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Immature granulocyte count on the new Sysmex XN-9000: performance and diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit

  • SABRINA BUORO1
  • TOMMASO MECC1
  • MAURO VAVASSO1
  • GIOVANNA AZZA1
  • SARA APASSITI ESPOS1
  • PAOLA DOMINONI1
  • GABRIELE PAPAGN1
  • GIANMARIANO MARCHES1
  • COSIMO OTTOMAN1
  • ALBERTO CRIP1
  • GIUSEPPE LI1

1,USC Laboratorio Analisi Chimico Cliniche A.O. Papa Giovanni XXIII

DOI: 10.22514/SV102.122015.4 Vol.10,Issue 2,December 2015 pp.54-65

Published: 14 December 2015

*Corresponding Author(s): SABRINA BUORO E-mail: sbuoro@hpg23.it

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Abstract

quantified as the band or immature granulocyte (IG) count. The aim of this study was to analyze the IG count performance of the Sysmex XN-9000 hematology analyzer in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

Methods. 480 peripheral blood samples from adult patients admitted to the ICU (301 control, 119 sepsis and 60 septic shock) were analyzed with Sysmex XN-9000. Serum C reactive protein (CRP) was measured on Siemens ADVIA 2400. IG count in peripheral blood was determined either by XN-9000 or optical microscopy (OM). Agreement between the two methods was assessed with Pearson’s correlation, Passing-Bablok regression and Bland Altman bias. Diagnostic accuracy was estimated through ROC curves analysis. Sysmex XN-9000 imprecision and within-run precision were also evaluated.

Results. Pearson’s correlation (r) relative to IG count, as absolute and percentage values, was 0.89 (p <0.0001) and 0.74 (p <0.0001), respectively, with a Bias of 0.22 and 1.69 respectively. The Area Under the curve (AUC) for the IG count for diagnosing sepsis was greater on XN-9000 than OM and equal to the serum CRP. The diagnostic accuracy of IG counts improves when taking into account the conventional criteria for diagnosing sepsis.

Conclusion. IG count appears suitable and reliable when performed using XN-9000. Even if a modest overestimation was found, the diagnostic accuracy showed by IG analysis on XN-9000 may represent a valid alternative to OM count for diagnosing sepsis in ICU patients.

Keywords

immature granulocyte, Sysmex XN, sepsis, automated cell count

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SABRINA BUORO,TOMMASO MECC, MAURO VAVASSO,GIOVANNA AZZA,SARA APASSITI ESPOS,PAOLA DOMINONI,GABRIELE PAPAGN,GIANMARIANO MARCHES,COSIMO OTTOMAN,ALBERTO CRIP,GIUSEPPE LI. Immature granulocyte count on the new Sysmex XN-9000: performance and diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit. Signa Vitae. 2015. 10(2);54-65.

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