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The Coombs Test

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2010
The Coombs test, established as a clinical tool in 1945 by R.R. Coombs, usually is ordered when hemolytic anemia is suspected or if a transfusion reaction has occurred. An overview of the etiologies of these two conditions will increase oncology nurses' understanding of what is measured with a Coombs test and increase the understandings of why a Coombs
Jennifer, Matthews, Susie, Newton
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Coombs' (Antiglobulin) Test

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1967
The detection of antibodies against human erythrocytes is important in the diagnosis of hemolytic anemia, erythroblastosis fetalis, and transfusion reactions and is essential for crossmatching blood before transfusion. Such antibodies belong to the immunoglobulin group of proteins. The immunoglobulin-S are IgG, the most common; IgM; and IgA.
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Beyond the Coombs Test

New England Journal of Medicine, 1971
The antiglobulin (Coombs) test, first applied to acquired hemolytic anemia in 1946,1 has amply proved its usefulness in helping to distinguish immune from nonimmune hemolytic disorders. This fact and the test's highly respected sensitivity may have contributed to the notion that a negative direct antiglobulin reaction in a patient with hemolytic anemia
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Positive Coombs test in acute leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology, 1984
Summary. We present the results of the immunohaematological tests performed in an unselected group of patients with acute leukaemia at the time of diagnosis, and when possible the follow‐up in remission and/or in relapse. Thirteen out of the 112 patients tested had a positive Coombs test at the time of diagnosis and, in six patients, the Coombs test ...
P, Solal-Celigny   +6 more
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COOMBS' TEST

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1968
Excerpt To the Editor:I read with interest the article by Bohnen and associates on the clinical significance of the Coombs' test. (Ann. Intern. Med. 68: 19, 1968).
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