Chief, Diagnostics
Pathology
Dr. Ronald B. Schifman, MD
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Ronald Schifman is an expert in the field of Pathology. He attended University of Kansas School of Medicine. Ronald B. Schifman, MD is a published physician as well. He has 52 publications published. The latest was: Blood culture contamination: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study involving 640 institutions and 497134 specimens from adult patients.
Publications
- Point-of-Care Glucose Critical Values: A Q-Probes Study Involving 50 Health Care Facilities and 2349 Critical Results.
- Reliability of Point-of-Care Capillary Blood Glucose Measurements in the Critical Value Range.
- Q-tracks: a College of American Pathologists program of continuous laboratory monitoring and longitudinal tracking.
- Comparison of MRSASelect Agar, CHROMagar Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Medium, and Xpert MRSA PCR for detection of MRSA in Nares: diagnostic accur...
- Reticulocytopenic, coombs' positive anemia induced by procainamide.
- Neisseria lactamica septicemia in an immunocompromised patient.
- Bacteriuria screening by direct bioluminescence assay of ATP.
- Fungemia due to Coccidioides immitis. An analysis of 16 episodes in 15 patients and a review of the literature.
- ATP assay: ability to distinguish cytostatic from cytocidal anticancer drug effects.
- Persistent Campylobacter jejuni infections in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- Evaluation of whole blood theophylline enzyme immunochromatography assay.
- Significance of isolated antibody to hepatitis B core antigen determined by immune response to hepatitis B vaccination.
- Rapid sample preparation for determination of iron in tissue by closed-vessel digestion and microwave energy.
- Legionella tucsonensis sp. nov. isolated from a renal transplant recipient.
- The effect of digital rectal examination on serum levels of prostatic-specific antigen.
- Analytical and physiological characteristics of prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase in serum compared.
- Prospective comparison between serum monoclonal prostate specific antigen and acid phosphatase measurements in metastatic prostatic cancer.
- Quality assurance goals in clinical pathology.
- Solitary blood cultures as a quality assurance indicator.
- A nationwide quality assurance program can describe standards for the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine.
- Cholesterol in high-density lipoprotein: use of Mg2+/dextran sulfate in its enzymic measurement.
- A cellulose acetate electrophoretic procedure evaluated for quantitation of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
- Iron and the exclusively breast-fed infant from birth to six months.
- Predonation hematocrit measurement by whole blood electrical conductivity assay.
- Surveillance of nosocomial infections by computer analysis of positive culture rates.
- Red blood cell zinc protoporphyrin to evaluate anemia risk in deferred blood donors.
- Red blood cell zinc protoporphyrin testing for iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy.
- Blood culture quality improvement: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study involving 909 institutions and 289 572 blood culture sets.
- Duplicate laboratory orders: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of thyrotropin requests in 502 institutions.
- Solitary blood cultures: a College of American Pathologists Q-probes study of 132,778 blood culture sets in 333 small hospitals.
- Appropriateness of lab services reviewed.
- Blood culture contamination: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study involving 640 institutions and 497134 specimens from adult patients.
- Phlebotomists at risk.
- Telemicrobiology: feasibility study.
- Laboratory practices for reporting bacterial susceptibility tests that affect antibiotic therapy.
- Indications and immediate patient outcomes of pathology intraoperative consultations. College of American Pathologists/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outco...
- The effect of skin disinfection materials on reducing blood culture contamination.
- Comparative evaluation of serum CA 195 and carcinoembryonic antigen in metastatic carcinoma.
- Nosocomial infections. A college of American pathologists Q-probes study in 512 North American institutions.
- Significance of isolated hepatitis B core antibody in blood donors.
- Inpatient phlebotomy practices. A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes quality improvement study of 2,351,643 phlebotomy requests.
- Phlebotomists' safety practices. A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 683 institutions.
- Strategies for quality management in clinical microbiology.
- Transfusion medicine monitoring practices. A study of the College of American Pathologists/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outcomes Working Group.
- Measurement of near-normal concentrations of erythrocyte protoporphyrin with the hematofluorometer: influence of plasma on "front-surface illumination" assay.
- RBC zinc protoporphyrin to screen blood donors for iron deficiency anemia.
- Rapid automated identification of gram-negative bacilli from blood cultures with the AutoMicrobic system.
- Insulin-like activity of bradykinin on amino acid balances across the human forearm.
- Intracellular adenosine triphosphate as a measure of human tumor cell viability and drug modulated growth.
- Serum prostate-specific antigen and prostate pathology in men having simple prostatectomy.
- Possible involvement of kinins in muscle energy metabolism.
Schools
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Doctors Specialties
- Medical Microbiology
- Pathology
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Education
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University of Arizona -
University of Kansas School of Medicine
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