amongst other antibiotics. S. epidermidis is mainly responsible for bloodstream infections and other biomedical device-related infections. Treating infections characterized by biofilm formation is problematic. An additional challenge is differentiation between actual S. epidermidis bloodstream infections and blood probe
Beata Podgórska,
Danuta Kędzia
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 57 , ISSUE 4, 348–359
Report | 11-March-2020
We analyzed our historic patient database at North Shore University Hospital and determined both the overall frequency of anti-Jsa and the frequency at which it was detected in combination with other alloantibodies to red blood cell (RBC) antigens. Screening cells used currently are negative for Jsa. Our data suggest that anti-Jsa would not be detected in 30 to 40 percent of patients in which it is the sole antibody present. Since 1996 the antibody was only detected when other antibodies were
Nancy M. Nikolis,
Fouad Boctor,
William Andrew Heaton,
James Martone
Immunohematology, Volume 27 , ISSUE 3, 104–106
Article | 30-November-2018
1.
Wprowadzenie
Zakażenia nabywane w czasie pobytu w szpitalu lub związane z opieką medyczną (HAI – Hospital Acquired Infections; health care-associated infections) są poważnym problemem zdrowia publicznego. Problem ten corocznie dotyka setki milionów ludzi na całym świecie, prowadząc w wielu przypadkach do poważnych komplikacji zdrowotnych, a nawet śmierci, przedłuża pobyt w szpitalu i tym samym generuje wysokie koszty. Zakażenia te dotyczą nie tylko, choć w przeważającej części, pacjentów
Agnieszka Trzcińska
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 58 , ISSUE 1, 101–110
original-paper | 27-December-2020
samples (%)
MAT
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98.66
20
13.33
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18.66
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A more detailed analysis of the data mentioned above for patients who have been treated in the department of the Lviv Oblast Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases (during the specified period) revealed that the number of the confirmed diagnoses of leptospirosis among the suspicious cases was significantly different. From 2016 to 2017, 31 patients were discharged from the Lviv
OLENA ZUBACH,
OKSANA SEMENYSHYN,
LILYA VASIUYNETS,
OKSANA VELYCHKO,
ALEXANDER ZINCHUK
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 4, 421–426
Article | 18-October-2020
To evaluate the feasibility of using an electronic identification system to improve safety and documentation of blood transfusions, a handheld bar code scanner and data terminal, portable label printer, and related software were integrated into all phases of the blood transfusion process, including sample collection, laboratory testing, and administration of blood components. The study was conducted in two hospitals, one in Italy and the other in the United States. Each hospital used different
Maurizio Marconi,
Girolamo Sirchia,
S. Gerald Sandler,
Albert F. Langeberg
Immunohematology, Volume 16 , ISSUE 2, 82–85
research-article | 29-January-2021
tasking process, as determining a mission as COVID-19 risk has significant implications; reducing operational capability and increasing both response- and on-scene time. Due to pre- and post-flight requirements, a COVID-19 mission would generally encompass the entire tasking availability for a flight crew. The risk assessment tool should be developed alongside other agencies that are involved with patient care from primary location to receiving hospital to ensure that it is consistent. The risk
Gihan Ganesh,
Gayle Christie,
David McIlroy,
Shelley Dutton,
Andrew Challen
Journal of the Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine, Volume 12 , 8–12
Article | 22-January-2021
clinical significance of anti-Ata has not been fully determined.
Case Report
A 43-year-old woman of African descent presented to the hospital for a pretransplant evaluation. Her medical record showed that she had a history of multiple health issues and she had been the recipient of two previous renal transplants. The first renal transplantation occurred in 1993 and lasted 3 months before secondary rejection. In 1995, the patient underwent the second kidney transplantation, which lasted about 12 months
J. Gao,
S. Wise,
S.H. Tinsley,
J.F. Shikle
Immunohematology, Volume 36 , ISSUE 3, 104–107
case-report | 08-March-2021
to the central limb (dashed arrow) of the intussusceptum
Fig. 4.
Colour Doppler ultrasound image in the axial plane showing intact vascularity in the bowel wall within the intussusception
The patient was admitted in our hospital and managed conservatively. A follow-up ultrasound performed after three hours revealed no evidence of intussusception, which suggested its spontaneous reduction. The patient was discharged after a 24-hour asymptomatic period.
