Q: What CBC parameters are affected when the specimen is lipemic? A: Lipemia in a blood specimen used for clinical evaluation can cause significant interference with obtaining accurate test values. Lipemia creates turbidity of a sample and is a result of the accumulation of lipid particles. What is affected byRead More →
Ordinarily, heparin prevents clotting and does not affect the platelets, components of the blood that help form blood clots. Triggered by the immune system in response to heparin, HIT causes a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia). What is the side effects of heparin? Advertisement Abdominal or stomach pain or swelling. backRead More →
According to the classification of World Health Organization (WHO), pregnant women with hemoglobin levels less than 11.0 g/dl in the first and third trimesters and less than 10.5 g/dl in the second trimester are considered anemic (Table I) (11). Is your hemoglobin high when pregnant? Plasma volume expansion and loweredRead More →
Myoglobin is distantly related to hemoglobin. Compared to hemoglobin, myoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen and does not have cooperative-binding with oxygen like hemoglobin does. In humans, myoglobin is only found in the bloodstream after muscle injury. What are similarities and differences in structure of hemoglobin and myoglobin? MyoglobinRead More →