title: Prevalence of abnormal in vitro closure time using the Platelet Function Analyzer-100 in chronic kidney disease patients and analysis of associated factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Platelet Function Analyzer- 100 evaluates platelet function by determining time to occlusion of an aperture in a membrane coated with collagen and epinephrine (CEPI) or collagen and ADP (CADP) during the flow of citrated whole blood. We sought to determine prevalence of abnormal in vitro closure time (CT) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and to analyze associated factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  CEPI-CT (normal, 82 - 182 sec in Korean), CADP-CT (normal, 62 - 109 sec), CBC, serum creatinine (Cr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were measured in CKD patients, 30 with Stage I, 36 with Stage II, 30 with Stage III, 56 with Stage IV, 283 with Stage V (79 with pre-dialysis Stage V, 130 on chronic hemodialysis (CHD), and 74 on chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD)). Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated with a MDRD equation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Abnormal CEPI-CT and CADP-CT occurred in < 15% of Stage I - III, 20% of Stage IV, and 41% and 54%, respectively, of Stage V patients. There were no differences in prevalence of abnormal CEPI-CT and CADP-CT among predialysis Stage V, CHD and CPD patients. CEPI-CT and CADP-CT were correlated with BUN, Cr and platelet counts in predialysis patients, and with platelet counts in dialysis patients, and CEPI-CT was correlated with BUN, Cr in CPD patients. Neither, however, was correlated with age, gender, hemoglobin or hematocrit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevalence of abnormal in vitro CT increases as stage worsens in CKD patients. In vitro CT is correlated with BUN, Cr and platelet counts in predialysis and total CKD patients.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Kim
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Kim
authors: T Y
authors: TY
authors: Koo
authors: H S
authors: HS
authors: Chi
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Kim
authors: S B
authors: SB
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003404:Creatinine / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010976:Platelet Count; D010979:Platelet Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine