Laboratory Medicine 2004: Vol 35 Index

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Annual Index
Subject Index appointments for 2003-2004, Jan 30; contin- Automation: for improved patient safety, Jan 52
uing education programs, Jan 25, Feb 70, Aug Autopsy: sending reports to the family, Feb 72
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454; e-Advocacy Center, June 336, July 392, B
ABO discrepancy: aberrant blood grouping results in Sept 521; first electronic election, Oct 586; Babesiosis: emerging infectious disease in transfu-
a patient with splenomegaly and thrombocy- international survey of program directors sion medicine, Aug 490
topenia, Sept 538 opens doors toward globalization, Aug 465; Bacteria: in blood components, Aug 489; case presen-
Accidents, traffic: injury pattern analysis as a means Medscape partnership, Oct 582: National tations in mycobacteriology, Jan 40; evaluation
of driver identification, Aug 502 Honor Student Award, Feb 80, May 270, July of storage conditions and bacterial proliferation
Accreditation: by JCAHO, Aug 458 390; personne! qualifications policy state- in blood components, Oct 616; rapid assay for
Accuracy: probability-based decision-making about, ment, July 393; residents’ programs, Jan 25; bacteria detection in platelets, July 427
Dec 726 Student Scholarships for 2003/2004, April Baillie, E Eugene: on “American Medical Review"
Acid-fast bacilli, Jan 40, 41 206, Sept 527; “Thaw the Freeze" campaign, program, Jan 23; Task Force on Governance
Acinetobacter: misleading Gram stain findings on a March 136, June 336, Sept 521; wage and appointed by, Jan 23
smear from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen, vacancy survey for 2002, Jan 23; year in Bair, Dorothy P: as 50-year certificant, Nov 652
Aug 476 review 2003, Jan 23 Balances. See Laboratory balances
Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT): deliver- Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), Nov 660 Bartter's syndrome, April 223
ing quality results in the coagulation laborato- Amoebiasis: distinguishing pathogenic and non- B-cell neoplasms: molecular diagnostic testing in
ry, April 210, 212, 213; laboratory evaluation pathogenic species of Entamoeba, Oct 613 hematologic malignancies, March 170
of a prolonged PT and, May 285 Amphetamine analogs, June 374 BCR/ABL fusion gene: in chronic myelogenous
Active listening, May 263 Analbuminemia: low serum albumin and abnormal leukemia, Feb 104; in hematologic malignan-
Acute coronary syndromes: ischemia modified albu-
body shape in a young Canadian First Nations cies, March 173, 174
min measured by the albumin cobalt binding
woman, June 350 Becker, Scott: on laboratories’ ability to handle
test, Jan 44
Analytical error, sources of, June 332 bioterrorism, June 339
Adams County Hospital (Ohio), Dec 718
Anemias: a Clinical laboratory perspective, March Becker, William: on CDC grant for ASCP, Jan 28
ADAMTS-13, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
177; microcytic, May 280 Belsey, Richard E: a remembrance, Jan 8
and, Dec 733 Angioplasty, myocardial ischemia during, Jan 46 Best, Michele L: at CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference &
Addison's disease: and infertility, Sept 567; in marked Ankyrin: and hereditary elliptocytosis, Sept 536 Exhibition, June 335; on LABMEDICINE edito-
hyponatremia in a 74-year-old man, April 226 Anthrax: accidental exposure to live, Aug 462; blood rial advisory board, Nov 644
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Albuminw,o miasnc,h emJiuan e mo3d5i0fi ed, as measured by the Anti-D: anat i6-0D- yiena rh ero lds erRhu(mD,) -Jpoasni t3i6v,e Apwroilm a1n9 9 w(ilteht ter) Bird flur,a tvoarcyc, inAeu gd e4v9e7l opment for, Oct 591
albumin cobalt binding test, Jan 44, April 199 Anti-hr®: in a 43-year-old postpartum woman with a Bivalirudin, June 362
(letter) rare antibody, July 413 Biau syndrome, May 293
Albumin cobalt binding test, ischemia modified albu- Antineoplastic agents: and thrombosis in cancer Blood banking: aberrant blood grouping results in a
min measured by, Jan 44 patients, Aug 494 patient with splenomegaly and thrombocy-
Alcohol: recycling of, Jan 9 Antipsychotic medications, metabolic side effects of, topenia, Sept 538; anemias, March 177; com-
Allied Health Project Grants Program, Jan 3, Feb 85, Oct 625 puterization of suspected transfusion reac-
June 336, Sept 521 Antithrombin: molecular diagnosis of hypercoagula- tions, May 307; “Donation Nation" program,
Alloimmunization: and antibody production, Dec 740 ble states, April 215 Aug 462; emerging infectious disease in
Amenorrhea, Sept 564 Antithrombotic drugs, June 360 transfusion medicine, Aug 488; evaluation of
American Medical Association (AMA): on billing for Aplastic anemia, March 181 storage conditions and bacterial proliferation
the professional component of clinical pathol- Apophysomyces elegans: in necrotizing fasciitis in in blood components, Oct 616; FDA guidance
ogy, March 151 an adult male, March 156 document, Feb 85; laboratory evaluation of a
American Proficiency Institute, Jan 25 Apoptosis: and inflammatory bowel disease, May prolonged APTT and PT, May 285
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP): 293 Blood clots: new device for removing, Oct 590;
advocating for, March 133; agreement with Argatroban, June 362 recurring in men, Aug 464
CDC on bioterrorism awareness in the labora- ASCP Press, Jan 24 Blood components, evaluation of storage conditions
tory, March 143; Annual Meeting, Sept 517; “ASCP Washington": Capitol Hill, Jan 5, Feb 85, April and bacterial proliferation in, Oct 616
ASCP-BOR Distinguished Service Award, Oct 202, May 268, June 336, Aug 456, Sept 521, Blood products, payment rate increases for, Nov 653
584; Associate Awards, March 138, June 326, Oct 587; federal agencies, Jan 29, Feb 85, Blood urea nitrogen (BUN): a 60-year old Rh(D)-posi-
335, July 394; Associate Council, April 198, April 203, May 268, June 337, July 393, Aug tive woman with anti-D in her serum, Jan 36
Sept 518, Oct 585, 586; Board of Registry 457, Sept 521, Oct 588, Nov 653; policy, July Bogard, Patrick: on billing for the professional com-
celebrates 75th anniversary, Jan 23; Board of 393; Society news, June 336, Sept 520, Oct ponent of clinical pathology, March 151
Registry honors 50-year certificants, Nov 650; 588; states, April 203, May 269, June 338, Bone marrow: massive splenomegaly in 2 young
Board of Registry statistics, January through July 392, Aug 458, Sept 522 Indian men, Jan 34
December 2003, Dec 716; bylaws revisions, Assertive communication, May 263 Bone marrow transplantation: pulmonary infection
Sept 519; CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference & Atherosclerosis, magnesium and, Feb 108 following autologous, July 438; and thrombot-
Exhibition in Atlanta, Jan 13, 28, Feb 69, May Atomic absorption: for magnesium analysis, Feb 109 ic thrombocytopenic purpura, Dec 737
260, June 335, 341, July 391, 394; Auditory learners, Nov 656 Breast cancer: blood test for predicting treatment,
CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference & Exhibition in Author guidelines, May 320, Oct 639, Nov 703 Oct 590; new method for testing, June 330;
Chicago, Nov 655; Commission on Public Autoimmune diseases: “Media,” Jan 61; thrombotic tamoxifen therapy for, Aug 464; uPA receptor
Policy, March 133, Oct 588; committee thrombocytopenic purpura complicating, Dec 738 in, June 367
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Bronchoalveolar lavage, interpretation of the Wright- weakness in a 30-year-old-man, April 228; Chemotherapy, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea
Giemsa stained, Sept 553, Nov 699 (letter) shortness of breath in a 74-year-old woman, in an elderly woman receiving, Oct 607
Brooks, John SJ: Bush and Thompson briefed by, July 408; a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive woman Chromosome 13: in multiple myeloma, Nov 686
Jan 26; as Commission on Public Policy chair, with anti-D in her serum, Jan 36; spurious Chronic disease, anemia of, March 179
March 133 thrombocytosis in burn patient, Feb 98; a 36- Citrate: delivering quality results in the coagulation
Brooks, Will: on Diplomates in Laboratory pound weight loss and debilitating painful laboratory, April 211; and spurious elevation
Management, Feb 80 rash in a 42-year-old male, Aug 484 of coagulation screening assays, May 286
Bruising: and epistaxis in a 30-year-old pregnant Catheters: and thrombosis in cancer patients, Aug Clinical Laboratory Coalition (CLC): on competitive
woman, June 357 494 bidding, Nov 653
Bryant, Barbara J: medicine as family affair for, Feb Ceftriaxone, Jan 36, April 199 (letter) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory
79 Cell-mediated immunity, assay for, Nov 679 Committee (CLIAC), May 269
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of
Calcium: and polyuria and abdominal pain in a agreement with ASCP on bioterrorism aware- 1988 (CLIA '88): cytotechnologist workload
young Jamaican woman, Feb 100 ness in the laboratory, March 143; ASCP grant limits, Dec 742; and National Laboratory
Calcium channels, magnesium and, Feb 107, 108 from, Jan 25, Jan 28; budget cut proposed Training Network course in molecular diag-
Calibration: of laboratory balances, Jan 48, 50 for, April 203; and National Laboratory nostic techniques for the public health labora-
Camp, Mary Frannie: as 50-year certificant, Nov 652 Training Network course in molecular diag- tory, Aug 500; new surveyor guidance for,
Cancer: recent advances in the epidemiology, patho- nostic techniques for the public health labora- April 203; and pharmacy-based laboratory
physiology, and management of thrombosis in tory, Aug 497; on rapid HIV test, June 337; testing, Nov 648; and state-mandated licen-
patients with, Aug 492; thrombotic thrombo- SARS guidelines, Feb 114; select agent sure, Oct 597; survey results as guide for
cytopenic purpura associated with, Dec 738; requirements, Jan 29 Clinical laboratory consultation, May 273;
tissue plasminogen system in malignancy, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): waived tests, Aug 457
June 366. See also Breast cancer; Prostate competitive bidding project, May 268, Sept Clinically appraised topics, Dec 728
cancer 521; on laboratory services national coverage Clinical microscopy: and spectral imaging, April 244
Cancer procoagulant: and thrombosis in cancer decisions, March 135; meetings on Clinical Clinical trials: error rate in reporting of statistics,
patients, Aug 493 Laboratory Fee Schedule, Oct 588; on new Dec 728
Capacity Analysis, Jan 55 CLIA surveyor guidance, April 203; Outpatient Clonality: in hematologic malignancies, March 170
Carbon monoxide intoxication, April 228 Prospective Payment System, Nov 653; on Club drugs, June 374
Carboxyhemoglobin: in carbon monoxide intoxica- secondary payer provisions, April 203 Coagulation: anemias, March 177; circulating plas-
tion, April 228 CE OnLine: The Virtual Library of Easy to Access ma cell leukemia, March 166; delivering qual-
Cardiac troponin: in myocardial ischemia diagnosis, Education, Feb 70 ity results in the coagulation laboratory, April
Jan 45, 46 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): misieading findings on a 208, June 328 (letter); easy bruising and
