In:
A&A Practice, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 11, No. 2 ( 2018-07-15), p. 52-53
Abstract:
Hemoglobinopathies caused by unstable hemoglobins represent a wide group of diseases that include hemoglobin Bibba. Hemoglobin instability may cause chronic hemolytic anemia and conformational changes in hemoglobin that affect affinity for oxygen and absorption of wavelengths of light used in pulse oximetry devices. We report the case of an adolescent with hemoglobin Bibba and α-thalassemia. Sp o 2 was unexpectedly low despite stable vital signs when his hemoglobin was closer to 10 g/dL and normal when his hemoglobin was lower, presumably when there was less unstable hemoglobin because of hemolysis.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2575-3126
DOI:
10.1213/XAA.0000000000000737
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2018
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2954554-7
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