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 ...

It's a thrilling moment to welcome your baby into the world. Once your infant arrives, several tests need to be conducted to ensure their health, a Coombs test is one of them. A Coombs test is ...

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 ...

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.

We thank Stephen Wainer and colleagues for their comments on our recent article.1 We agree that using any test in isolation, including the Coombs' test, is not the most effective way to identify ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Professor Robin Coombs, who died on January 25 aged 85, developed a blood test which is widely used to diagnose some kinds of anaemia and prevent negative reactions to blood transfusions. Before the ...

Robert Royston Amos Coombs, immunologist: born London 9 January 1921; Stringer Fellow, King's College, Cambridge 1947-56; Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1962-2006; Reader in Immunology, ...