Carmona, Richard H: on laboratories’ ability to han- smear from a specimen of, Aug 475, Oct 634 epistaxis in a 30-year-old pregnant woman,
die bioterrorism, June 339 (letter), Dec 755 (letter); in nasal discharge in June 357; fluid and tissue phases of plas-
Carroll, Karen: bioterrorism awareness course, a 50-year-old woman, May 279 minogen system, June 364; laboratory evalu-
March 144 Cerlins, Aina L: as 50-year certificant, Nov 650 ation of a prolonged APTT and PT, May 285;
Case studies: abdominal pain and leukocytosis in an Certification: ASCP Board of Registry statistics, molecular diagnosis of hypercoagulable
immunosuppressed patient, Nov 669; aber- January through December 2003, Dec 716; states, April 214; molecular diagnostic testing
rant blood grouping results in a patient with California bill on, May 269, July 393, Aug 458, in hematologic malignancies, March 170; new
splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia, Sept Sept 522; international, Aug 465, 466; for antithrombotic drugs, June 360; recent
538; abnormal red blood cell morphology in molecular pathology, March 135, April 205 advances in the epidemiology, pathophysiolo-
an elderly male, Sept 534; easy bruising and Chagas disease: emerging infectious disease in gy, and management of thrombosis in cancer
epistaxis in a 30-year-old pregnant woman, transfusion medicine, Aug 489 patients, Aug 492; self management of oral
June 357; epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, “Chair's Message”: “CLMA/ASCP Meeting ‘Rocks’," anticoagulation with the INRatio system, May
and diarrhea in a HIV-positive man, July 415; May 260; “The Continuing Education 303; spurious thrombocytosis in burn patient,
epigastric pain, vomiting, and diarrhea in a Dilemma," Feb 70; “The Focus is YOU!," Oct Feb 98. See also Anticoagulants
47-year-old woman, March 152; fatigue, 585; “A Great Year and a New Beginning," Cobalt: ischemia modified albumin measured by the
bronze-colored skin, and skin ulcerations in a Sept 518; “In Their Own Words,” June 326; albumin cobalt binding test, Jan 44, April 199
51-year-old alcoholic woman, Oct 603, Dec “It's That Time of Year Again,” March 134; (letter)
755 (letter); fever of unknown origin and mas- ‘Keeping Our Profession Alive,” July 390; Colitis, ulcerative: in inflammatory bowel disease,
sive splenomegaly in an indian girl, April 231; “Local Representatives to Play Crucial New April 241, May 292
fever, weight loss, and lung nodules in a 54- Role,” Aug 454; “Planting Seeds for the Collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM),
year-old woman with sarcoidosis, Oct 609; a Future!," Nov 651; “Revisiting the Revisions," Nov 648
43-year-old postpartum woman with a rare April 198; “Who ‘Fits In’ at the ASCP?," Jan 4 College of American Pathologists (CAP): on billing for
antibody, July 413; lethargy, failure to thrive, Check Sample: in bioterrorism awareness, March the professional component of clinical pathol-
and psychomotor retardation in an infant, Nov 144 ogy, March 151; Laboratory Inspection
665; leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, and Chemistry: clinical utility of magnesium measure- Program, Jan 48, 50; urine drug screening
hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate with Down ment, Feb 106; D-dimer testing for suspected program, June 370
syndrome, Sept'542; low serum albumin and pulmonary embolism, Feb 117; designer drug Colmer-Hamood, Jane A: on LABMEDICINE editorial
abnormal body shape in a young Canadian ecstasy (MDMA), June 374; inductively cou- advisory board, Nov 644
First Nations woman, June 350; marked pled plasma mass spectrometry, Feb 73; Colon cancer, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea in
hyponatremia in a 74-year-old man, April 222: inflammatory bowel disease genomics, April an elderly woman receiving chemotherapy for,
massive splenomegaly in 2 young Indian men, 241, May 292: ischemia modified albumin Oct 607
Jan 33; misleading Gram stain findings on a measured by the albumin cobalt binding test, Communications: respect as ethical foundation for
smear from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen, Jan 44; low serum albumin and abnormal communication in employee relations, May
Aug 475, Oct 634 (letter), Dec 755 (letter); body shape in a young Canadian First Nations 262
myelobilastic proliferation in the peripheral woman, June 350; marked hyponatremia in a Competitive bidding, May 268, June 338, July 392,
blood of a neonate with Down syndrome, July 74-year-old man, April 222; methods and Aug 453, Sept 521, Nov 653
404; nasal discharge in a 50-year-old woman, instruments then and now, Oct 599; nasal Compliance: computerization of suspected transfu-
May 279; necrotizing fasciitis in an adult discharge in a 50-year-old woman, May 279; sion reactions, May 307; expanding use of
male, March 154; periumbilical rash in an platelet verification under microscope calcu- rapid HIV test, Aug 462; laboratory role in
immunosuppressed patient, June 346; lated by the patient's hemoglobin factor, July billing and, Dec 718; latest SARS case may
polyuria and abdominal pain in a young 430; polyuria and abdominal pain in a young have come from laboratory, June 330; live
Jamaican woman, Feb 100; recurrent confu- Jamaican woman, Feb 100; recurrent confu- anthrax exposure, Aug 462; self management
sion and seizures in an adult male, Aug 478 sion and seizures in an adult male, Aug 478, of oral anticoagulation with the INRatio sys-
Nov 699 (letter); recurrent fever, chills, and Nov 699 (letter); refeeding syndrome in a tem, May 303
malaise in 53-year-old man, Feb 92; recurrent severely mainourished child, Sept 548; repro- Computers: computerization of suspected transfu-
hoarseness and shortage of breath in an adult ductive endocrinology in infertility, Sept 558; sion reactions, May 307; digital imaging, Feb
smoker, May 276; severe abdominal pain and severe crushing headaches, nausea, and 87; spectral imaging, April 244; technology to
diarrhea in an elderly woman receiving weakness in a 30-year-old-man, April 228; reduce specimen collection errors, Aug 472.
chemotherapy for colon cancer, Oct 607; shortness of breath in a 74-year-old woman, See also Internet; Laboratory information sys-
severe crushing headaches, nausea, and July 408; urine drug testing, June 368 tems (LIS)
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Conflict, respect during, May 264 tation of the Wright-Giemsa stained bron- awareness in the laboratory, March 143. See
Congestive heart failure: shortness of breath in a choalveolar lavage specimen, Sept 553; labo- also Training
74-year-old woman, July 408 ratory error in, June 332; leukocytosis, throm- Edwards, Jo Anne: ASCP-BOR Distinguished Service
Consultants, CLIA '88 survey results as guide for, bocytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly in a Award for, Oct 584
May 273 neonate with Down syndrome, Sept 542; Ehrlichiosis: emerging infectious disease in transfu-
Continuing education: ASCP programs, Jan 25, Feb marked hyponatremia in a 74-year-old man, sion medicine, Aug 490
70, Aug 454; fairness questioned, Nov 699 April 222; myeloblastic proliferation in the Elgert, Paul A: on LABMEDICINE editorial advisory
(letter); Florida online tracking program, June peripheral blood of a neonate with Down syn- board, Nov 645
338. See also “Continuing Education Update” drome, July 404. See also Cytotechnology Elliptocytosis, hereditary: abnormal red blood cell
series Cytomegalovirus (CMV): emerging infectious disease morphology in an elderly male, Sept 534
“Continuing Education Update" series: anemias in transfusion medicine, Aug 489 Eluation: a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive woman with
March 177; in bioterrorism awareness, March Cytotechnology: California workload limits, July 393; anti-D in her serum, Jan 37
145; clinical utility of magnesium measure- documented cytotechnologist workload, Dec Emerging infections: in transfusion medicine, Aug
ment, Feb 106; computerization of suspected 742; and molecular pathology certification 488
transfusion reactions, May 307; cytocentrifu- April 205 Employees: contentious management issues, Nov
gation, July 434; cytogenetics in multiple 659; in managing laboratory quality, Oct 622:
myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia Dallas, Steven D: Tech Sample Manuscript of the respect as ethical foundation for communica-
Nov 685; emerging infectious disease in Year, July 443 tion in employee relations, May 262
transfusion medicine, Aug 488; fluid and tis- D antigen: a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive woman with Endocrinology, reproductive, in infertility, Sept 558
sue phases of plasminogen system, June anti-D in her serum, Jan 36, April 199 (letter) Enoxaparin: and thrombosis in cancer patients, Aug
364; inductively coupled plasma mass spec- Date-rape drugs, Nov 666 495; vs new antithrombotic drugs, June 361
trometry, Dec 745; injury pattern analysis as a D-dimer: for pulmonary embolism detection, Feb Entamoeba, distinguishing pathogenic and non-
means of driver identification, Aug 502; inter- 117 pathogenic species of, Oct 613
pretation of the Wright-Giemsa stained bron- Delta check" feature, June 331 Enterobacteriaceae: storage conditions and bacterial
choalveolar lavage specimen, Sept 553 Designer drugs, June 374 proliferation in blood components, Oct 617
ischemia modified albumin measured by the Diabetes mellitus, magnesium and, Feb 108 Enzyme immunoassays: for Entamoeba detection
albumin cobalt binding test, Jan 44; laborato- Diarrhea: and epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting, Oct 614; for magnesium analysis, Feb 109
ry balances, Jan 48; laboratory evaluation of in a HIV-positive man, July 415; and epigas- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): for D-
a prolonged APTT and PT, May 285; managing tric pain and vomiting in a 47-year-old dimer measurement, Feb 117; for Entamoeba
laboratory quality, Oct 621; metabolic side woman, March 152: and severe abdominal detection, Oct 614
effects of antipsychotic medications, Oct 625 pain in an elderly woman receiving Eosinophilia: eosinophilic granulomatous hepatitis
microfluidic devices, April 233; molecular chemotherapy for colon cancer, Oct 607 March 158; in epigastric pain, vomiting, and
diagnostic testing in hematologic malignan- Digital imaging, Feb 87; spectral imaging, April 244 diarrhea in a 47-year-old woman, March 152
cies, March 170; recent advances in the epi- Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase: and severe Epigastric pain: and nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
demiology, pathophysiology, and management abdominal pain and diarrhea in an elderly in a HIV-positive man, July 415; and vomiting
of thrombosis in cancer patients, Aug 492 woman receiving chemotherapy for colon and diarrhea in a 47-year-old woman, March
reproductive endocrinology in infertility, Sept cancer, Oct 607 152
558; severe acute respiratory syndrome epi- Direct-access testing, Feb 69, July 391, Oct 586 Epistaxis: and bruising in a 30-year-old pregnant
demiology and control, Feb 112; Zygomycetes (letter) woman, June 357
pulmonary infection following autologous Direct antiglobulin test: a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive Epstein-Barr virus (EBV): emerging infectious dis-
