The Diamed assay has a poor positive predictive value for HIT in a tertiary hospital referral setting [1]

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-70

  Alhaliq, A R ^a   Joshua, D ^a   Kershaw, G ^a   Dunkley, S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; FC RECEPTOR; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET FACTOR 4; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846128423     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00849.x     Document Type: Letter

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