Discussion
Intussusception is common
Pushkar Mendiratta,
Anurav Yadav,
Nitin Borse
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 84, 70–73
Case report | 14-December-2020
A 26-year-old female with ß-thalassemia/sickle cell anemia was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of a painful crisis. During the next 4 days her hematocrit decreased to 13 percent, and there was reticulocytopenia. She was transfused with four units of red blood cells that were microscopically incompatible, and the hematocrit increased to 29 percent. Eight days later the patient was readmitted with back pain, hemoglobinuria, and a hematocrit of 27 percent. Anti-E, -c, -Jka, and -Yta
Christopher D. Hillyer,
Jacquelynn M. Hall,
Karen O. Tiegerman,
Eugene M. Berkman
Immunohematology, Volume 7 , ISSUE 4, 102–106
Case report | 31-August-2018
Renal artery pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulae most often occur as an iatrogenic complication. The article discusses a case of a patient diagnosed with an arteriovenous fistula and a pseudoaneurysm. A 64-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital due to nonspecific pain in the lumbar region. Imaging showed a typical picture of clear cell renal carcinoma. The patient was qualified for surgical treatment. After tumor resection, the patient developed microhematuria. Arteriovenous fistula
Ewa Kuklik,
Krzysztof Pyra,
Łukasz Światłowski,
Maryla Kuczyńska,
Jan Sobstyl,
Anna Drelich-Zbroja,
Tomasz Jargiełło,
Maria Tsitskari,
Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 73, 170–173
Original Paper | 04-December-2017
Pseudomonas aeruginosa rods are one of the most commonly isolated microorganisms from clinical specimens, usually responsible for nosocomial infections. Antibiotic-resistant P. aeruginosa strains may present reduced expression of virulence factors. This fact may be caused by appropriate genome management to adapt to changing conditions of the hospital environment. Virulence factors genes maybe replaced by those crucial to survive, like antimicrobial resistance genes. The aim of this study was
Tomasz Bogiel,
Aleksander Deptuła,
Joanna Kwiecińska-Piróg,
Małgorzata Prażyńska,
Agnieszka Mikucka,
Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 4, 427–431
Article | 30-November-2018
, and insufficient professional personnel, making it difficult to meet the needs of the elderly for different levels of health care services.
B.
Tai’an health care platform
In 2016, Tai’an City proposed in the of “Tai’an City transformation and upgrading of medical and health service industry implementation plan” to accelerate the construction of “smart medical” system, explore the “Internet + medical” service mode, and build a digital hospital. We will build a sound healthy Tai’an big data
Qinyu Li,
Hongwen Zhao,
An Geng,
Lei Han
International Journal of Advanced Network, Monitoring and Controls, Volume 4 , ISSUE 3, 14–24
research-article | 30-November-2019
the 1960’s (Batchelder, 2017). The Cleveland Clinic was the first centre to use this procedure in North America in 2009, and The Children’s Hospital Westmead was the first to perform a paediatric case in Australia in 2011 (Alomar, Mullin, Smithason & Gonzalez-Martinez, 2018; Sala-Pedro et al., 2019). SEEG is an invasive surgical procedure used to localize the patient’s epileptogenic zone (the area where a seizure starts), determine its relationship with the eloquent cortex, and determine whether
Lauren Bollard,
Emily Moore,
Rebecca Paff
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 30 , ISSUE 2, 7–12
Article | 26-October-2019
blood donors to find rare phenotypes and rare combinations of antigens. When performed on donors who are predicted to donate again after testing, integrating the genotype information with existing donor data and demographics provides the blood center with real-time information to identify the common clinically relevant blood group antigens demanded by hospital transfusion services. This review outlines a red cell genotype methodology using TaqMan chemistry and existing algorithms and data handling
Gregory A. Denomme,
Michael J. Schanen
Immunohematology, Volume 31 , ISSUE 2, 69–74
original-paper | 17-September-2021
isolates and 90 third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (3GCeRE) isolates from the Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital were included. CRE was defined as an isolate non-susceptible to imipenem or meropenem (for the bacteria intrinsically resistant to imipenem, non-susceptible to meropenem other than imipenem is required), with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≥ 2 µg/ml, or producing carbapenemase. 3GCeRE was defined as an
MING WEI,
PENG WANG,
SHUAI WANG,
CHUNXIA YANG,
LI GU
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 3, 387–394
Case report | 25-January-2018
private hospital in Melbourne and discusses the impact that clear and concise observation and documentation has on the ability to detect neurological deterioration.