bone marrow transplantation, July 438 woman with anti-D in her serum, Jan 37, April ease in transfusion medicine, Aug 489
Controls, levels of, May 274, 275 199 (letter) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Cook, Dianne: Regional Associate Award for, April Direct factor Xa inhibitors, June 361 Nov 660
204 Direct observation collection, June 369 Ergonomics: documented cytotechnologist workload,
Cook, Jim: on Diplomates in Laboratory Direct thrombin inhibitors, June 362 Dec 742
Management, Feb 79 Disseminated intravascular coagulation, malaria Error: laboratory automation for improved patient
Cooley anemia, March 184 causing, Feb 93 safety, Jan 52; sources of laboratory, June
Cornerload testing, Jan 48, 51 DNA, fixatives affecting quality of, June 329 331; technology to reduce specimen collec-
Coronaviruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome Domestic violence, Nov 661 tion errors, Aug 471
caused by, Feb 113 Dopamine type 2 receptors: metabolic side effects Escherichia coli 0157:H7: and thrombotic thrombo-
Cost containment: laboratory budget reduction of antipsychotic medications, Oct 625 cytopenic purpura, Dec 733, 737
through hazardous waste minimization, Jan 9 Down syndrome: leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia Ethics: respect as ethical foundation for communica-
technology to reduce specimen collection and hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate with tion in employee relations, May 262
errors, Aug 473 Sept 542; myeloblastic proliferation in the E2F3 gene, Aug 464
Coumadin: delivering quality results in the coagula- peripheral blood of a neonate with, July 404 Evidence-based medicine, Dec 723; best available
tion laboratory, April 208, 211 Drugs, therapeutic: metabolic side effects of evidence required for, June 325
Coumarin: vs new antithrombotic drugs, June 361 antipsychotic medications, Oct 625; new Extrapyramidal side effects, Oct 625
C-reactive protein: and recurrent confusion and antithrombotic drugs, June 360; pharmacy- F
seizures in an adult male, Aug 479 based laboratory testing, Nov 648; and throm- Factor V: and laboratory evaluation of a prolonged
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD): emerging infec- botic thrombocytopenic purpura, Dec 737 APTT and PT, May 285, 290
tious disease in transfusion medicine, Aug Drugs of abuse: designer drug ecstasy (MDMA), Factor V Leiden: molecular diagnosis of hypercoagu-
490 June 374; urine drug testing, June 368
lable states, April 215
Crohn's disease: in inflammatory bowel disease, Drug testing, urine, June 368
Factor Vila: in hemostasis, April 214
April 241, May 292 Dyspnea: shortness of breath in a 74-year-old
Factor Vill: and laboratory evaluation of a prolonged
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (television show) woman, July 409
APTT and PT, May 285, 290
May 259, 271
Cushing's syndrome: and infertility, Sept 566 E-Advocacy Center, June 336, July 392, Sept 521 Factor IX: and laboratory evaluation of a prolonged
Cystathionine beta-synthase: molecular diagnosis of Edgar, Laura Culver: on molecular pathology certifi- APTT and PT, May 285, 290
hypercoagulable states, April 215 cation, April 205 Factor Xa: and new antithrombotic drugs, June 360
Cytocentrifugation, July 434 Education: ASCP Associate Excellence in Education Factor XI: and laboratory evaluation of a prolonged
Cytogenetics: laboratory monitoring of chronic myel Award, March 138, June 326; ASCP National APTT and PT, May 285, 290
ogenous leukemia patients on imatinib mesy- Honor Student Award, Feb 80, May 270, July Factor Xil: and laboratory evaluation of a prolonged
late (Gleevec) therapy, Feb 104; in multiple 390; ASCP programs in 2003, Jan 24; ASCP APTT and PT, May 285, 290
myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia reaches out to science students, Aug 459 Factor Xill: in hemostasis, April 214
Nov 685; vs molecular diagnostic testing in ASCP Student Scholarships for 2003/2004, False-positives: in urine drug testing, June 370
hematologic malignancies, March 172 April 206; funding for programs, Jan 26 Family Medical Leave Act (1993), Nov 660, 661
Cytokines: and thrombosis in cancer patients, Aug international survey of program directors Fasciitis, necrotizing: in an adult male, March 154
493 opens doors toward ASCP globalization, Aug Fattig, Martin L: from bench-level medical technolo-
Cytology: circulating plasma cell leukemia, March 465; job selection criteria and the influence gist to chief executive officer, Oct 593
166; cytocentrifugation, July 434; HPV testing of clinical rotation sites for senior medical “Features”: ASCP scholarship winners, Sept 527;
as objective quality assurance monitor in the laboratory science students, Feb 76; learn- billing for the professional component of clini-
cytopathology laboratory, April 238; interpre- ing styles, Nov 656; role in bioterrorism cal pathology, March 150; Clinical Laboratory
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improvement Amendments of 1988 survey Genomics: of inflammatory bowel disease, April 241, and hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate with
results as guide for clinical laboratory consul- May 292 Down syndrome, Sept 542; massive
tation, May 273; CLMA/ASCP 2004 G-glutamyltranspeptidase, May 281 splenomegaly in 2 young Indian men, Jan 33;
Conference & Exhibition, Jan 13, June 341 Giardia lamblia: and epigastric pain, nausea, vomit- “Media,” May 313; molecular diagnostic test-
contentious management issues, Nov 659; ing, and diarrhea in a HIV-positive man, July ing in hematologic malignancies, March 170;
digital imaging, Feb 87; evidence-based med- 415 myelobiastic proliferation in the peripheral
icine, Dec 723; molecular diagnosis of hyper- Giardiasis: and epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, blood of a neonate with Down syndrome, July
coagulable states, April 214; the Platinum and diarrhea in a HIV-positive man, July 415 404; new antithrombotic drugs, June 360;
Loop Group, July 399; state-mandated licen- Gill, Gary W: on LABMEDICINE editorial advisory platelet verification under microscope calcu-
sure, Oct 595; technology to reduce specimen board, Nov 645 lated by the patient's hemoglobin factor, July
collection errors, Aug 471 Glenn, David W: on LABMEDICINE editorial advisory 430; recent advances in the epidemiology,
Fell, Linda L: as ASCP Associate Chair, Sept 520 board, Nov 645 pathophysiology, and management of throm-
Fenn, JoAnn: Regional Associate Award for, Apri! 204 Globalization: international survey of program direc- bosis in cancer patients, Aug 492; a 60-year
Ferritin: in fatigue, bronze-colored skin, and skin tors opens doors toward ASCP, Aug 465 old Rh(D)-positive woman with anti-D in her
ulcerations in a 51-year-old alcoholic woman, Goldfinger, Dennis: Philip Levine Award for, Aug 455 serum, Jan 36; spurious thrombocytosis in
Oct 603, Dec 755 (letter) Goldsmith, Jeff: on clinical laboratory in the future, burn patient, Feb 98; thrombotic thrombocy-
Fever of unknown origin: and massive splenomegaly Feb 82 topenic purpura and ADAMTS-13, Dec 733
in an Indian girl, April 231 Golightly, Candice: on qualification in laboratory Hematology analyzers: massive splenomegaly in 2
Fibrinolysis: “fibrinolytic pathway," June 364; and informatics, May 272 young indian men, Jan 34
thrombosis in cancer patients, Aug 493 Gomes, Carol A: on “American Medical Review" pro- Hemochromatosis: in fatigue, bronze-colored skin,
Finn, William G: on LABMEDICINE editorial advisory gram, Jan 23; on LABMEDICINE editorial advi- and skin ulcerations in a 51-year-old alcoholic
board, Nov 645 sory board, Nov 645; on safety, May 267 woman, Oct 603, Dec 755 (letter)
Fixatives: effect on DNA quality, June 329 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH): in repro- Hemoglobin: massive splenomegaly in 2 young
Flame photometers, Oct 599 ductive endocrinology, Sept 558 Indian men, Jan 34; piatelet verification under
Flow cytometry: “Media,” May 313; in plasma ceil Graham, Anna: on “American Medical Review" pro- microscope calculated by the patient's hemo-
leukemia diagnosis, March 166, 169 gram, Jan 23 globin factor, July 430; sickle cell anemia,
Fit3 receptor, March 174 Gram's stain: “Media,” July 443; misleading find- March 182
Fluorescence iri situ hybridization (FISH): cytogenet- ings on a smear from a cerebrospinai fluid Hemolytic anemia, March 183
ics in multiple myeloma and chronic lympho- specimen, Aug 475, Oct 634 (letter), Dec 755 Hemolytic-uremic syndrome: thrombotic thrombocy-
cytic leukemia, Nov 685; in hematologic (letter) topenic purpura differentiated from, Dec 733,
malignancies, March 172: in iaboratory moni- Granulomas, hepatic, March 158 737
toring of chronic myelogenous leukemia Gross, Gail: on qualification in laboratory informat- Hemostasis: platelet verification under microscope
patients on imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) thera- ics, May 271, 272 calculated by the patient's hemoglobin factor,
py, Feb 104; spectral imaging, April 244 Gynecomastia, Sept 564 July 430; recent advances in the epidemiolo-
5-Fluorouracil toxicity: in severe abdominal pain and H gy, pathophysiology, and management of
diarrhea in an elderly woman receiving Harassment, Nov 660 thrombosis in cancer patients, Aug 492
chemotherapy for colon cancer, Oct 607 Hardy, George: on technology to reduce specimen Heparin: delivering quality results in the coagulation
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH): in reproductive collection errors, Aug 472, 473, 474 laboratory, April 208, 212: and thrombosis in
endocrinology, Sept 558 Harms. Arlene: from bench-level medical technolo- cancer patients, Aug 494; vs new antithrom-
Fondaparinux, June 361 gist to chief executive officer, Oct 592 botic drugs, June 360
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): blood clot Harris, Jim: at CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference & Hepatitis, eosinophilic granulomatous, March 158
removal device approved by, Oct 590; blood Exhibition, June 335 Hepatitis B virus: DNA detection in human samples,
guidance document, Feb 85; Blood Products Hazardous waste, laboratory budget reduction Nov 681; emerging infectious disease in
Advisory Committee, June 337; new blood through minimization of, Jan 9 transfusion medicine, Aug 489
test for newborns approved, Oct 590; rapid Health and Human Services, Department of (HHS) Hepatitis C virus: emerging infectious disease in
HIV test approved by, June 337; waived tests bioterrorism funds shifted by, Aug 457; transfusion medicine, Aug 489, 490; FDA
regulation, Aug 457 Blood Products Advisory Committee focusing
‘Donation Nation” program, Aug 462; national
Forensic pathology: injury pattern analysis as a health information technology system, July on, June 337
means of driver identification, Aug 502 393 Hepatosplenomegaly: and leukocytosis and throm-
Formalin, recycling of, Jan 9 Health care administration, laboratory professionals bocytopenia in a neonate with Down syn-
Forsman, Rodney: on direct-access testing, July 391 and, April 199 (letter), June 327 (letter) drome, Sept 542
14q32 rearrangements: in multiple myeloma, Nov Health insurance: people without coverage, July 389 HFE gene: in hemochromatosis, Oct 604
