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STUDIES ON ERYTHRO‐KINETICS IN INFANCY
Author(s) -
WRANNE LARS
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1969.tb04328.x
Subject(s) - haemolysis , medicine , carbon monoxide , body weight , physiology , immunology , biochemistry , chemistry , catalysis
Summary Endogenous formation of carbon monoxide was determined in nine infants with Rh‐haemolytic disease. The calculated daily haemolysis averaged 430 mg haemoglobin per kg body weight, contrasting to the normal average of 185 mg/kg. No correlation could be found between the CO‐formation and the haemoglobin concentration of the newborn. This confirms the clinical observation that the haemoglobin concentration is not always a reliable index of the rate of haemolysis. The findings also suggest that studies of the intrauterine haemolysis do not always give true indication of the degree of foetal anaemia.