Laboratory medicine

Fabiana Regina Barbosa; Karla O. Freitas; Rafaela C. Silva; Sarah P. C. Pires; Rodrigo Pratte-SantosJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(5):298-304DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170047 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The Brazilian population has a great racial mix, originating mainly from Europeans, Africans and Indians. Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) specificities vary among different population and ethnic groups, since they demonstrate greater similarity in […]

Raíssa M. Teixeira; Ricardo David CoutoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(5):305-308DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170048 ABSTRACT Among the cardiovascular diseases (CVD), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is currently considered the most common cause of death and disability worldwide. Several laboratory tests have been developed for the detection of cardiac injury, including troponins that are considered the gold standard marker

Raí N. Nogueira; Cristina Maria B. T. Leite; Ludmila X. Souza; Ana Angélica L. BarbosaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(5):309-312DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170049 ABSTRACT We report the first case of hemoglobin SD-Punjab disease, a rare form of sickle-cell disease, in the state of Bahia. Detection was possible by a test for the identification of hemoglobin (Hb) variants

Andressa C. Castilhos; Bianca T. Canci; Márcia K. Alves; Karen Olívia B. GoulartJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):227-232DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170035 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an inherited condition associated with excessive iron storage. Its strong presence is underestimated because patients are asymptomatic. In the city of Caxias do Sul (RS), due to the higher frequency of

Márlon S. P. Rodrigues; Claudio L. Souza; Márcio V. OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):233-239DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170036 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Test repetitions are an age-old practice common to clinical laboratories used primarily for confirmation of results. However, knowing the history of patients, the repetitions become avoidable. They impair the time to release results, increase input consumption, and cost

Daniely M. Silva; Eulina Maria N. Menezes; Emerson V. Silva; Thaís A. C. LamounierJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):240-245DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170037 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The leading cause of hospital-acquired infections are the pathogens named by the acronym ESKAPE, which are the initials for the following bacterial: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter spp., which have high