Hi Rebeca, I can't speak for the entire globe, but in the US the OB/Gyn practice guidelines have shifted away from fetal lung maturity testing in amniotic fluid in favor of antenatal corticosteroid administration and treatment with surfactants for babies ...
My laboratory has a large elderly population as well. We reflex approximately 14% of our CBCs with differential to a manual differential in patients >50years of age. I agree with the suggestions below. There needs to be further evaluation done to determine ...
Hello Arterians, <o:p></o:p> I hope you will have the opportunity to read this month article titled " Mining the Gap: Deriving Pregnancy Reference Intervals for Hematology Parameters Using Clinical Datasets ." <o:p></o:p> https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvad167 ...
Those that are using manual refractometers to measure urine specific gravity in their labs, what extent of method validation were conducted (i.e. LDT validation vs. manufacture verification) providing that refractometers are FDA 501K exempted. Also, I'm ...
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