Diagnostic accuracy of haemoglobin colour strip (HCS-HLL), a digital haemoglobinometer (TrueHb) and a non-invasive device (TouchHb) for screening patients with anaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 164-170

  Neogi, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay ^a   Negandhi, Himanshu ^a   Kar, Rakhee ^b   Bhattacharya, Maitrayee ^c   Sen, Rajeev ^d   Varma, Neelam ^e   Bharti, Priyanka ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Bhushan, Himanshu ^f   Zodpey, Sanjay ^a   Saxena, Renu ^g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^d POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^f National Health Systems Resource Centre   (India)

^g ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TEST STRIP;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN COLOR STRIP; HEMOGLOBINOMETER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; VENOUS BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958106545     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-203135     Document Type: Article

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