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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
Volume 126, Issue 3, Pages 400-405Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
DOI: 10.1309/RRQKT2JEYV33D19D
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preanalytic variables; hematocrit; prothrombin time; activated partial thromboplastin time; fibrinogen; protein C
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Recommendations to adjust citrate concentration for blood coagulation specimens with high hematocrit values are based on indirect experimental studies and not direct studies of patient samples with high hematocrit values. We compared the effect of adjusted and non-adjusted citrate concentrations on coagulation test results in samples from 28 patients with high hematocrit values (55%-72% [0.55-0.72]). Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) results from nonadjusted and adjusted samples were statistically different and exponentially increased with increasing hematocrit values. Results for,fibrinogen, factor VIII, and protein C activity were statistically different and increased linearly with increasing hematocrit values; however, the difference was not as clinically significant. The protein C antigen value increased with increasing hematocrit values but was not significant. The effects on PT and of plasma and an aPTT are due to a dilutional effect interference effect of the higherfinal citrate concentration on the clotting test result. For patients with high hematocrit values, citrate concentrations must be adjustedfor accurate results.
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