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KMID : 1100720190390030277
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Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2019 Volume.39 No. 3 p.277 ~ p.283
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Small Red Blood Cell Fraction on the UF-1000i Urine Analyzer as a Screening Tool to Detect Dysmorphic Red Blood Cells for Diagnosing Glomerulonephritis
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Kim Hyun-Jung
Kim Young-Ok
Kim Yong-Goo
Suh Jin-Soon
Cho Eun-Jung
Lee Hae-Kyung
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Abstract
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Background: Dysmorphic red blood cells (dRBCs) are first-line biomarkers for detecting glomerulonephritis (GN) in patients with hematuria. The UF-1000i system (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan), based on flow cytometry, provides small red blood cell (RBC) values (UF-1000i [UF]-%sRBCs). We evaluated the clinical application of UF-%sRBCs for detecting %dRBCs and GN.
Methods: Urine samples of 103 patients (47 with GN; 56 without GN [NGN]) were analyzed using UF-1000i urinalysis, phase-contrast microscopy (PCM), and urine chemistry. Serum creatinine (mg/dL), serum albumin (g/dL), serum protein (mg/dL), urine protein (mg/dL), and urea nitrogen (mg/dL) levels were measured using an automated chemical analyzer. To determine the cut-off level of predicting GN, ROC curve was analyzed.
Results: UF-%sRBCs, %dRBCs, urine protein, serum creatinine, and estimated-glomerular filtration rate differed between the GN and NGN groups, with the greatest differences detected for UF-%sRBCs and %dRBCs (P<0.0001). In ROC curve analysis, urine protein had the highest area under the curve (0.828), followed by %dRBCs (0.771) and UF-%sRBCs (0.745). To screen for GN, the best cut-off values of UF-%sRBCs and %dRBCs were >40.5% and >6.7%, respectively. %dRBCs (P=0.0001) and UF-%sRBCs (P=0.0006) differed between the GN and NGN groups in patients with isolated hematuria but without proteinuria.
Conclusions: UF-%sRBCs had similar diagnostic power to %dRBCs determined by PCM for identifying patients with GN. UF-%sRBCs may be more useful for diagnosing GN in patients with isolated hematuria. Predicting %dRBCs using UF-1000i will provide information on possible GN in patients presenting with asymptomatic hematuria.
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KEYWORD
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Small red blood cell, Dysmorphic red blood cell, Hematuria, Glomerulonephritis, UF-1000i, Screening
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