Variations in pleural fluid WBC count and differential counts with different sample containers and different methods

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1181-1187

  Conner, Barrett D ^a   Lee, Y C Gary ^a   Branca, Paul ^a   Rogers, Jeffrey T ^a   Rodriguez, R Michael ^a   Light, Richard W ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell counts; Differential; Pleural fluid; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; GLASS; HEPARIN; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAINER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0037390459     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.4.1181     Document Type: Article

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