687 Health Professions Network (HPN), Jan 4 Hirsutism, Sept 565, 566
Fractional distillation: in recycling, Jan 10 Health Resources and Services Administration Hirudin, June 362
Freeman, Vicki S: ASCP Associate Excellence in Histology: eosinophilic granulomatous hepatitis
(HRSA), May 268
Education Award for, March 138, June 326 Held, Marilyn: bioterrorism awareness course, March March 158; epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting,
335 and diarrhea in a HIV-positive man, July 415;
144
Frozen sections: and digital imaging, Feb 89 hematological laboratory findings in patients
Hematocrit: delivering quality results in the coaguia-
Fungi. See Mycology ot an autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malar-
tion laboratory, April 210; and spurious eleva-
Fusillo, Mary Lou: working with laboratory educa- ia outbreak, July 420; interpretation of the
tion of coagulation screening assays, May
tors, July 390 Wright-Giemsa stained bronchoalveolar
286
lavage specimen, Sept 553; in vitro confirma-
Hematology: abnormal red blood cell morphology in
Gallivan, Monica VE: as Washington National tion of reticulocyte invasion by Plasmodium
an elderly male, Sept 534; acquired von
Cathedral docent, March 140 parasites, May 298; misleading Gram stain
Willebrand's disease with multiple myeloma
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, Nov 666 findings on a smear from a cerebrospinal fluid
and lupus-like anticoagulant, Nov 674; ane-
Gap Analysis, Jan 55 specimen, Aug 475, Oct 634 (letter), Dec 755
mias, March 177; circulating plasma cell
Gas chromatography: for carboxyhemoglobin detec- (letter); necrotizing fasciitis in an adult male,
tion, April 229 leukemia, March 166; easy bruising and epis- March 154; periumbilical rash in an immuno-
Gel electrophoresis: in hematologic malignancies taxis in a 30-year-old pregnant woman, June suppressed patient, June 346; platelet verifi-
March 171 357; in fatigue, bronze-colored skin, and skin Cation under microscope calculated by the
Gene expression profiling: in hematologic malignan- ulcerations in a 51-year-old alcoholic woman patient's hemoglobin factor, July 430; recur-
cies, March 174 Oct 603, Dec 755 (letter); fever of unknown rent hoarseness and shortage of breath in an
Generalist: cytocentrifugation, July 434; injury pat- origin and massive splenomegaly in an Indian adult smoker, May 276; spectral imaging,
tern analysis as a means of driver identifica- girl, April 231; fluid and tissue phases of plas- April 244; Zygomycetes pulmonary infection
tion, Aug 502; laboratory automation for minogen system, June 364; hematological following autologous bone marrow transplan-
improved patient safety, Jan 52: laboratory laboratory findings in patients of an tation, July 438
balances, Jan 48; microfluidic devices, April autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria out- Histoplasma capsulatum: in fever, weight loss, and
233; refeeding syndrome in a severely mal- break, July 420; laboratory evaluation of a lung nodules in a 54-year-old woman with
nourished child, Sept 548; reproductive prolonged APTT and PT, May 285; laboratory sarcoidosis, Sept 553
endocrinology in infertility, Sept 558; spectral monitoring of chronic myelogenous leukemia Histoplasmosis: in fever, weight loss, and lung nod-
imaging, April 244; Tech Sample Manuscript patients on imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) thera- ules in a 54-year-old woman with sarcoidosis,
of the Year, July 443 py, Feb 104; leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, Sept 553
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Hitchcock, Dorilyn: in ASCP outreach efforts, Aug IBD5 susceptibility locus, April 242, May 295 insulinoma: and recurrent confusion and seizures in
459 ICD-9 codes: laboratory role in billing, Dec 719 an adult male, Aug 482, Nov 699 (letter)
HIV. See Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), pregnan- Interleukin-1 (IL-1): and thrombosis in cancer
HL7 (Health Level Seven) electronic health records cy-associated, June 357 patients, Aug 493
standards, July 394, 397 \draparinux, June 362 Interleukin-6 (IL-6): and thrombosis in cancer
Hoarseness, recurrent, and shortage of breath in an Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec): for hematologic malig- patients, Aug 493
adult smoker, May 276 nancies, March 174; laboratory monitoring of International normalized ratio (INR): delivering quali-
Hodgkin's disease, hepatic granulomas associated chronic myelogenous leukemia patients treat- ty results in the coagulation laboratory, April
with, March 164 ed with, Feb 104 211; and manufacturer-assigned ISI values,
Hofer, William: on direct-access testing, July 391 Immune function, assay for, Nov 679 June 327 (letter), Aug 461 (letter); self man-
Hoffman, Colleen: on qualification in laboratory immunoassays: microfluidic devices in, April 235; for agement of oral anticoagulation with the
informatics, May 272 reproductive hormones, Sept 567; for urine INRatio system, May 303
Hoffstadter, Lynn: on safety, May 267 drug testing, June 368 International sensitivity index (ISI): delivering quality
Holladay, Blair: on molecular pathology certification, Immunocompromised patients: abdominal pain and results in the coagulation laboratory, April
April 205 leukocytosis in an immunosuppressed patient, 211; manufacturer-assigned values, June 327
Home health care, microfluidic devices in, April 233 Nov 669; periumbilical rash in an immuno- (letter), Aug 461 (letter)
Homocysteine: molecular diagnosis of hypercoagula- suppressed patient, June 346; Zygomycetes Internet: ASCP e-Advocacy Center, June 336; tests
ble states, April 215 pulmonary infection following autologous promoted on, June 325. See also World Wide
Hookworms, Strongyloides stercoralis compared bone marrow transplantation, July 438 Web
with, March 153 Immunoelectrophoresis, Nov 662 Intracranial pressure: in nasal discharge in a 50-
Hostile environment, Nov 660 Immunofixation electrophoresis: immunoelec- year-old woman, May 281
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV): ASCP trophoresis compared with, Nov 662; for nasal Invader assays: in molecular diagnosis of hyperco-
assisting countries ravaged by, Sept 520; discharge in a 50-year-old woman, May 280 agulable states, April 218
emerging infectious disease in transfusion immunofluorescence, spectral imaging in, April 247 Inventory: in managing laboratory quality, Oct 622
medicine, Aug 489, 490; epigastric pain, nau- immunohistochemistry, spectral imaging in, April lon selective electrodes: for magnesium analysis,
sea, vomiting, and diarrhea in a HIV-positive 244, 247 Feb 110; then and now, Oct 599
man, July 415; laboratory error in testing for, Immunology: antibody identification testing omis- Iraq, medical technologist in, April 201
June 333; new rapid test for, June 337, Aug sion, Dec 740; circulating plasma cell Iron: in fatigue, bronze-colored skin, and skin ulcer-
462; and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, leukemia, March 166; eosinophilic granulo- ations in a 51-year-old alcoholic woman, Oct
Aug 484; as turning point in the laboratory, matous hepatitis, March 158; immune func- 603, Dec 755 (letter)
July 402 tion assay enters the clinical laboratory, Nov iron deficiency anemia, March 177
Human leukocyte antigens (HLA): and inflammatory 679; molecular diagnostic testing in hemato- Ischemia modified albumin: as measured by the
bowel disease, April 242, May 295 logic malignancies, March 170; myeloblastic albumin cobalt binding test, Jan 44, April 199
Human papilloma virus (HPV): HPV testing as objec- proliferation in the peripheral blood of a (letter)
tive quality assurance monitor in the neonate with Down syndrome, July 404; lsoenzyme electrophoresis: in Entamoeba epidemiol-
cytopathology laboratory, April 238; in recur- polyuria and abdominal pain in a young ogy, Oct 613
rent hoarseness and shortage of breath in an Jamaican woman, Feb 100; rapid assay for
adult smoker, May 276 bacteria detection in platelets, July 427; a 60- Jackson, Carol: on Diplomates in Laboratory
Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy, Feb 101 year old Rh(D)-positive woman with anti-D in Management, Feb 80
4-Hydroxybutyric aciduria: in lethargy, failure to her serum, Jan 36; a 36-pound weight loss Jacobs, Jeff: as ASCP advocate, March 133; on lab-
thrive, and psychomotor retardation in an and debilitating painful rash in a 42-year-old oratories’ ability to handle bioterrorism, June
infant, Nov 665 male, Aug 484
Hyperandrogenemia, Sept 565 Inborn errors of metabolism: in lethargy, failure to Johnson, Bob: National Medical Laboratory Week
Hyperandrogenism, Sept 566 thrive, and psychomotor retardation in an activities, July 395
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: for carbon monoxide infant, Nov 665 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
intoxication treatment, April 230 Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Feb Organizations (JCAHO): on billing for the pro-
Hypercalcemia: and polyuria and abdominal pain in 73, Dec 745 fessional component of clinical pathology,
a young Jamaican woman, Feb 101 Infection control, laboratory professionals and, April March 151; in Lab Advantage program, Jan
Hypercholesterolemia, hypoalbuminemia and, June 199 (letter), June 327 (letter) 25; laboratory accreditation, Aug 458; on
355 Infectious diseases: evaluation of storage conditions K patient safety, Jan 52
Hypercoagulable states, molecular diagnosis of, April and bacterial proliferation in blood compo-
214 nents, Oct 616; hematological laboratory find- Kelly, Grace: as 50-year certificant, Nov 652
Hyperdiploidy: in multiple myeloma, Nov 686 ings in patients of an autochthonous Kempson, Richard L: HP Smith Award for, Sept 523
Hyperlipidemia, magnesium deficiency and, Feb 108 Plasmodium vivax malaria outbreak, July 420; Kenar, Christine: on Diplomates in Laboratory
Hypermagnesemia, Feb 110 histoplasmosis, Oct 609; intestinal amoebia- Management, Feb 80
Hyperprolactinemia, Sept 565 sis, Oct 613; misleading Gram stain findings Keren, David F: at CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference &
Hypertension, magnesium deficiency and, Feb 108 on a smear from a cerebrospinal fluid speci- Exhibition, June 335; on co-payment issue,
Hyperthyroidism: and infertility, Sept 566 men, Aug 475, Oct 634 (letter), Dec 755 (let- Jan 26; on Task Force on Governance, Jan 23
Hypoalbuminemia: low serum albumin and abnormal ter); Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, Aug Kinesthetic learners, Nov 656
body shape in a young Canadian First Nations 484; rapid assay for bacteria detection in Klebsiella: storage conditions and bacterial prolifera-
woman, June 350 platelets, July 427; severe acute respiratory tion in blood components, Oct 617, 618
Hypodiploidy: in multiple myeloma, Nov 686 syndrome epidemiology and control, Feb 112, Knight, Joseph A: Ward Burdick Award for, Sept 522
Hypogammaglobulinemia: aberrant blood grouping May 261 (letter); Zygomycetes pulmonary Koilocytes: in HPV infection, May 276
results in a patient with splenomegaly and infection following autologous bone marrow Korfiatis, Gail: Regional Associate Award for, April 204
thrombocytopenia, Sept 538 transplantation, July 430 Kroft, Steven H: as LABMEDICINE Associate Editor,
