A TWENTY-SEVEN-year-old woman with rheumatic heart disease had open-heart surgery on April 5, 1966. The direct Coombs tests before operation were negative. She was studied nine days later because of ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Coombs test positive' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

ACQUIRED hemolytic anemia is commonly associated with a positive Coombs test; when of the "gamma type," this test indicates the presence of an immunoglobulin attached to the affected red cells. The ...

The article by J. Manuel Zarandona and Mark Yazer on the clinical utility of the Coombs test1 prompts consideration of the pitfalls of a negative test result. Specifically, further evaluation will be ...

Robin Coombs, a Cambridge University immunologist who in the mid-1940s devised a critical diagnostic test for use in haematology and blood transfusion, has died in Cambridge aged 85 after a long ...

OBJECTIVE: First, to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value (PPV) of the direct antiglobulin test (DAT) for significant hemolysis in the neonate, as referenced to ...

The objective of the study was to determine whether initiation of early phototherapy in positive direct Coombs' test (DCT) with ABO-incompatible newborns would prevent severe jaundice. A prospective ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Coombs direct test positive' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications.