Biomedical subjects

C Babault

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PubMed1991

[HLA B27 phenotyping using flow cytometry].

Results of typing for HLA B27 antigens of 106 patients in whole blood with a FITC monoclonal anti HLA B27 antibody and analysis by flow cytometry are compared to the results obtained by the classical microlymphocytoxicity test. By flow cytometry analysis, there are not false negative result, but, because of cross reactions of the used monoclonal antibody with other specificities of the CREG B7 group, false positive result may be encountered. The flow cytometry analysis for typing HLA B27 antigens using a monoclonal antibody can be a good screening technique: so it's rapid and moreover the negative results can be accepted. The positive results must be confirmed.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗

PubMed1990

The American anthropometric norms are not suitable to assess the nutritional status of a French population.

Weight: height2 ratio (W/H2), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), and mid-upper arm circumference (MAC) were recorded in 254 blood donors aged 20 to 59 yrs (123 men and 131 women), to establish anthropometric data in a healthy sample of the French population. When compared with the American anthropometric norms (HANES I & II), we noted that: (1) the percentiles distribution values of W/H2 were nearly identical; (2) the age and sex-related values of TSF were lower in our study (p < 0.003); (3) our percentiles distribution values of MAC were lower in our study (p < 0.03), except in women 20-39 yrs of age. The variations of TSF and MAC with age and sex were identical in both the French and the American populations: i.e. the MAC values increased with age in both men and women, and the TSF values increased with age only in women. We conclude that the differences noted between the American norms and our anthropometric data plead in favour of the determination of French national anthropometric norms.

Journal Article↗

PubMed1989

[In vitro study of platelet preservation during 5 days in reduced-thickness bags].

An in vitro study of platelet concentrates storage for 5 days was performed in PVC bags. Modification of the original three-day containers were introduced by thickness reduction. The results at fifth day were comparable to those at third day in standard plastic bags. During storage, variations of platelet counts were very slight with a low LDH release. PH was stable with a good maintenance of phase microscope platelet morphology. PCO2 and PO2 measurements showed a satisfactory gas permeability which could explain a limited lactate production. If in vivo studies of transfusion recovery confirm these data, platelet concentrates storage could be extended up to 5 days by such modifications of standard three-day PVC bags.

Blood Platelets↗

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A multicenter study on the efficiency of white cell reduction by filtration of red cells.

To evaluate accurately the current performance of filtration, the French Produits Sanguins Labiles study group, composed of 21 transfusion teams, conducted a large-scale 6-month study involving over 1400 filtrations and 3000 controls. Some 745 standard red cell concentrates (RBC concentrates) and 690 concentrates previously white cell (WBC)-reduced by removal of buffy coat (BC-poor RBC concentrates) were filtered using six commercially available filters: at least 170 results were collected per filter, spread among a minimum of three teams. Prefiltration controls show that the removal (manual and automated) of the buffy coat results in an initial WBC reduction of approximately 63 percent, along with a hemoglobin loss of 4 g (7%). After filtration, residual WBCs were counted in the Nageotte manual counting chamber. The reliability of this counting method, which is simple and adapted to low WBC concentrations, was characterized in this study by a 25-percent coefficient of variation (CV) for a concentration of 2.5 WBCs per microL (i.e, 0.6 x 10(6) WBCs/filtered unit). The analysis of the results shows that, for five of six filters (1 filter was excluded), the postfiltration median value of residual WBCs was 1.1 x 10(6) in filtered RBC concentrates (n = 590), whereas it was 0.34 x 10(6) in filtered BC-poor RBC concentrates (n = 581). The difference is significant (p less than 10(-8), Wilcoxon test). Hemoglobin loss due to filtration varies according to the filter, from 5.7 +/- 2.2 to 17.3 +/- 2.5 g.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Blood Component Removal↗