Amukele et al evaluated measurement of fibrinogen on a point of care instrument using whole blood versus testing using plasma. The authors are from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Instrument: Diagnostica Stago analyzer using STA Fibrinogen reagent
whole blood fibrinogen corrected for hematocrit =
= (whole blood fibrinogen in mg/dL) / ((-0.0137 * (hematocrit in percent)) + 1.4294)
where:
• The uncorrected and corrected whole blood fibrinogen are equal at an hematocrit of 31.4.
