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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Response to Dr Duby letterShow More
Dear Editor
We thank Dr Duby for his interest in our paper and comments.
We think he misses its fundamental points - the majority of haematology technicians cannot analyse DPL specimens, and the paucity of experience with the procedure. Similarly this paper is not a review of the efficacy of ultrasound.
Dr Duby comments on our asking technicians on how DPL samples are analysed, even though they f...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016DPL vs. UltrasoundShow More
Dear Editor
Maxwell-Armstrong et al[1] have apparently done a significant amount of work in sampling the current state of knowledge among haematology technicians on the performance of Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) analysis. They also report on surgeons’ experience of the procedure. Their analysis and conclusions, however, seem not to be supported by this data. Indeed, their paper climaxes with propos...
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