Hypoglycemia: and recurrent confusion and seizures Infertility, reproductive endocrinology in, Sept 558 Oct 577, Nov 644
in an adult male, Aug 478, Nov 699 (letter) Inflammatory bowel disease, genomics of, April 241, we David: in Iraq, April 201
Hypogonadism: female, Sept 564; male, Sept 560 May 292
Hypokalemia: and malnutrition, Sept 550, 551 infliximab (Remicade), April 241 Lab Advantage program, Jan 25
Hypomagnesemia, Feb 108, 110; and malnutrition, informatics, qualification in laboratory, May 271 Laboratory balances: how they work, checking their
Sept 550, 551 Information management: in managing laboratory accuracy, Jan 48
Hyponatremia, April 222 quality, Oct 623 Laboratory information systems (LIS): and digital
Hypophosphatemia: and mainutrition, Sept 549, 550 Injury pattern analysis: as a means of driver identifi- imaging, Feb 87; qualification in laboratory
Hypopituitarism: and infertility, Sept 566 cation, Aug 502 informatics, May 271
Hypothalamus: in reproductive endocrinology, Sept Iniander, Charles: on direct-access testing, July 391 Laboratory Medicine: articles on Webscape, Oct 584;
In situ hybridization, spectral imaging in, April 244, 247 new editorial advisory board, Nov 644; new
‘ae and infertility, Sept 566 Instrumentation: at CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference & editorial team and new name for, Oct 577;
Exhibition, June 341; D-dimer testing for sus- response to reader survey, July 396; Sher
IBD1 susceptibility locus, April 241, May 292 pected pulmonary embolism, Feb 117; labora- retires as editor of, Sept 514
IBD2 susceptibility locus, May 294 tory balances, Jan 48; in managing laboratory Laminar fluid flow, April 234
IBD3 susceptibility locus, April 242, May 295 quality, Oct 622; then and now, Oct 599, Nov Land, Kevin J: on LABMEDICINE editorial advisory
IBD4 susceptibility locus, May 295 662, Dec 731 board, Nov 645
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Latex agglutination test: for Staphylococcus epider- Plasmodium vivax outbreak, July 420; in nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea in a HIV-posi-
midis detection, July 427 recurrent fever, chills, and malaise in 53-year- tive man, July 415; epigastric pain, vomiting,
Latimer, Joan: Regional Associate Award for, April old man, Feb 92 and diarrhea in a 47-year-old woman, March
204 Malignancy: tissue plasminogen system in, June 152; fever of unknown origin and massive
Learning styles, Nov 656 366. See also Cancer splenomegaly in an Indian girl, April 231
Legislation: on allied health, June 337, Aug 456; on Malnutrition: refeeding syndrome in a severely mal- fever, weight loss, and lung nodules in a 54-
laboratory personnel shortage, Jan 26, March nourished child, Sept 548 year-old woman with sarcoidosis, Oct 609;
133, Aug 456; on patient safety, Jan 52, Oct Mammograms: new alternatives to, June 330; over- hematological laboratory findings in patients
587; on pharmacy-based laboratory testing use of, June 330 of an autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malar-
Nov 650; state-mandated licensure, Oct 595 Management/administration: ASCP Associate ia outbreak, July 420; HPV testing as objec-
Nov 695, Dec 751 Excellence in Management Award, March tive quality assurance monitor in the
Leishmania: DNA detection in human samples, Nov 137, June 326; from bench-level medical cytopathology laboratory, April 238; in vitro
681 technologist to chief executive officer, Oct confirmation of reticulocyte invasion by
Leishmania donovani, April 231 592: career horizons for Diplomates in Plasmodium parasites, May 298; memoirs of
Leishmaniasis: in fever of unknown origin and mas- Laboratory Management, Feb 79; contentious a medical technologist, July 400; misleading
sive splenomegaly in an Indian girl, April 231 management issues, Nov 659; laboratory Gram stain findings on a smear from a cere-
Leitch, Chery! V: Regional Associate Award for, April automation for improved patient safety, Jan brospinal fluid specimen, Aug 475, Oct 634
204 52; managing laboratory quality, Oct 621 (letter), Dec 755 (letter); necrotizing fasciitis in
Lemery, Linda: ASCP Associate Excellence in National Laboratory Training Network course an adult male, March 154; periumbilical rash
Management Award for, March 137, June in molecular diagnostic techniques for the in an immunosuppressed patient, June 346
326, 335 public health laboratory, Aug 497; respect as rapid assay for bacteria detection in platelets
Lepirudin, June 362 ethical foundation for communication in July 427; recurrent fever, chills, and malaise
Leukemia: circulating plasma cell, March 166; cyto- employee relations, May 262; self manage- in 53-year-old man, Feb 92; recurrent hoarse-
genetics in chronic lymphocytic, Nov 685 ment of oral anticoagulation with the INRatio ness and shortage of breath in an adult
hypercaicemia of malignancy associated with system, May 303 smoker, May 276; severe acute respiratory
adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, Feb 101 Manchester reagent, April 211 syndrome epidemiology and control, Feb 112
laboratory monitoring of chronic myelogenous Manufacturer's instructions, May 274, 275 a 36-pound weight loss and debilitating
leukemia patients on imatinib mesylate Marques, Marisa B: on LABMEDICINE editorial advi- painful rash in a 42-year-old male, Aug 484
(Gleevec) therapy, Feb 104; and leukocytosis sory board, Nov 646 Zygomycetes pulmonary infection following
thrombocytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly Maryland General Hospital, Oct 587 autologous bone marrow transplantation, July
in a neonate with Down syndrome, Sept 542 Mass spectrometry: inductively coupled plasma, Feb 438
massive splenomegaly in 2 young Indian men 73, Dec 745 Microfluidic devices, April 233
Jan 34; molecular diagnostic testing in hema- Matrix metalloproteinases, plasmin in activating Microspherocytes: in spurious thrombocytosis in
tologic malignancies, March 170 June 365 burn patient, Feb 98
Leukocytosis: and abdominal pain in an immunosup- McBride, Beth: on technology to reduce specimen Minimal residual disease: molecular diagnostic test-
pressed patient, Nov 669; massive collection errors, Aug 472, 473, 474 ing in hematologic malignancies, March 173
splenomegaly in 2 young Indian men, Jan 34 McCloud, Vvaunka: Regional Associate Award for Minimum wage laws, Nov 654
a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive woman with April 204 Mixing studies: in evaluation of abnormal APTT or
anti-D in her serum, Jan 37; and thrombocy- McCormick, James B: collection of antique laborato- PT, May 290
topenia and hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate ry instruments of, March 138 Molecular diagnostics: in hematologic malignancies
with Down syndrome, Sept 542 Media”: Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of March 170; HPV testing as objective quality
Licensure: ASCP providing testimony for legislation Human Autoimmune Diseases, Jan 61; Flow assurance monitor in the cytopathology labo-
Jan 26; international, Aug 465; for molecular Cytometry in Hematopathology: A Visual ratory, April 238; of hypercoagulable states
diagnostics, April 203; New York approves bill Approach to Data Analysis and Interpretation April 214; inflammatory bowel disease
on, Sept 522: pros and cons of state-mandat- May 313; Serum Free Light Chain Assays genomics, April 241, May 292; ischemia mod-
ed, Oct 595, Nov 695, Dec 751 June 376; Tech Sample Manuscript of the ified albumin measured by the albumin cobalt
Ligation-based technologies: molecular diagnosis of Year, July 443 binding test, Jan 44; low serum albumin and
hypercoagulable states, April 218 Medicaid: denials for ancillary services, Dec 718 abnormal body shape in a young Canadian
Linearity testing, Jan 48, 49 Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act (2003) First Nations woman, June 350; National
Liquid-based cytology, conventional Pap smears Jan 26, March 133, Aug 456 Laboratory Training Network course in molec-
compared with, Dec 731 Medicare: billing for the professional component of ular diagnostic techniques for the pubiic
Liquid chromatography, microfluidic devices and Clinical pathology, March 150; clinical labora- health laboratory, Aug 497; polyuria and
April 235 tory fee schedule for 2004, Feb 85; denials abdominal pain in a young Jamaican woman
Liquid crystal tunable filters, April 245 for ancillary services, Dec 718; GAO report on Feb 100; protozoan and hepatitis B virus DNA
Literature searching: in evidence-based medicine reimbursements, Jan 5; laboratory services detection in human samples, Nov 681; Rhode
Dec 724, 726 national coverage decisions, March 135 Island licensure of, April 203; spectral imag-
Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, IL): lab- reform legislation, Jan 5, Jan 25; secondary ing, April 244
oratory automation at, Jan 55 payer provisions, April 203 Molecular pathology, certification for, March 135
Lupus anticoagulants: and laboratory evaluation of a Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act April 205
prolonged APTT and PT, May 290, 291 (2003), Jan 5, Feb 69, 85, March 133, 135 Monkeypox virus, Aug 488, 489
Lupus-like anticoagulant, acquired von Willebrand's Aug 453, Nov 653 Moraxella: misleading Gram stain findings on a
disease with multiple myeloma and, Nov 674 Medscape, Oct 582 smear from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen
LURI" (lower and upper region interference), Feb 98 Megakaryocytes, July 430 Aug 476
Lurie, Joanna: at CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference & Megaloblastic anemia, March 180 Morphometry, spectral imaging and, April 2488
Exhibition, June 335, 336 Melagatran, June 362 Mucormycosis, July 438
Luteinizing hormone: in reproductive endocrinology Meningitis: misleading Gram stain findings on a Multiple myeloma: acquired von Willebrand's dis-
Sept 558 smear from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen ease with lupus-like anticoagulant and, Nov
Lyme disease: emerging infectious disease in trans- Aug 475, Oct 634 (letter), Dec 755 (letter) 674; cytogenetics in, Nov 685; plasma cell
fusion medicine, Aug 490; evidence-based Menopause, Sept 565 leukemia compared with, March 167
medicine approach to diagnosis of, Dec 725 Meta-analysis: for assessing accuracy of diagnostic Multiplexed imaging, April 244
Lymphocytes: in immune function tests, Nov 679 tests, Dec 726 Murray, Karen: on molecular pathology certification
Lymphoma: hypercalcemia of malignancy associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, March April 205
with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, Feb 157 Musculoskeletal disorders: and cytotechnologist
101; and marked hyponatremia in a 74-year- Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase: molecular workload, Dec 742
old man, April 226; molecular diagnostic test- diagnosis of hypercoagulable states, April 215 Mutter, Michael: on technology to reduce specimen
ing in hematologic malignancies, March 170 Microarrays. See Biochips (microarrays) collection errors, Aug 472, 473, 474
Microbiology: case presentations in mycobacteriolo- Mycobacterium, Jan 40
Magnesium, clinical utility of measurement of, Feb gy, Jan 40; distinguishing pathogenic and Mycobacterium asiaticum, Jan 42
