Open AccessDisparate Hemoglobin Results
Author(s) -
Casey E. Gooden,
Anne Winkler,
Corinne R. Fantz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2012.195586
Subject(s) - hemoglobin , hemoglobin s , computational biology , medicine , biology , disease , sickle cell anemia
A 60-year-old woman, a Jehovah's Witness, presented with an abdominal wall hematoma at the injection site of low molecular weight heparin. The hematoma was accompanied by a decrease in the hemoglobin concentration from 11.1 g/dL (6.9 mmol/L) [reference interval, 11.4–14.4 g/dL (7.1–9.2 mmol/L)] on the previous day to 7.8 g/dL (4.8 mmol/L). The patient rapidly destabilized and refused any human-derived blood products because of her religious beliefs.The clinicians …
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