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How to read mixing studies: Chang, Rosner, and ICSH
Why more than one interpretation?
Mixing studies remain useful, but their clinical value and interpretation are debated. Results depend on the question being asked, reagent, mixture, incubation, and definition of correction. No single method reliably separates every deficiency from every inhibitor; medication effects and clinical context matter.
Chang: an established approach
Chang, Tillema, and Scherr’s 2002 study evaluated percent correction in 1:1 and patient-heavy 4:1 mixtures, including incubation. This tool implements a local Chang-based adaptation, not a universal standard. Its versioned aPTT rules combine the 1:1 result with the 4:1 pathway and preserve equivocal patterns.
ICSH: newer guidance
The 2024 International Council for Standardization in Haematology recommendations favor 1:1 mixing, locally validated cutoffs, and an algorithm combining correction indices, subtraction, and incubation when indicated. Here, that approach is a development comparator only; it never changes the local Chang-based headline.
A correcting or noncorrecting pattern guides further investigation. It does not establish a particular factor deficiency or diagnose lupus anticoagulant.
Reading the numbers and the literature
Percent correction: how much of the patient’s prolongation toward normal pooled plasma (NPP) disappears after mixing. Higher means more correction. It is not a factor activity or a probability of disease.
Rosner index: residual prolongation of the 1:1 mix above NPP, scaled to the patient’s clotting time. Lower means more correction. This demo’s local three-zone convention differs from the ICSH suggested correction threshold of ≤15; both require local validation.
The result cards show the exact local aPTT cutoffs. Incubated calculations use patient, mix, and NPP from the same time point. Missing inputs leave the affected calculation unavailable.
Blank cells stay missing. Use NP for not performed, U for unmeasurable, or INV for invalid. Paste changes only the selected study.
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This tool is under development and is not intended for clinical use or patient-care decisions.
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