OBJECTIVE To study the role of leukocyte count in patients with unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction (Acute Coronary Syndrome) its prognostic significance and correlation with plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels. METHODS A total of 143 Patients with unstable angina pectoris, non-ST segment elevation MI and ST segment elevation MI were considered for entry into the study...

Leukocyte differential test is a widely carried out clinical procedure for screening infectious diseases. Existing hematology analyzers require labor-intensive work and panel of expensive reagents. Herein, an artificial-intelligence-enabled reagent-free imaging analyzer (AIRFIHA) modality reported that can accurately classify subpopulations leukocytes with minimal sample preparation. AIRFIHA re...

An immunochromatographic strip was developed for the detection of the H9 subtype of avian influenza viruses (H9AIVs) in poultry, using two monoclonal antibodies (MAb), 4C4 for H9AIV hemagglutinin (HA) and 4D4 for nucleoprotein. The 4C4 MAb was labeled with colloidal gold as the detection reagent, and the 4D4 MAb was blotted on the test line while a goat anti-mouse antibody was used on the contr...

We evaluated the performance of a blood glucose reflectance colorimeter ("Eyetone," Ames Co.) for accuracy and precision with use of "Dextrostix" (Ames Co.) glucose oxidase reagent strips for blood samples with known and unknown concentrations of glucose covering the usual range of neonatal blood glucose (200-800 mg/L). The meter was calibrated and tested by research nurses and one clinical che...

Yali Liu, Qiaohua Wang, Xiliang Wang 1, First Author College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China, [email protected] *2, Corresponding Author College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China, [email protected] 3 College of Animal Sciences & Technology / College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430...

Comment The results show a strong preference for home testing, although most patients had no experience of finger pricking. Many patients found the visit to the laboratory after fasting inconvenient. Patients produced significantly better blood spots than reagent strips, probably because it requires more practice to produce satisfactory strips. We conclude that patients find producing blood spo...

OBJECTIVE To carry out a comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of screening methods for urinary schistosomiasis; terminal haematuria, unqualified haematuria, dysuria, visual urine examination and chemical reagent strip technique, in a school-based control programme. DESIGN Estimation of costs and determination of cost-effect ratios of the screening methods applied in a school-based screenin...