The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 781-783 , March 2009

The particle gel immunoassay as a rapid test to rule out heparin-induced thrombocytopenia?

  • Katharina Schallmoser, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Camilla Drexler, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Eva Rohde, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Dirk Strunk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Clinic of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Andrea Groselj-Strele, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Office for Biostatistics, Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Gerhard Lanzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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  • Hartmut Kroll, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine Dessau, Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service NSTOB, Dessau, Germany
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  • Simon Panzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Department of Blood Group Serology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Simon Panzer, MD, Clinical Department of Blood Group Serology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

Received 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 18 March 2008.

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    Distribution of surgical and medical patients with positive and negative PaGIA results in 3 OD intervals of the IgG-ELISA. The frequency of PaGIA-positive and negative samples was similar among surgic

    Distribution of surgical and medical patients with positive and negative PaGIA results in 3 OD intervals of the IgG-ELISA. The frequency of PaGIA-positive and negative samples was similar among surgical and medical patients in all OD ranges (<0.564, P = .1; 0.564–1.000, P = .3; >1.000, P = 1.0). PaGIA, Particle gel immunoassay.

PII: S0022-5223(08)00659-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.03.044

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 781-783 , March 2009

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