Rhiannon Carey,
Christine Holland
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 26 , ISSUE 1, 17–20
Original Paper | 10-December-2018
Abstract
Proteus spp. is an etiological factor of urinary tract and bloodstream infections. The aim of this study was the retrospective analysis of susceptibility of Proteus spp. strains isolated from bloodstream infections (BSIs) as well as similarity evaluation of the strains isolated from different clinical samples. Proteus spp. strains were isolated in 2009–2017 from hospital patients. Identification was based on the colony’s morphology and biochemical or MALDI-TOF MS analyzes. The
JOANNA KWIECIŃSKA-PIRÓG,
KRZYSZTOF SKOWRON,
EUGENIA GOSPODAREK-KOMKOWSKA
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 4, 471–478
Case report | 31-March-2016
present a case where PER was the last AED introduced in the treatment of a patient with EPC and individual seizures due to Rasmussen encephalitis before his seizure frequency could be reduced significantly. Results. A 44 years old male patient, who had been on a combination therapy of at least 4 AEDs since the age of 24, was admitted to our hospital presenting with an EPC. After the introduction of PER in the therapy EPC stopped and he remained seizure free for more than a year. Two of his other AEDs
Katja Göde,
Annette Grossmann,
Johannes Rösche
Journal of Epileptology, Volume 24 , ISSUE 1, 67–70
Research Article
The research on similarity between bacteria in outbreak investigations enables the identification of bacterial strain responsible for infections, their source and modes of transmission. These investigations are also necessary for the analysis of spreading of bacteria, not only locally, e.g. in a hospital in a specific country, but also internationally and globally. Therefore, it is of great importance to have the most up to date knowledge regarding different methods used in bacterial typing
Marcin Brzozowski,
Paweł Kwiatkowski,
Joanna Jursa-Kulesza,
Danuta Kosik-Bogacka
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 56 , ISSUE 3, 353–366
Article | 21-April-2020
A hemolytic transfusion reaction due to anti-Fy3 is reported in an African American patient with no history of sickle cell disease. This 82-year-old African American woman received two units of RBCs for anemia (Hb 7g/dL) on admission for a left hip fracture. On hospital Day 7, the patient underwent left hip endoprosthesis surgery; she received two units of RBCs on the second postoperative day due to Hb of 6.1g/dL. Her urine was dark during surgery and postoperatively. Her posttransfusion plasma
Horatiu Olteanu,
David Gerber,
Kara Partridge,
Ravindra Sarode
Immunohematology, Volume 21 , ISSUE 2, 48–52
Report | 09-November-2020
Two cases of anti-Dib, a rarely encountered antibody, were identified in serum samples referred by hospital blood banks during the past 13 months. Case 1 is a 4l-year-old female who required blood for elective surgery. Case 2 is a premature infant suffering from mild neonatal jaundice on day 2 after birth. The anti-Dib in both cases exhibited marked dosage effect. The titer/score against Di(a+b+) and Di(a-b+) red blood cells (RBCs) in case 1 was 8/10 and 32/32, respectively, and in case 2, 4/18
C.K. Lin,
K.H. Mak,
N.K. Chan,
C.M.Y. Yuen,
A. Devenish,
H.B. Chan,
K.L. Au,
S.C. Szeto
Immunohematology, Volume 13 , ISSUE 1, 17–19
Original Paper | 04-September-2018
To understand the molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of air and clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, the intensive care unit settings of a hospital in Northern China were surveyed in 2014. Twenty non-duplicate A. baumannii isolates were obtained from patients and five isolates of airborne A. baumannii were obtained from the wards’ corridors. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were used to analyze the homology relationships of
MEIJIE JIANG,
YUNQING MU,
NING LI,
ZHIJUN ZHANG,
SHULIN HAN
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 3, 333–338
case-report | 28-June-2019
Case report
An eleven-year-old boy reported to another hospital with right-sided scrotal pain two months earlier. He had palpitations, pallor and weakness episodes approximately once a month since he was about 2 years old. These episodes occurred mainly when he was hungry and were relieved with the elevation of his legs or some food intake. Cardiological and neurological investigations were unrevealing, and his symptoms disappeared around the age of 7. He suffered from urolithiasis with the
Osman Ocal,
Dilek Ertoy Baydar,
Ilkay Sedakat Idilman,
Hasan Serkan Dogan,
Serdat Tekgul,
Mustafa Ozmen
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 77, 161–164
Case report | 09-October-2019
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is rarely associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), and the presence of specific autoantibodies has not been reported previously. We present a unique case report of PSC associated with AIHA implicating autoanti-C. A 17-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital with PSC along with AIHA. Her blood sample demonstrated a positive direct antiglobulin test and a positive autocontrol in the antihuman globulin phase, confirming the patient had warm
Meenu Bajpai,
Ashish Maheshwari,
Shruti Gupta,
Chhagan Bihari
Immunohematology, Volume 32 , ISSUE 3, 104–107
research-article | 31-December-2019
borders(12). The aim of the study was to compare 48 MHz ultrasound images of vulvar cancer with histological images.
