HGB, HCT & ESR Flashcards
HGB normal range in CHILDREN
12-15 g/dL or 120 to 150 g/L
HGB normal range in ADULT MALE
14-18 g/dL or 140-180 g/L
HGB normal range in ADULT FEMALE
12-15 g/dL or 120-150 g/L
AKA Respiratory pigment
Hemoglobin
Hgb concentration within RBCs
Approximately 34 g/dL
Identified the respiratory protein hemoglobin in 1862
Felix Skyler
1 gram of hgb can carry _____ mL of O2
1.34 mL
1 gram of hemoglobin can carry a constant ____ mg Iron
3.47 mg
Ring or hole in center where ferrous iron is inserted
Protoporphoryin IX
4 CONSTITUENTS OF HGB
Globin
4 molecules of nitrogenous protoporphyrin IX
4 iron atoms in ferrous state
1 2,3-BPG molecule
These 2 constituents of hgb combine to form the 4 heme molecules
Iron in ferrous form and protoporphyrin IX
It is sometime a resident in the center of the hemoglobin unit
2,3-BPG
Number of amino acids in Alpha and Zeta globin chains
141
Number of amino acids in Beta, Delta, Gamma A, Gamma G, Epsilon globin chains
146
Position 136 : alanine
Gamma A
Position 136 : glycine
Gamma G
HGB PROTEIN STRUCTURE : Describes the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide chains
PRIMARY
HGB PROTEIN STRUCTURE : describes the chain arrangements in helices and non helices
Secondary
HGB PROTEIN STRUCTURE : describes the arrangement of the helices into a pretzel like configuration or formation
Tertiary
HGB PROTEIN STRUCTURE : describes the complete hemoglobin molecule is spherical , has four heme group attached to 4 polypeptide chains, may carry up to 4 molecules of oxygen
Quaternary (tetramer)
Reference method for hemoglobin determination
Cyanmethemoglobin (HiCN) method
Reagent used in cyanmethemoglobin method
Drabkin’s reagent
Major components of Drabkin’s reagent
Potassium ferricyanide (K3Fe(CN)6)
Potassium cyanide (KCN)
Cyanmethemoglobin is measured at what wavelength
540 nm
All types of hemoglobin may be measured through 540 nm except
Sulfhemoglobin
Full conversion of hemoglobin to cyanmethemoglobin
10 mins at room temp
High wbc count
High plt ct
Life is
Cells with Hb S and C
Abnormal globulins
These are sources of error that causes falsely _____ hgb
Elevated
Centrifuge reagent sample solution then the Supernatant is mesured ; this is a correction for what source of error in Hgb determination
High WBC count and Plt count
Add 0.1 ml of the ptx plasma to 5 mL of the Cyanmethemoglobin reagent using this solution as the reagent blank ; this is a correction for what source of error in Hgb determination
Lips is
Make a 1;2 dilution with distilled water and multiplying the results from the standard curved by 2 ; this is a correction for what source of error in Hgb determination
Cells containing HB S and C
ADD 0.1 gram of potassium carbonate to the Cyanmethemoglobin reagent ; this is a correction for what source of error in Hgb determination
Abnormal globulin
Cyanmethemoglobin is sensitive to
Light
An example of a commercially available handheld system to measure the hgb concentration
Hemocue
Movement of charged particles in an electric field
Electrophoresis
Considered as the primary screening procedure to detect variant hemoglobins
Cellulose acetate
Cellulose acetate buffer pH
8.4-8.6
Hgb are negatively charged molecule therefore it travels towards the _____
Anode
Fastest and normal hemoglobin in electrophoresis
Hemoglobin A1 / A
Fast hemoglobins
Bart Hb
Hb H
Hb 1
Slowest hemoglobin
Hb C
Hb A2
Hb E
Hb C Harlem
HB Oarab
Slowest hemoglobin
Hb C
Hb A2
Hb E
Hb C Harlem
HB Oarab
Complementary procedure to cellulose acetate Hb electrophoresis
Citrate Agar
Used to confirm variant hemoglobins and further differentiates Hb S form D and G and Hb C from Hb E, O Arab, C Harlem
CITRATE AGAR
pH of citrate agar
6.0 to 6.2
Ferroprotoporphyrin IX is also known as
Heme
Site of heme synthesis
Mitochondria
occurs in all metabolically active cells containing mitochondria
Heme biosynthesis
Heme synthesis is prominent in ____ and ____
Bone marrow and liver
Major heme forming tissue , generating 85% of the daily heme requirement
Erythroid marrow
Aka heme synthetase
Ferrochelatase
Enzyme needed to insert the ferrous iron to the protoporphyrin IX ring
Ferrochelatase
Site of globin synthesis
Ribosome in the normoblast cytoplasm
Chromosome that dictates the production of Alpha and Zeta globin chains
Chromosome 16
Chromosome that dictates the production of Beta, Epsilon, Delta, and Gamma globin chains
Chromosome 11
Embryonic hemoglobin
Portland
Gower I
Gower II
Molecular structure of Portland Hb
2 zeta, 2 gamma