INTRODUCTION: Autoverification is the release of laboratory test results from clinical instruments to hospital interface, or to patients’ records, with no human intervention. Verification rules are inserted in the middleware and/or in the laboratory information system (LIS), based on criteria established by the laboratory. As a result, it ensures that every result is consistently reviewed in the same way, impro...
Introduction: The prevalence of nosocomial fungemia has increased worldwide, and mortality caused by this disease is high. Objective: To assess progress in the last decade, and the prevalence and profile of fungal agents isolated in blood cultures performed in a tertiary university hospital. Method: All the results of blood cultures processed at Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (HC-UF...
INTRODUÇÃO: Poucos são os trabalhos que correlacionaram as repercussões laboratoriais e trombogênicas com os vários tipos de tratamento operatório para correção da hipertensão porta esquistossomática (HPE), cuja fisiopatogênese ainda é pouco compreendida.. OBJETIVOS: correlacionar tamanho do baço com valores dos exames hematológicos pré-operatórios; verificar as mudanças nos valores de exames hematológicos e bi...