Artefactual elevation of an automated white cell count following femoral vein puncture

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-68

  Whiteway, A J ^a   Bain, B J ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated cell counter; Erroneous white cell count; Lipid; Venepuncture

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN PUNCTURE;

AGED; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PUNCTURES;

EID: 0033003785     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1999.00178.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Bain B.J. (1995) Blood Cells. A Practical Guide, 2nd edn. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
2. Simson E., Ross D.W. & Kocher W.D. (1988) Atlas of Automated Cytochemical Haematology. Technicon Instruments Corporation, New York.