Complete blood counts and hemoglobin isoform data were gathered from 36 specimens of the turtle species Phrynops geoffroanus from the northwestern region of São Paulo State, Brazil. They were collected in an urban area. The hemoglobin profiles were obtained after red blood cell lysis and by electrophoretic migration in alkaline pH, acid pH, and neutral pH buffer. The hemoglobin components were ...

BACKGROUND Previous studies documented that near-infrared spectroscopy values were affected by factors related to optical path length, such as hemoglobin concentration, the differential path length factor, skull thickness (t-skull), and the area of the cerebrospinal fluid layer (a-CSFL). Lately, the NIRO-100 (Hamamatsu Photonics, Hamamatsu, Japan) has provided a tissue oxygen index (TOI) that t...

Glycohemoglobin (GHb) most accurately reflects the previous two to three months of glycemic control. According to the American Diabetes Association, GHb should be measured regularly in all patients with diabetes, and values should be maintained below 7% to prevent the risk of chronic complications. Herein, we report a case of a 71-year-old type 2 diabetic female patient with extraordinary low H...

OBJECTIVE The emergency departments (EDs) of Chinese hospitals are gradually being equipped with blood gas machines. These machines, along with the measurement of biochemical markers by the hospital laboratory, facilitate the care of patients with severe conditions who present to the ED. However, discrepancies have been noted between the Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) analyzers in the ED and the hosp...

Functional properties of hemoglobin Mrwate (01~~7 Tyr&A) were studied with particular reference to their relations with the structure of this abnormal hemoglobin. 1. The oxygen affinity of hemoglobin Mrwate (in reality the /3 subunits) was far lower than that of hemoglobin A, and the interaction constant n in oxygen equilibrium was 1.0 at any pH. Apparently no Bohr effect was observed in the pH...

Functional properties of hemoglobin Mrwate (01~~7 Tyr&A) were studied with particular reference to their relations with the structure of this abnormal hemoglobin. 1. The oxygen affinity of hemoglobin Mrwate (in reality the /3 subunits) was far lower than that of hemoglobin A, and the interaction constant n in oxygen equilibrium was 1.0 at any pH. Apparently no Bohr effect was observed in the pH...

BACKGROUND The elderly hemodialyzed population is growing. However, little is known about the relationship between hemoglobin level and survival according to age. We investigated the effect of age on the relationship between hemoglobin and survival within the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) cohort. METHODS We enrolled the entire Japan DOPPS phases 3 and 4 populatio...

background: routine repeat testing of critical laboratory values is very common these days to increase their accuracy and to avoid reporting false or infeasible results. we figure that repeat testing of critical laboratory values has any benefits or not.   methods : we examined 2233 repeated critical laboratory values in 13 different hematology and chemistry tests including: hemoglobin, white b...

Under proper conditions, whole blood can be stored at room temperature for as long as 21 days before measurement of glycosylated hemoglobin by affinity chromatography. Whole blood (anticoagulated with EDTA or heparin) was placed in capillary tubes, which were then sealed at both ends and stored at room temperature. Just before assay, whole blood was rinsed from the tubes and diluted 10-fold wit...