Publications
Journal Articles
Pretorius, Carel J., Tate, Jillian R., Wilgen, Urs, Cullen, Louise and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2018) A critical evaluation of the Beckman Coulter Access hsTnI: analytical performance, reference interval and concordance. Clinical Biochemistry, 55 49-55. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.03.003
Wilgen, Urs, Garizio, Dominique and McGill, James (2017) A term newborn with suspected sepsis following prolonged premature rupture of membranes. Clinical Chemistry, 63 12: 1906-1908. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2017.279349
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. (2017) Mind the gap: shortcomings of the osmotic gap and a possible solution. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 55 1: 136-142. doi:10.1177/0004563217694052
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J., Gould, Michael J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2016) Cardiac troponin I carryover by very high patient samples still causes false-positive results on the Beckman Coulter AccuTnI + 3. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 53 1: 177-179. doi:10.1177/0004563215606739
Fagan, Kevin J., Pretorius, Carel J., Horsfall, Leigh U., Irvine, Katharine M., Wilgen, Urs, Choi, Kihoon, Fletcher, Linda M., Tate, Jill, Melino, Michelle, Nusrat, Sharmin, Miller, Gregory C., Clouston, Andrew D., Ballard, Emma, O'Rourke, Peter, Lampe, Guy, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. and Powell, Elizabeth E. (2015) ELF score ≥9.8 indicates advanced hepatic fibrosis and is influenced by age, steatosis and histological activity. Liver International, 35 6: 1673-1681. doi:10.1111/liv.12760
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J., Gous, Rehna S., Martin, Cameron, Hale, Vincent J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2014) Hook effect in Abbott i-STAT beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) point of care assay. Clinical Biochemistry, 47 13-14: 1320-1322. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.05.005
Jenner, Wessel, Klingberg, Sandra, Tate, Jill R., Wilgen, Urs, Ungerer, Jacobus P.J. and Pretorius, Carel J. (2014) Combined light chain immunofixation to detect monoclonal gammopathy: a comparison to standard electrophoresis in serum and urine. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 52 7: 981-987. doi:10.1515/cclm-2014-0023
Pretorius, Carel J., Cullen, Louise, Parsonage, William A., Greenslade, Jaimi H., Tate, Jillian R., Wilgen, Urs and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2014) Towards a consistent definition of a significant delta troponin with z-scores: a way out of chaos?. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 3 2: 149-157. doi:10.1177/2048872613517084
Wilgen, Urs, Pretorius, Carel J. and Ungerer, Jacobus P. J. (2013) Improved sensitivity of point of care troponin I values using reporting to below 99th percentile of normals. Schneider HG et al.. Clinical Biochemistry, 46 16-17: 1774-1775. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.06.027
Garizio, Dominique G., Wilgen, Urs, Williams, Bronwyn A. and Kennedy, Glen A. (2012) Clinical utility of ADAMTS-13 testing in suspected thrombotic microangiopathy: an audit of ADAMTS-13 activity assay requests in routine practice from a tertiary hospital. Pathology, 44 7: 638-641. doi:10.1097/PAT.0b013e328359d505