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H J Anderson

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PubMed1989

Patient accounts managers share views on receivables.

Hospitals can take several steps to improve the management of receivables, according to eight patient accounts managers recently interviewed. Among these steps are precisely identifying problem areas and devising solutions; automating as many business office functions as possible; gathering more patient data before hospital admissions; and developing a well-trained and motivated staff. The managers interviewed, however, do not expect substantial improvement in hospitals' days outstanding in receivables in the year ahead. And they do not view selling receivables as a permanent solution to cash flow problems.

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PubMed1988

An example of anti-Yta demonstrating a change in its clinical significance.

The clinical significance of some red cell alloantibodies remains in doubt and can best be studied with long-term 51Cr survival studies. We report a patient whose IgG anti-Yta was initially shown not to shorten the lifespan of 51Cr-labeled Yt(a+) red cells. At the time of this study, the subclass of the antibody could not be determined. Twelve weeks after transfusion with 4 units of Yt(a+) red cells, the alloantibody for the first time was demonstrable as IgG1; a repeat radiolabeled red cell survival demonstrated significant shortening of the lifespan of Yt(a+) red cells when they were followed for 7 days. These cells had a marked 'two-component' survival curve. Because the patient also demonstrated autoantibody coating his red cells, the clinical effect of this autoantibody was followed with autologous red cells labeled with 111In; the survival of autologous red cells was normal throughout these studies. Evaluation of the clinical significance of an alloantibody in a patient may require long-term 51Cr red cell survival studies and repetition of these studies after exposure to large quantities of the antigen.

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