title: Spuriously elevated automated platelet count in severe burns--a report of two cases.
abstract: Increasing use of automated analyzers in the hematology laboratory has resulted in enhanced accuracy of results. However, operators of automated analyzers and the end users utilizing the automated data need to be aware of factitious results which might be reported at times by these instruments. Case summaries of two patients with severe burns showing spuriously elevated automated platelet count are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Panjab. n_kakkar@satyam.net.in
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kakkar
authors.forename: Geetu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001331:Automation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins