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Systems controls are needed to reduce mistaken tests for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, results of a prospective quality-improvement cohort study

Medical diagnosis and therapy often rely on laboratory testing. We observed mistaken testing in evaluations for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) that led to delays and adverse outcomes. Physicians were mistakenly ordering interleukin-2 and quantitative natural killer cell flow cytometry, rat...

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Autores principales: Safi, Salahuddin, Shanbhag, Satish, Hambley, Bryan C., Merrill, Samuel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8257870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34190181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000026509