Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 7

The research roundup provides an overview of the past week’s research from Mayo Clinic Laboratories consultants, including featured abstracts and a complete list of published studies and reviews.
Featured Abstract
CoaguChek and Coag-Sense PT2 meter point of care INR device validation.
To standardize international normalized ratio (INR) measurements and improve data integrity by enabling electronic result transmission for warfarin monitoring, two point-of-care (POC) devices were evaluated against an internal plasma INR reference method.
Published to PubMed This Week
- Association of cardiac biomarkers with long-term cardiovascular events in a community cohort.
Biomarkers - Induction of p16Ink4a gene expression in heme protein-induced AKI and by heme: Pathophysiologic implications.
Kidney360 - Expanded access to video-based laparoscopic skills assessments: Ease, reliability, and accuracy.
Journal of Surgical Education - Expanding the spectrum of paratesticular mullerian-origin tumors: Adenocarcinoma with mixed serous and endometrioid features and clear cell carcinoma.
Human Pathology - ALK-rearranged renal cell carcinoma with nuclear mitotic apparatus protein 1 (NUMA1) as a fusion partner.
Human Pathology - Detection and quantification of Babesia species intraerythrocytic parasites by flow cytometry.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology - A narrative review of telemedicine and its adoption across specialties.
mHealth - Diagnostic pitfalls: Florid mesothelial hyperplasia and mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis.
Human Pathology