106, April 200 (letter) non-pathogenic species of Entamoeba, Oct Mycobacterium bovis, Jan 40, 41, 42
Malaria: emerging infectious disease in transfusion 613; emerging infectious disease in transfu- Mycobacterium kansasii, Jan 42, 43, 44
medicine, Aug 489; hematological laboratory sion medicine, Aug 488; eosinophilic granulo- Mycobacterium marinum, Jan 42, 43
findings in patients of an autochthonous matous hepatitis, March 158: epigastric pain, Mycobacterium microtii, Jan 41
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Mycobacterium simiae, Jan 42 Parasitology: abdominal pain and leukocytosis in an Platelets: platelet verification under microscope cal-
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Jan 40, 41, 42 immunosuppressed patient, Nov 669; emerg- culated by the patient's hemoglobin factor,
Mycology: fever, weight loss, and jung nodules in a ing infectious disease in transfusion medicine, July 430; rapid assay for bacteria detection
54-year-old woman with sarcoidosis, Oct 609: Aug 489; epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, in, July 427
necrotizing fasciitis in an adult male, March and diarrhea in a HIV-positive man, July 415; Platelet satellitism: in spurious thrombocytosis in
154; Zygomycetes pulmonary infection fol- epigastric pain, vomiting, and diarrhea in a burn patient, Feb 99
lowing autologous bone marrow transplanta- 47-year-old woman, March 152; fever of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: in a 36-pound
tion, July 438 unknown origin and massive splenomegaly in weight loss and debilitating painful rash in a
Myeloproliferative disorder, transient: and leukocyto- an Indian girl, April 231; hepatic granulomas, 42-year-old male, Aug 484
sis, thrombocytopenia, and March 164; in vitro confirmation of reticulo- Point-of-care (POC) tests, microfluidic devices in,
hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate with Down cyte invasion by Plasmodium, May 298; peri- April 233
syndrome, Sept 542: in neonate with Down umbilical rash in an immunosuppressed Polycystic ovarian disease, Sept 565
syndrome, July 404 patient, June 346 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR): for Entamoeba
Parathyroid hormone: magnesium and, Feb 108; and detection, Oct 615; and fixatives affecting
Nasal discharge: in a 50-year-old woman, May 279 polyuria and abdominal pain in a young quality of DNA, June 329; in hematologic
Nationa! Association of Biology Teachers, Jan 24 Jamaican woman, Feb 101 malignancies, March 170, 172; molecular
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Parathyroid hormone related peptide: and polyuria diagnosis of hypercoagulable states, April
Standards (NCCLS): on managing laboratory and abdominal pain in a young Jamaican 216; in National Laboratory Training Network
quality, Oct 621; standardized terminology woman, Feb 101 course in molecular diagnostic techniques for
developed by, Oct 591 Partial e-antigen, July 413 the public health laboratory, Aug 497; proto-
National Institutes of Health (NIH): funding for cam- Passive-aggressive communication, May 264 zoan and hepatitis B virus DNA detection in
paign against obesity, Oct 590 Path of workflow: in managing laboratory quality, human samples, Nov 681
National Laboratory Training Network: course in Oct 622, 623 Polyuria: and abdominal pain in a young Jamaican
molecular diagnostic techniques for the public Pathologists’ assistant: certification for, Dec 717 woman, Feb 100
health laboratory, Aug 497 Patients: integrating into evidence-based medicine, Pontius, Anne: on direct-access testing, July 391
National Medical Laboratory Week, Jan 23, 26, Feb Dec 726 Poplack, Steven: on new method for testing breast
81, March 134, 139, April 197, May 259, 271 Patient safety: laboratory automation for improved, cancer, June 330
June 337, July 395 Jan 52; legislation on, Jan 52, Oct 587 Population prevalence studies: in evidence-based
Natriuretic peptide, B-type: and shortness of breath Peer review: in evidence-based medicine, Dec 724 medicine, Dec 724
in a 74-year-old woman, July 409 728 Postanalytical error, sources of, June 333
Neisseria: misleading Gram stain findings on a Peterson, LoAnn: becomes ASCP president, Sept Potassium, magnesium and, Feb 108
smear from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen 519: at CLMA/ASCP 2004 Conference & Preanalytical error, sources of, June 331
Aug 476 Exhibition, June 335; Task Force on Focus Pregnancy: bruising and epistaxis during, June 357;
Nesidioblastosis: and recurrent confusion and chaired by, May 259, Sept 517 thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and,
seizures in an adult male, Aug 482 Peterson, William: bringing attention to the laborato- Dec 733, 737
NF-kB, April 243, May 295 ry, May 259, 271 ‘President's Message": "ASCP Brings National
Nicholson, Janet: on bioterrorism awareness, March Pharmacy-based laboratory testing, Nov 648 Attention to the Laboratory," May 259; "Bad
143 Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, Jan 34, Feb 104 Information is Worse than None," June 325;
NOD2 gene, April 241, May 292 March 172, 173 Come Join Us in San Antonio," Sept 517
Nolte, Frederick: on molecular pathology certifica- Phlebotomy: California approves ASCP examination, ‘Doing Big Things By Doing Right Things,"
tion, April 205 Jan 26; delivering quality results in the coag- Oct 583; “The Importance of Being a
Nonspecific antigen competition, Dec 740 ulation laboratory, April 208; microfluidic Member,” Jan 3; “Leading the Way for
Non-traditional laboratory jobs, Jan 4 devices for, April 234; valuing patients, Oct Laboratory Week,” April 197; “Let's Bring
Normal range: delivering quality results in the coag- 634 (letter) Everyone to the Table," July 389; “Meet Me in
ulation laboratory, April 211 Phosphate: and mainutrition, Sept 550 Atlanta," Feb 69; “Speak Out for Quality
Nucleic acid-based assays: microfluidic devices in Photometric assays: for magnesium analysis, Feb 109 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine," Aug
April 235; in National Laboratory Training Pituitary hormones: in reproductive endocrinology, 453; “Volunteer! It Feels Good!," Nov 649;
Network course in molecular diagnostic tech- Sept 558 “You Can Be an ASCP Advocate," March 133
niques for the public health laboratory, Aug Plasma (gas): in inductively coupled plasma mass Prions: emerging infectious disease in transfusion
497 spectrometry, Dec 745 medicine, Aug 490
Plasma cells: circulating plasma cell leukemia, Productivity: documented cytotechnologist workload,
Obesity, NIH funding for campaign against, Oct 590 March 166 Dec 743
Occurrence management: in managing laboratory Plasma exchange: for thrombotic thrombocytopenic Proficiency testing: documenting reviews of, May 274,
quality, Oct 623 purpura treatment, Dec 737, 738 275; organizing paperwork from, May 274, 275
OCT3 gene, May 296 Plasmin: fluid and tissue phases of plasminogen Prostate cancer: early post-surgery radiation therapy
Ogden-Grable, Helen: on LABMEDICINE editorial system, June 364 for, Aug 463; new gene discovered, Aug 464;
advisory board, Nov 646 Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, June 365 PSA test missing, Aug 464
Ohio State University Medical Center: specimen- Plasminogen system, fluid and tissue phases of, Prostate specific antigen (PSA), tumors missed by
handling process at, Jan 53 June 364 Aug 464
Opposite speak," May 265 Plasmodium: emerging infectious disease in transfu- Proteases: in plasminogen system, June 364
Orthopnea: shortness of breath in a 74-year-old sion medicine, Aug 489; in vitro confirmation Protein C: molecular diagnosis of hypercoagulable
woman, July 409 of reticulocyte invasion by Plasmodium para- states, April 215
Orthopoxviruses, Aug 489 sites, May 298; in malarial infection, July 423 Protein electrophoresis: for albumin detection, June
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), Nov Plasmodium falciparum: DNA detection in human
653 samples, Nov 681; in vitro confirmation of Protein S: molecular diagnosis of hypercoagulable
Overtime rules, Nov 654 reticulocyte invasion by Plasmodium para- states, April 215
Overview: designer drug ecstasy (MDMA), June 374 sites, May 298; in recurrent fever, chills, and Proteolysis, extracellular, June 364
hematological laboratory findings in patients malaise in 53-year-old man, Feb 92 Prothrombin time (PT): laboratory evaluation of a pro-
of an autochthonous Plasmodium vivax maiar- Plasmodium vivax: hematological laboratory findings longed APTT and, May 285; self management
ia outbreak, July 420; National Laboratory in patients of an autochthonous malaria out- of oral anticoagulation with the INRatio sys-
Training Network course in molecular diag- break due to, July 420; in vitro confirmation tem, May 303
nostic techniques for the public health labora- of reticulocyte invasion by Plasmodium para- Prothrombin 20210: molecular diagnosis of hyperco-
tory, Aug 497; spectral imaging, April 244 sites, May 298 agulable states, April 215, 219
p urine drug testing, June 368 Plastic tubes: delivering quality results in the coagu- Protozoans: DNA detection in human samples, Nov
lation laboratory, April 210 681; emerging infectious disease in transfu-
Papanicolaou tests (Pap smears): conventional vs Platelet count: and easy bruising and epistaxis in a sion medicine, Aug 489; hematological labo-
liquid-based, Dec 731; documented cytotech- 30-year-old pregnant woman, June 357; in ratory findings in patients of an autochtho-
nologist workload, Dec 742; overuse of, June spurious thrombocytosis in burn patient, Feb 98 nous malaria outbreak due to, July 420; in
330 Platelet-poor-plasma: delivering quality results in the vitro confirmation of reticulocyte invasion by
Papillomatosis, laryngeal: in recurrent hoarseness coagulation laboratory, April 210; and labora- Plasmodium parasites, May 298; in malarial
and shortage of breath in an adult smoker. tory evaluation of a prolonged APTT and PT. infection, July 423; in recurrent fever, chills,
May 276 May 290 and malaise in 53-year-old man, Feb 92
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Pseudomonas: storage conditions and bacterial pro- Rural laboratories: reference laboratory made possi- Southern blot analysis: in hematologic malignancies,
liferation in blood components, Oct 617, 618 ble through Web-based technology, March 148 March 170
Pseudothrombocytopenia: and spurious thrombocy- "Special Report": ASCP Board of Registry Statistics,
tosis in burn patient, Feb 99 Safety: creating a culture of, May 267; in managing Dec 716; from dench-level medical technolo-
Puberty, delayed, Sept 565 laboratory quality, Oct 623; in microbiology, gist to chief executive officer, Oct 592; deliv-
Public health laboratories: National Laboratory July 400; in solvent and formalin recycling, ering quality results in the coagulation labora-
Training Network course in molecular diag- Jan 12 tory, April 203; inductively coupled plasma
nostic techniques for, Aug 497; preparedness St Mary's Hospital (Montreal): laboratory automation mass spectrometry, Feb 73; international sur-
for bioterrorism, June 339 at, Jan 56 vey of program directors opens doors toward
Pulmonary embolism, D-dimer testing for suspected Sandflies, April 231 ASCP globalization, Aug 465; job selection cri-
