Attentiveness of pediatricians to primary immunodeficiency disorders

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Table 3 Which of the following tests would you request for PID initial screening?

	Percent answered “yes”
CBC with differential	96
Serum immunoglobulin levels	96
IgG subclasses *	77
Chest x-ray	76
Neutrophil oxidative burst assay*	66
Antibody titers to previous vaccines *	64
Lymphocyte subsets	64
Total complements*	56
Lymphocyte stimulation tests *	44
Serum isohemagglutinins *	40
Chest CT scan *	26

* Not recommended as a first-line screening.
(The order of the items is presented according to the percentage picked by respondents, not how it appeared in the questionnaire).

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