Lab test interpretation
Starch in Digestible Fiber During Coproscopy
Fecal microscopy with Lugol's solution: detection of starch grains and digestible plant fiber during coprological examination.
Articles
Blood and bone marrow morphology, clinical cases and diagnostic algorithms. Most of the library is in Russian; the English section is growing.
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Lab test interpretation
Epithelial Cells in Urethral Smear for Gonorrhea Control
Analyzing the cytological picture of a male urethral smear during gonorrhea treatment control: morphology of columnar epithelium and leukocytes.
Lab test interpretation
High Urine Specific Gravity: Hypersthenuria and Glucosuria
Measuring urine specific gravity with a urinometer: a value of 1051 with 12 mmol/L glucosuria. Causes of pronounced hypersthenuria in urine analysis.
Lab test interpretation
Bialbuminemia on Serum Protein Electrophoresis
A clinical case of bialbuminemia: serum protein electrophoresis showing albumin fraction splitting in a patient with systemic connective tissue disease.
Parasitology
Neurocysticercosis: MRI and Taenia Solium Cyst Gross Specimen
Neurocysticercosis develops when Taenia solium larvae invade the CNS. Cystic lesion on brain MRI and gross photo of removed cysticerci.
Parasitology
Diagnostic Features of Opisthorchis and Clonorchis Eggs
Key microscopic features of Opisthorchis and Clonorchis eggs: presence of an operculum with shoulders and a characteristic abopercular knob.
Parasitology
Plasmodium vivax Schizonts in a Thin Blood Smear
Laboratory diagnosis of tertian malaria: microscopic signs and morphology of Plasmodium vivax schizonts in a thin peripheral blood smear.
Hematology
Dual Red Blood Cell Population After Blood Transfusion
Blood smear in iron deficiency anemia after red blood cell transfusion: marked aniso-chromia, microcytosis, hypochromia, and increased RDW.
Hematology
Canine Blood Smear: Erythrocyte Agglutination in IMHA
Signs of severe erythrocyte autoagglutination in a canine blood smear with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia. Wright–Giemsa stain.
Laboratory methods
Hematology Analyzer Comparability: A 4-Year Verification Study
A 4-year experience applying the CLSI EP31-A-IR protocol to verify the comparability of complete blood count results across nine hematology analyzers.
Laboratory methods
Syllectometry: Analyzing Red Blood Cell Biomechanics and Aggregation
Principles of automated syllectometry for assessing red blood cell deformability and aggregation. Reference values and clinical significance of blood rheology.
Hemostasis
Revisiting the Critical Fibrinogen Threshold in Hypofibrinogenemia
A study suggests raising the critical fibrinogen level to 1.3 g/L. In acquired deficiency, this is an independent predictor of mortality.