Spuriously elevated automated platelet count in severe burns--a report of two cases.

Indian J Pathol Microbiol

Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Panjab.

Published: July 2004

Increasing use of automated analyzers in the hematology laboratory has resulted in enhanced accuracy of results. However, operators of automated analyzers and the end users utilizing the automated data need to be aware of factitious results which might be reported at times by these instruments. Case summaries of two patients with severe burns showing spuriously elevated automated platelet count are presented here.

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