Materials and methods
This study was approved by the board of Clinical Unit of Obstetrics, Women’s Disease and Gynecological Oncology, United District Hospital, Collegium Medicum University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Toruń, Poland. This is a tertiary reference center. We analyzed cases of postmenopausal women sent to our clinic for surgery due to diagnosed vulvar cancer. In this study
Michał Migda,
Marian Stanisław Migda,
Bartosz Migda,
Marek Maleńczyk
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 79, 305–310
Article | 01-April-2020
From 2000 to 2004, 36, 58, 72, 78,and 86 laboratories participated in an external quality assessment scheme (EQAS) organized by the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. Each year the staff was requested to perform ABO grouping,D typing,antibody screening,antibody identification,and DATs on eight blood samples. Each participant received information on the correct test results and a coded summary. Regarding ABO grouping, the error .rate ranged from 0.3 to 1.3
Sasitorn Bejrachandra,
Jariya Saipin,
Oytip Nathalang,
Usanee Siriboonrit,
Ekaraj Rungroung,
Sudjai Udee
Immunohematology, Volume 22 , ISSUE 1, 1–5
Article | 14-October-2020
The Transfusion Service at Duke University Hospital has changed antibody detection methods from the use of albumin in indirect antiglobulin tests to low-ionic-strength solution (LISS), and from LISS to polyethylene glycol (PEG) in an effort to enhance the rapid detection of clinically significant antibodies. In 1996, staffing issues required the consideration of automation. Although previous studies indicated that the gel test was not as sensitive as PEG for detection of clinically significant
Martha Rae Combs,
Steven J. Bredehoeft
Immunohematology, Volume 17 , ISSUE 3, 86–89
Article | 26-October-2020
from volunteer donors were concordant. Although results obtained with samples collected from hospital patients were initially not in agreement with the phenotyping results, adjustments to the test protocol resulted in concordance. DNA from blood, urine sediment, or buccal cells can be used for blood group molecular genotyping.
Marion E. Reid,
Maria J. Rios,
Kevin L. Cash,
Annie M. Strupp,
Joan M. Uehlinger
Immunohematology, Volume 15 , ISSUE 2, 61–65
original-paper | 01-May-2021
infection among active pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients, and the level of knowledge in Kassala state, which is located in eastern Sudan near the Eritrean border, 600 kilometers from the Khartoum capital of Sudan with a great variety in culture, beliefs, language, and ethnicity.
Experimental
Materials and Methods
This was descriptive cross-sectional hospital-based study undertaken in Kassala State, Eastern of Sudan to investigate the prevalence of HIV among active pulmonary and
GADA MUSTAFA AHMED MUSTAFA,
MUSTAFA ELTIGANI YASSIN,
ASHWAG SHAMI,
SAMAH ABDU RAHIM
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 2, 201–206
Article | 20-July-2021
Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the long-term efficacy of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and facemask (FM) therapy in the treatment of Class III malocclusions by comparing Class III subjects treated by RME/FM mechanics with untreated Class III controls at the Western Australian public dental hospital. Materials and methods: The lateral cephalograms of 42 (26 males, 16 females) Class III patients treated by RME/FM therapy were analysed and compared with a control sample
Bi Ngoc Huynh Le,
Mithran Goonewardene,
Christophe Duigou,
Chrianna Bharat
Australasian Orthodontic Journal, Volume 36 , ISSUE 1, 27–37
Case report | 09-November-2020
hospital records failed to identify such an error, consultation with a reference laboratory technologist confirmed that the serologic reactions resembled those of anti-C+D but were also consistent with antiC + anti-G. Additional testing confirmed that the reactions were due to anti-G, not anti-C+D. One of the four donors was identified to have the C+D– RBC phenotype, which is typically G+, thus identifying the stimulus for anti-G. Routine reporting of the detection of anti-C+D in the serum of D
Archiaus L. Mosley, Jr.,
Mary Beth Trich,
Nanette C. Thomas,
S. Gerald Sandler
Immunohematology, Volume 13 , ISSUE 2, 58–60
Article | 30-July-2021
University of Manchester Dental Hospital. The start models demonstrated a range of malocclusions (according to The British Standard Institute Incisor Classification 1983) of varying complexity. Method: Six photographic views of each set of study models were taken against a dark background. Millimetric distances were determined by using dividers to measure photographic distances and actual distances in millimeters from a ruler embedded in the image. Four examiners assessed the study models and photographs
Ovais H. Malik,
Helen Stevenson,
N.A. Mandall,
Mubarak A. Alsaeed
Australasian Orthodontic Journal, Volume 32 , ISSUE 2, 221–228
case-report | 30-November-2020
M.S. Bhagavathi,
N. Das,
S. Prakash,
A. Sahu,
S. Routray,
S. Mukherjee
Immunohematology, Volume 37 , ISSUE 4, 160–164
Original Paper | 31-January-2019
Abstract
Objective: To prospectively determine the sonographic findings of the postpartum uterus 24 hours after vaginal delivery and cesarean section. Methods: Women who had uneventful vaginal delivery or cesarean section from July 2015 to May 2018 in a tertiary care hospital were prospectively included. Uterine lengths, endometrium, amout of free fluid, the distance between the uterine fundus-promontorium and uterine fundus-L5 were evaluated 24 hours after delivery. Results: The mean (min–max
Isil Uzun Cilingir,
Cenk Sayin,
Havva Sutcu,
Ebru Alici,
Cihan Inan,
Selen Erzincan,
Cem Yener,
Fusun Varol
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 75, 310–315
Case report | 10-January-2018
instructor and ultra-marathon runner. In October 2011 he competed in the Sahara Marathon in Morocco, a 6 day 255km ultra-marathon. At the end of the third day Freddy was found collapsed and vomiting. He was confused and was suffering severe leg cramps. The next morning Freddy suffered a single convulsive episode and was subsequently transferred to a hospital in Egypt.
Leigh Arrowsmith,
Christopher Tolar
Australasian Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 25 , ISSUE 1, 15–19
Report | 12-March-2020
community hospital were included in this prospective study. The parameters evaluated included patient’s age, preoperative coagulation test results (PT, international normalized ratio [INR], aPTT, fibrinogen), and number of blood components transfused. A probability value of less than 0.05 was deemed significant. Thirty-five patients were included in this study. Mean blood usage was 6 units. Patient’s age approached significance as a predictor of blood usage, and fibrinogen levels trended
Shana Josefy,
Ricardo Briones,
Barbara J. Bryant
Immunohematology, Volume 27 , ISSUE 4, 151–153
Article | 14-October-2020
An 18-month-old male was admitted to a hospital with a hemoglobin of 4.1 g/dL and a reticulocyte count of 53 percent. There was no history of prior transfusion. Serologic evaluation revealed the presence of both a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) and an indirect antiglobulin test (IAT). The patient’s red blood cells (RBCs) typed as group A, C–D–E–c+e+ (cde/cde). Evaluation of the IAT revealed the presence of anti-c and anti-E. All other major antibodies were ruled
Hsin-Yeh Hsieh,
Diana L. Moroney,
Deanne E. Naumann,
D. Jane Hata,
Nancy C. Vosnidou,
Rovenna L. Kessinger,
Nassir Shahab,
Nasrollah Hakami,
Daniel S. Smith
Immunohematology, Volume 18 , ISSUE 1, 19–22
Article | 10-April-2021
patient with an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction (AHTR) after the transfusion of 1 crossmatch-incompatible Yt(a+) RBC unit.
Case Report
In 2016, an 83-year-old white female patient of Croatian ancestry was admitted to the hospital with hematemesis from a duodenal ulcer. The patient’s hospital admission was attributed to poorly controlled anticoagulant therapy for the management of deep venous thrombosis, which previously led to cerebral infarction. Admission hemoglobin (Hb) was 6.6 g/dL and
M. Raos,
N. Thornton,
M. Lukic,
B. Golubic Cepulic
Immunohematology, Volume 37 , ISSUE 1, 13–17