Feb 117 Sarcoidosis: fever, weight loss, and lung nodules in teria and the influence of clinical rotation sites
Purchasing: in managing laboratory quality, Oct 622 a 54-year-old woman with, Oct 609; interpre- for senior medical laboratory science stu-
Pyruvate kinase deficiency, March 183 tation of the Wright-Giemsa stained bron- dents, Feb 76; laboratory budget reduction
Q choalveolar lavage specimen, Sept 553 through hazardous waste minimization, Jan 9;
Schantz, H Daniel: teaching award for, May 270 laboratory role in billing and compliance, Dec
QUAD test, Aug 453
Schistocytes: in spurious thrombocytosis in burn 718; learning styles, Nov 656; new HL7 elec-
Qualifications: ASCP BOR certificates of, Dec 716; in
patient, Feb 98 tronic health records standards, July 397;
laboratory informatics, May 271
Schofield, Cynthia B: memoirs of, July 399 respect as ethical foundation for communica-
Quality assurance: HPV testing as objective monitor
Schreiber, William E: on LABMEDICINE editorial advi- tion in employee relations, May 262; role of
of in the cytopathology laboratory, April 238
sory board, Nov 646 education in bioterrorism awareness in the
managing laboratory quality, Oct 621; written
Science: antibody identification testing omission, laboratory, March 143; sources of error in lab-
policies for, May 274, 275
Dec 740; D-dimer testing for suspected pul- oratory medicine, June 331
Quality System Essentials (QSEs), Oct 621
monary embolism, Feb 117; distinguishing Specimens: automating specimen-handling process,
Quantum dots, April 247
pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Jan 53, 54, 56; and laboratory error, June
R Entamoeba, Oct 613; documented cytotech- 331; and spurious elevation of coagulation
Radiation therapy: early post-surgery for prostate nologist workload, Dec 742; evaluation of screening assays, May 287; technology to
cancer, Aug 463; and thrombosis in cancer storage conditions and bacterial proliferation reduce collection errors, Aug 471; in urine
patients, Aug 494 in blood components, Oct 616; HPV testing as drug testing, June 369
Rawlins, Margaret: as 50-year certificant, Nov 654 objective quality assurance monitor in the Spectral imaging, April 244
Reagents: delivering quality results in the coagula- cytopathology laboratory, April 238; immune Spectrin: in hereditary elliptocytosis, Sept 535
tion laboratory, April 212 function assay enters the clinical laboratory, Spirochetosis: and epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting,
Records: in managing laboratory quality, Oct 622; Nov 679; inflammatory bowel disease and diarrhea in a HIV-positive man, July 415
new HL7 electronic health records standards, genomics, April 241, May 292; in vitro confir- Splenomegaly: aberrant blood grouping results in a
July 394, 397 mation of reticulocyte invasion by patient with thrombocytopenia and, April 231
Recycling: of solvents and formalin, Jan 9 Plasmodium parasites, May 298; laboratory and fever of unknown origin in an Indian girl,
Red biood cell (RBC) count: massive splenomegaly automation for improved patient safety, Jan April 231; leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia,
in 2 young Indian men, Jan 34 52; laboratory monitoring of chronic myeloge- and hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate with
Red blood cells (RBCs): abnormal morphology in an nous leukemia patients on imatinib mesylate Down syndrome, Sept 542; in 2 young Indian
elderly male, Sept 534; anemias, March 177; (Gleevec) therapy, Feb 104; new antithrom- men, Jan 33
in spurious thrombocytosis in burn patient, botic drugs, June 360; platelet verification Staffing: Department on Labor on workforce needs,
Feb 98 under microscope calculated by the patient's June 337, July 390; job selection criteria and
Refeeding syndrome: in a severely mainourished hemoglobin factor, July 430; protozoan and the influence of clinical rotation sites for sen-
child, Sept 548 hepatitis B virus DNA detection in human ior medical laboratory science students, Feb
Reference laboratories: rural laboratory made possi- samples, Nov 681; rapid assay for bacteria 76; laboratory organizations take action on
ble through Web-based technology, March 148 detection in platelets, July 427; self manage- shortages, Jan 24; Medical Laboratory
Regional Associate Awards, Aug 454, 459 ment of oral anticoagulation with the iNRatio Personnel Shortage Act of 2003, Jan 26;
Regulation: anthrax blood test approved, Aug 462; system, May 303; thrombotic thrombocy- shortage data sent to Senate committee, Oct
computerization of suspected transfusion topenic purpura and ADAMTS-13, Dec 733 587; strategic laboratory workforce planning,
reactions, May 307; “Donation Nation” pro- Screening: new blood test for newborns, Oct 590; Feb 82; student recruitment, Nov 651
gram, Aug 462 overuse of, June 330; PT and APTT assays Staining, spectral imaging and, April 247
Reimbursement: laboratory role in billing and com- for, May 285; urine drug testing, June 368 Stallone, Robert: on improving quality of life on the
pliance, Dec 718; for the professional compo- Seizures: and recurrent confusion in an adult male, job, July 390
nent of clinical pathology, March 150 Aug 478, Nov 699 (letter) Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant, March
Reporting, name and address of laboratory in, May Select agents, Jan 29 157
274, 275 Seminoma: and recurrent confusion and seizures in Staphylococcus epidermidis: rapid assay for detec-
Reports, digital images in, Feb 89 an adult male, Aug 482, Nov 699 (letter) tion in platelets, July 427
Reproducibility testing, Jan 48, 49 Serpins: in plasminogen system, June 364 Storage: and bacterial proliferation in biood compo-
Respect: as ethical foundation for communication in Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): as nents, Oct 616
employee relations, May 262 emerging infection, Aug 488; epidemiology Streptococcal infections: decline in newborns, Aug
Restriction fragment length polymorphism: molecular and control, Feb 112, May 261 (letter); latest 463
diagnosis of hypercoagulable states, April 216 case may have come from laboratory, June Streptococcus pyogenes, necrotizing fasciitis caused
Reticulocytes: in vitro confirmation of invasion by 330; tear swabs for diagnosing, Aug 463; by, March 156
Plasmodium parasites, May 298 vaccine development, Aug 463 Strongyloides stercoralis: in abdominal pain and
Reynolds number, April 234 Sexual harassment, Nov 660 leukocytosis in an immunosuppressed patient,
Rh immunoglobulin: a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive Sher, Paul Phillip: farewell as editor of Laboratory Nov 669; in epigastric pain, vomiting, and
woman with anti-D in her serum, Jan 36, April Medicine, Sept 514; Israel Davidsohn Award diarrhea in a 47-year-old woman, March 152;
199 (letter) for, Aug 455 periumbilical rash in an immunosuppressed
Rhinorrhea: in a 50-year-old woman, May 279 Shiga toxins: and thrombotic thrombocytopenic pur- patient, June 346
Rhoades, John: on rural reference laboratory made pura, Dec 733, 737 Succinic semiaidehyde dehydrogenase deficiency: in
possible through Web-based technology, Sickle cell anemia, March 182 lethargy, failure to thrive, and psychomotor
March 148, 149 Simpson, Peggy P: ASCP Associate Lifetime retardation in an infant, Nov 665
Rocky Mountain spotted fever: emerging infectious Achievement Award for, March 137, June Sundberg, Jim: on rural reference laboratory made
disease in transfusion medicine, Aug 490 326, 335 possible through Web-based technology,
Rodriguez, Fred: on task force on volunteering, Nov 649 Single nucleotide polymorphisms: molecular diagno- March 148, 149
Root cause analysis, May 267 sis of hypercoagulable states, April 216, 218, System Variability Analysis, Jan 55
Rounds: acquired von Willebrand's disease with 220 oo Yield Analysis, Jan 55
multiple myeloma and lupus-like anticoagu- Six Sigma: for specimen-handling process, Jan 55
lant, Nov 674; case presentations in Slides, virtual, Feb 87, 90 Tamoxifen, gene test for predicting success of, Aug
mycobacteriology, Jan 40; circulating plasma Smoking: carbon monoxide in smoke, April 228; 464
cell leukemia, March 166; eosinophilic granu- recurrent hoarseness and shortage of breath Targeted therapy: for hematologic malignancies,
lomatous hepatitis, March 158; refeeding syn- in an adult smoker, May 276 March 174
drome in a severely malnourished child, Sept Snyder, John: on CDC grant for ASCP, Jan 28 T-cell neoplasms: molecular diagnostic testing in
548 Solvents, recycling of, Jan 9 hematologic malignancies, March 170
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Tech Samples: in bioterrorism awareness, March Transfusion medicine: aberrant blood grouping acute respiratory syndrome epidemiology and
145; continuing education credits through, results in a patient with splenomegaly and control, Feb 112, May 261 (letter); a 36-pound
Feb 70; Manuscript of the Year, July 443 thrombocytopenia, Sept 538; anemias, March weight loss and debilitating painful rash in a
Testicular feminization, Sept 567 177; antibody identification testing omission, 42-year-old male, Aug 484
Test methods, sources of error in, June 332 Dec 740; computerization of suspected trans- Visual learners, Nov 656
Thalassemias, March 184 fusion reactions, May 307; emerging infec- Volunteering: in ASCP success, Nov 649
Thiamine deficiency: and mainutrition, Sept 550 tious disease in, Aug 488; evaluation of stor- Vomiting: and epigastric pain, nausea, and diarrhea
13q14 deletion: in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, age conditions and bacterial proliferation in in a HIV-positive man, July 415; and epigas-
Nov 690 blood components, Oct 616; a 43-year-old tric pain and diarrhea in a 47-year-old
Thompson, Debra: Regional Associate Award for, postpartum woman with a rare antibody, July woman, March 152
April 204 413; laboratory evaluation of a prolonged Von Willebrand factor: in thrombotic thrombocy-
Thompson, Sarah H: as 50-year certificant, Nov 652 APTT and PT, May 285; rapid assay for bacte- topenic purpura, Dec 733
Thornton, Phyllis: on funding educational programs, ria detection in platelets, July 427; a 60-year Von Willebrand's disease, acquired: with multiple
Jan 26; on laboratory workforce shortage, Jan 3 old Rh(D)-positive woman with anti-D in her myeloma and lupus-like anticoagulant, Nov
Thrombin: in hemostasis, April 214 serum, Jan 36 674
Thrombocytopenia: aberrant blood grouping results Translocation analysis: in hematologic malignancies, WwW
in a patient with splenomegaly and, Sept 538; March 172 Waived tests, May 269, Aug 457, Nov 648
and easy bruising and epistaxis in a 30-year- Transmissibie spongiform encephalopathies: emerg- Walters, Louise C: on screen test overuse, June 330
old pregnant woman, June 357; and leukocy- ing infectious disease in transfusion medicine, Warfarin: vs new antithrombotic drugs, June 360
tosis and hepatosplenomegaly in a neonate Aug 490 Weak D antigen: a 60-year old Rh(D)-positive
with Down syndrome, Sept 542 Trisomy 12: in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Nov 690 woman with anti-D in her serum, Jan 37
Thrombocytosis, spurious, in burn patient, Feb 98 Trisomy 21. See Down syndrome Weiss, Ronaid L: on LABMEDICINE editorial advisory
