PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.07.009
Que Lam , Nilika Wijeratne
{"title":"Comparison of commonly used equations for sodium adjustment in hyperglycaemia","authors":"Que Lam , Nilika Wijeratne","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.07.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 1","pages":"Pages 113-116"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.07.006
Eveline Staub , Qinghua Cao , Xin-Ming Chen , Carol Pollock
{"title":"Concentration of kidney markers and detection of exosomes in urine samples collected in cotton wool balls in preterm and term neonates","authors":"Eveline Staub , Qinghua Cao , Xin-Ming Chen , Carol Pollock","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Collecting urine samples in neonates by catheterisation or suprapubic puncture causes trauma, whereas self-adhesive collection bags can damage fragile skin. An alternative method is the collection of samples from urine-soaked cotton wool balls placed in diapers. The aim of this study was to compare the concentration of albumin, creatinine, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and uromodulin between clean-catch urine and samples collected in cotton wool balls in neonates and assess the efficiency of exosome extraction. Standard clean-catch urine samples were assayed for albumin, creatinine, NGAL, and uromodulin using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. Concentrations were compared to the same urine samples extracted immediately from soaked cotton wool balls (sample 2, S2) or the urine extracted from cotton wool balls placed in a diaper in a warm incubator for 2 h before extraction (sample 3, S3). Exosomes were extracted from all three samples of one patient for visualisation by electron microscopy. Twenty-six infants (17 males) of median gestational age at birth of 32+1 weeks had urine collected at a median age of 29 days at 37+6 weeks corrected age. Concentrations in S2 and S3 were within 10% of the concentration of standard samples in 46% and 35% of specimens for albumin, 69% and 58% for creatinine, 12% and 12% for NGAL, and 27% and 15% for uromodulin, respectively, without consistent positive or negative bias. Urine albumin/creatinine ratios (UACRs) were 4.3% less in S2 and 4.5% less in S3 than in standard samples. Exosomes were extracted and visualised from all three sample types. Neonatal urine samples extracted from cotton wool balls can be used to screen for relevant albuminuria but provide imprecise estimates of NGAL and uromodulin. The proof of exosome extraction from urine collection in cotton wool balls opens the potential to examine exosomal cargo.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 1","pages":"Pages 81-86"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142625676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.029
Victoria Harraway
{"title":"Apparent pseudohypercalcaemia in a new diagnosis of multiple myeloma","authors":"Victoria Harraway","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 ","pages":"Page S6"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143093020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.047
Niki Taxidis, Jason Schreiber
{"title":"Evaluating the safety of ethylene oxide in forensic medical examination equipment","authors":"Niki Taxidis, Jason Schreiber","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 ","pages":"Page S10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143093027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.081
Alanah Buck
{"title":"HIGs and IGGs: a cold case and forensic genealogy approach to unidentified human remains","authors":"Alanah Buck","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.081","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 ","pages":"Page S15"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143096927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.093
Matilda Haas
{"title":"10 years of Australian Genomics: evolving priorities, and future directions","authors":"Matilda Haas","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.093","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 ","pages":"Page S18"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143097354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.101
David R. Thorburn
{"title":"mitoMDT – a national network for multi-omic investigation of mitochondrial diseases","authors":"David R. Thorburn","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.101","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 ","pages":"Pages S19-S20"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PathologyPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.067
Jagbir Grewal , Victoria Kueppers
{"title":"The fat of the matter: an unexpected case of fat embolism syndrome after elective hernia repair","authors":"Jagbir Grewal , Victoria Kueppers","doi":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pathol.2024.12.067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19915,"journal":{"name":"Pathology","volume":"57 ","pages":"Page S13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}