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    Determination of Age-Dependent Reference Ranges for Coagulation Tests Performed Using Destiny Plus
    (KOWSAR CORP, 2016-01-01) Arslan, Fatma Demet; Serdar, Muhittin; Ari, Elif Merve; Oztan, Mustafa Onur; Kozcu, Sureyya Hikmet; Tarhan, Huseyin; Cakmak, Ozgur; Zeytinli, Merve; Ellidag, Hamit Yasar
    Background: In order to apply the right treatment for hemostatic disorders in pediatric patients, laboratory data should be interpreted with age-appropriate reference ranges. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determining age-dependent reference range values for prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), fibrinogen tests, and D-dimer tests. Materials and Methods: A total of 320 volunteers were included in the study with the following ages: 1 month - 1 year (n = 52), 2 - 5 years (n = 50), 6 - 10 years (n = 48), 11 - 17 years (n = 38), and 18 - 65 years (n = 132). Each volunteer completed a survey to exclude hemostatic system disorder. Using a nonparametric method, the lower and upper limits, including 95\% distribution and 90\% confidence intervals, were calculated. Results: No statistically significant differences were found between PT and aPTT values in the groups consisting of children. Thus, the reference ranges were separated into child and adult age groups. PT and aPTT values were significantly higher in the children than in the adults. Fibrinogen values in the 6 - 10 age group and the adult age group were significantly higher than in the other groups. D-dimer levels were significantly lower in those aged 2 - 17
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    Utilization of biological variation data in the interpretation of laboratory test results - survey about clinicians' opinion and knowledge
    (CROATIAN SOC MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY \& LABORATORY MEDICINE, 2021-01-01) Emre, Humeyra Ozturk; Karpuzoglu, Fatma Hande; Coskun, Cihan; Sezer, Ebru Demirel; Ozturk, Ozlem Goruroglu; Ucar, Fatma; Cubukcu, Hikmet Can; Arslan, Fatma Demet; Deniz, Levent; Senes, Mehmet; Serteser, Mustafa; Yazici, Cevat; Yucel, Dogan; Coskun, Abdurrahman
    Introduction: To interpret test results correctly, understanding of the variations that affect test results is essential. The aim of this study is: 1) to evaluate the clinicians' knowledge and opinion concerning biological variation (BV), and 2) to investigate if clinicians use BV in the interpretation of test results. Materials and methods: This study uses a questionnaire comprising open-ended and close-ended questions. Questions were selected from the real-life numerical examples of interpretation of test results, the knowledge about main sources of variations in laboratories and the opinion of clinicians on BV. A total of 399 clinicians were interviewed, and the answers were evaluated using a scoring system ranked from A (clinician has the highest level of knowledge and the ability of using BV data) to D (clinician has no knowledge about variations in laboratory). The results were presented as number (N) and percentage (\%). Results: Altogether, 60.4\% of clinicians have knowledge of pre-analytical and analytical variations