Thromboembolism, venous: molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi: emerging infectious disease in board, Nov 646
hypercoagulable states, April 215; new transfusion medicine, Aug 489 West Nile virus: emerging infectious disease in
antithrombotic drugs, June 360; recent T(4;14)(p16;q32) translocation: in multiple myeloma, transfusion medicine, Aug 488, 490
advances in the epidemiology, pathophysiolo- Nov 688 White, Deicye: as 50-year certificant, Nov 654
gy, and management of thrombosis in cancer T(11;14)(q13;q32) translocation: in multiple myelo- Wians, Frank H, Jr: as LABMEDICINE Editor-in-Chief,
patients, Aug 492 ma, Nov 687 Oct 577, Nov 644
Thrombophilia, inherited, April 215 T(14;16)(q32;q23) translocation: in multiple myelo- Wisecarver, James: on molecular pathology certifi-
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: and ma, Nov 689 cation, April 205
ADAMTS-13, Dec 733 Tube fill volume: and spurious elevation of coagula- Women: laboratory medicine as female-dominated,
Tick-borne pathogens: emerging infectious disease tion screening assays, May 286 Feb 83; screening tests overused by, June
in transfusion medicine, Aug 489 Turbulent fluid flow, April 234 330
Tissue factor: in hemostasis, April 214; and throm- Turnaround time, automation for improving, Jan 52, 53 Workplace: contentious management issues, Nov
bosis in cancer patients, Aug 493 TWAIN standard, Feb 88 659; drugs-of-abuse testing, June 371; job
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor: natural anticoagu- U selection criteria and the influence of clinical
lant pathways and, April 214, 215; and throm- Ucci, John: on qualification in laboratory informatics, rotation sites for senior medical laboratory
bosis in cancer patients, Aug 493 May 271 science students, Feb 76; in managing labo-
Tissue microarrays, March 135 Uncertainty: evidence-based medicine for managing, ratory quality, Oct 623
Tissue necrosis factor: and thrombosis in cancer Dec 723 World Wide Web: digital images transmitted via, Feb
patients, Aug 493 UPA receptor, June 366 89, 90; Medscape, Oct 582; new HL7 elec-
Tissue-type plasminogen activator: in plasminogen Urine drug testing, June 368 tronic health records standards, July 397;
system, June 365; and thrombosis in cancer Urokinase-type plasminogen activator: in plasmino- rural reference laboratory possible through
patients, Aug 493 gen system, June 365; and thrombosis in Web-based technology, March 148; Websites
Title Vil, May 268, June 336, Sept 521 cancer patients, Aug 493 on learning styles, Nov 658; www.labtestson-
TNF-alpha gene, April 242, May 295 VanderWagen, Marjorie: Regional Associate Award line.org, June 325
Trace elements, inductively coupled plasma mass for, April 204 Wright-Giemsa stain: of bronchoalveolar lavage
spectrometry for detecting, Feb 73, Dec 745 Vigabatrin, Nov 667 specimens, Sept 553, Nov 699 (letter)
Training: laboratory automation for improved patient Virology: emerging infectious disease in transfusion
safety, Jan 52; National Laboratory Training medicine, Aug 488; eosinophilic granuloma- Ximelagatran, June 362
Network course in molecular diagnostic tech- tous hepatitis, March 158; HPV testing as Xylene, recycling of, Jan 9
niques for the public health laboratory, Aug objective quality assurance monitor in the Z
497; self management of oral anticoagulation cytopathology laboratory, April 238; in vitro Zygomycetes: in necrotizing fasciitis in an adult
with the INRatio system, May 303 canfirmation of reticulocyte invasion by male, March 156; pulmonary infection follow-
Transferrin: in fatigue, bronze-colored skin, and skin Plasmodium parasites, May 298; periumbilical ing autologous bone marrow transplantation,
ulcerations in a 51-year-old alcoholic woman, rash in an immunosuppressed patient. June July 438
Oct 603, Dec 755 (letter); in nasal discharge 346; recurrent hoarseness and shortage of
in a 50-year-old woman, May 280 breath in an adult smoker, May 276; severe
Subject Index
Berte, Lucia M, June 331, Oct 621 Castellone, Donna, April 208
A Besa, Emmanuel C, Sept 538 Chamberlain, Wendy, May 279
Aarstad, Robert F, May 276 Best, Michele, Feb 82 Chen, Leilei, Oct 609
Adcock, Dorothy M, May 285, June 364 Bethel, Melissa, May 285 Chen, Lugen, Sept 542
Ageno, Walter, June 360 Biagiotti, Laura, Nov 681 Cheng, Mark Shulin, Dec 740
Agnihotri, SK, Oct 616 Biunno, Ida, Nov 681 Cochran-Biack, Diana L, June 357
Alfardan, Jaffar, Nov 665 Blunt, Judith, May 303 Cohen, Bonnie M, Nov 699
Apple, Fred S, Jan 44, April 198 Boswell, Rae, Sept 548 Constantinescu, M, May 276
Asian, Deniz, Jan 44 Brown, Irene A, May 261 Cook, Janine Denis, Sept 558
Asseffa, A, May 298 Buettner, Christoph, Feb 100 Cotelingam, James D, July 404
B Burns, Edward, July 427 Crankshaw, Kathy, July 420
Baer, Daniel M, Jan 8, 48 Bush, Larry M, March 158, July 420 Cronje, Ruth J, Dec 723
Bardell, Ron L, April 233 Butala, Nancy J, June 328 Csury, Laszlo, March 177
Barham, Beverly J, Nov 656 Cc D
Barnes, Pam, June 327 Cabello-inchausti, Beria, Nov 674 D'Amarino, Michael, May 307
Baskin, Leland B, April 228 Cady, Katrine, Feb 71 Davis, Steven W, March 154
Baughman, Robert P, Sept 553 Camiener, Gerald W, Jan 9 De Biasio, Pasquale, Nov 681
Bennett, Jason A, Aug 484 Canfield, Patricia M, Aug 484 DeLellis, Anthony J, May 262
Bennett, Michael J, Nov 665 Card, Sharon E, June 350 Dhanoa, Jasbir, Sept 534
Berman, Ron, Jan 52 Carter, Elliot, Feb 92, March 152 Dickson, LA, May 298
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Diehl, Christine, Jan 13 Lockwood, William, Jan 36, July 413 Saltini, Giuliana, Nov 681
DiMiceli, Lauren, Oct 613 Lopez Torres, Eliud, July 430 Sanchez, José R, Oct 586
Dominici, Roberto, Nov 681 Lopez Torres, Sheila, July 430 Sapanara, Nancy L, Feb 98, Sept 538
Duffy, PE, May 298 Luke, Enza E, July 438 Sauer, Ronald L, May 262
Dunn, S Terence, April 238 Lum, Gifford, Feb 106, May 307, June 368 Schofield, Cynthia B, July 399
E Lurie, Joanna E, Jan 4, Feb 70, March 134, April Schrijver, iris, April 214
Eigert, Paul A, Dec 751 198, May 260, June 326, July 390, Aug 454, Seegmiller, Adam C, Nov 669
Ellinger, Patricia, Dec 716 Sept 518 Selby, Rita, Aug 492
F Luxton, Gillian, Aug 478 Senzel, Lisa, Feb 100
Lyon, Andrew W, June 350 Shah, Harshad 0, Sept 542
Fattig, Martin L, Oct 593 M Shah, Jigar, Nov 685
Fell, Linda L,O ct 585, Nov 651 Machor, Lisa, July 413 Sharma, Meera, Oct 616
Fenn, JoAnn P. Feb 76 Madama, Stefania, Nov 681 Sharma, RR, Oct 616
Finnegan, Kathleen, March 166 Maeda, Koichi, Oct 609 Shaw, Gene R, Feb 104
Flamholz, Rachel B, July 404 Malferrari, Giulia, Nov 681 Simmons, Byron H, March 177
Fredeen, Jessica, July 444 Marwaha, N, Oct 616 Singh, Guranjan Deep, Sept 534
Freeman, James R, Dec 723 Mason, Eileen, Dec 742 Singh, Maikiat, Oct 616
Freeman, Michael D, Aug 502 Matiow, Anne G, June 331 Snyder, James, Jan 40
Fuda, Franklin S, June 346 Matthews-Greer, Janice M, May 276 Snyder, Kristen, Oct 625
G McGlasson, David L, Aug 461 Somrak, Theresa M, March 143
Gallicchio, Vincent S, Aug 465 McKenzie, Shirlyn B, Dec 752 Southern, Paul M, June 346
Gander, Rita M, June 346, Nov 669 McKitrick, John, July 427 Spruell, Margaret, April 200
Garg, Geetu, Jan 33 McLaughlin, Joanne J, June 328 Staros, Eric B, April 241, May 292
Gelbart, Terri, Dec 755 Meng, Qing, Aug 478 Stokes, Barry 0, July 434
Gill, Gary W, Dec 731 Messamore, Erik, Oct 625 Stuart, J Michelle, Feb 76
Glasgow, Nancy E, Oct 634 Monferini, Eugenia, Nov 681 Subramanian, PG, Oct 616
Glenn, David W, Nov 659 Morand, Judy, July 420 Subramony, Charu, Feb 72
Gramegna, Maurizio, Nov 681 Morris, Daniel J,F eb 72 Sudduth, Norman C, July 420
Guarda, Luis A, July 415 Morse, Douglas, Jan 48 Surks, Martin |, Feb 100
Gutsch, Christine J,D ec 723 Mulawski, Karen, Aug 497 Swami, Vanlila K, Feb 98, Sept 538, Oct 607
H Muller, Marcia, June 328 Sybilrud, Linda E, June 328
Hall, Gerri S, Jan 40 Mushlin, Barry, June 368 TSy ed, Sameer, Feb 112
Hamilton, Hershell, April 198 N
Hansen, ThomasE , Oct 625 Nagy, Peter L, April 214 Taborski, Uwe, May 303
Harms, Arlene, Oct 592 Ndeta, GN, May 298 Tanev, Silvio S, Feb 98
Harper, William, Nov 699 Nelson, Clifford, Aug 502 Theil, Kari S, Nov 685
Harrington, Brian J, Aug 475 Nelson, Winnie W, June 328 Thomas, John G, Aug 484
Herrera, M Clarissa, Aug 488 Newstead, Jill, June 350 Thompson, Sophie K, Dec 742
Hicks, Lisa K, Aug 492 Niles, Linda J,D ec 718 Tirakis, Edward, Dec 718
Hillyer, Christopher D, Aug 488 Nixon, Daniel D, Nov 674 Toulon, Pierre, Feb 117
Hoffman, William F, Oct 625 Nordberg, Mary L, July 404 Trevino, Sherry, March 154
Hollenberg, George, July 397 Nuzzo, Joyce, Sept 514 Turbat-Herrera, Elba A, May 276
Hu, Qinglong, Sept 542 O Turpie, Alexander GG, June 360
Huelsmann, David, Nov 695 Oates, Marguerite, Aug 497 V
Hughes, Virginia C, Nov 679 O'Brien, Michael J, Feb 87 Valisi, Massimiliano, Nov 681
Hussey, Sean M, July 408 Odgen-Grable, Helen, Oct 597 Veillon, Diana M, July 404
| Ogedegbe, Henry 0, Jan 61, March 177 Voller, Heinz, May 303
Inamdar, Kedar V, Oct 609 Olson, Douglas A, June 328 Ww
J Otto, Christopher L,M ay 273 Wacek, Bart, Oct 634
Jeroudi, Majed, July 404 Pp Wang, Min-Guang, July 427
Jian, Bo, Oct 607 Passwater, Michael, April 200 Ward-Cook, Kory, March 143, Aug 465, Dec 716
Josephson, Cassandra D, Aug 488 Pendell, Elizabeth, Dec 718 Watters, Marianne C, Oct 597
K Perez, Maria T, March 158, July 420, Nov 674 Wegschneider, Karl, May 303
Kahwash, Eiad, Jan 36, April 200, July 413 Pesce, Amadeo J, Dec 718 Weig!, Bernhard H, April 233
Kakkar, Naveen, Jan 33, April 231, Sept 534 Peterson, LoAnn, Oct 583, Nov 649 Weikersheimer, Joshua, Sept 514
Kalaycio, Matt, Nov 685 Pistey, Robert W, Feb 87 Wentz, John, Nov 695
Kardon, David, July 427 Plenzier, Mary, Aug 475 West, Ben M, Dec 745
Kearns, Ellen Hope, Aug 465 Plymyer, Matthew R, April 222 White, Michael D, May 279, June 346
Kelly, Stephanie, Nov 699 Porter, Dean R, June 328 Wians, Frank H, Jr, May 279, July 408, Oct 599
Keren, David F, Jan 3, 13, Feb 69, March 133, April Price, Kellous A, May 276 Williamson, Owen D, Dec 723
197, May 259, June 325, July 389, Aug 453 Proverbio, Maria Carla, Nov 681 Willis, Monte S, May 279, June 346, Sept 548
Sept 517 R Willis, Tina Schade, Sept 548
Khan, Adil |, Nov 662 Ramanathan, Rajeev, June 364 Wilson, Rita, June 327
Klein, Marta L, June 357 Rank, Brian H, June 328 Winston, AA, May 298
Kortke, Heinrich, May 303 Richard, Thomas J, April 200, Dec 755 Woeste, LoriA , Nov 656
Krafczyk, Ted, Aug 484 Rivera-Begeman, Amanda, Oct 603, Dec 755 Woeste, Steven, Feb 73, March 135, May 313, June
Kukunoor, Rajesh, Nov 685 Rivette, Dorothy, May 276 329, 376, Aug 471
Kumar. S. Oct 616 Robinson, Morton J, Nov 674 Woodard, David R, July 438
a Robinson-Smith, Toni M, Sept 553, Nov 699 Wu, Ding W, July 427
LLaaJnoduicec,i , Jim,D anMtae,r chA pri1l4 8 198 RRoohpdeer,o -MiRloldenr,e y JeEr,i AuD,g J4u9n7e 374 WWuy,r icJki-aGnlhautaz,e l, MaJya ni2s,7 6 Dec 733
Lecourvoisier, Claire, Feb 117 S ¥
Yeggapan, Manni, Oct 603
Leonard, Jill, Jan 36, July 413 Saad, Aly, Sept 553
Young, Karen, July 391
Lerma, Pauline 0. Oct 607 Sabath, Daniel E,M arch 170
Levenson, Richard M, April 244 Sakhalkar, Vishwas S, July 404 Z
Lin, Jen H, Sept 542 Saleem, Abdus, Feb 112 Zehnder, James L, April 214
Liston, Linda, March 150 Salinas, Jesse, March 154 Zuna, Rosemary E, April 238
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