Article
The presurgical management with erythrocytapheresis of a patient with a high-oxygen-affinity, unstable Hb variant (Hb Bryn Mawr).
Transfusion - 1 Jul 1997
Larson P J, Friedman D F, Reilly M P, Kattamis A C, Asakura T, Fortina P, Cohen A R, Kim H C, Manno C S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hemoglobin (Hb) Bryn Mawr is an unstable Hb variant resulting in congenital hemolytic anemia. This variant Hb also has an increased affinity for oxygen. The perioperative transfusion management of this disorder is described, and the first genomic analysis of this Hb variant is given....
Topics
- 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate
- Anemia, Hemolytic
- Blood Component Removal
- Child
- Cholelithiasis
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Diphosphoglyceric Acids
- Erythrocyte Transfusion
- Genetic Variation
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans
- Hypoxia
- Male
- Oxygen
- Preoperative Care