Lab Midterms Flashcards
Other name for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Marchiafava-Micheli Syndrome
Rare and potentially life threatening disease of the blood characterized by complement induced hemolytic anemia
PNH
How is sleeping associated with PNH?
Blood pH becomes acidic during sleep which leads to hemolysis of RBC
Screening test in which px RBCs are placed in low-ionic strength solution and observed for hemolysis
Sugar or sucrose lysis test
Specific test for PNH
Ham’s acid hemolysis
He described the test for PNH in 1937
Dr. Thomas Ham
Gold standard, rapid and sensitive test for PNH
Flow cytometry
Reagent added in Ham’s acid hemolysis test
0.5ml of 0.2N HCl
Another term for sickle cell disease/anemia
Drepanocytosis
Genetic blood disorder characterized by abnormal, rigid and sickled RBCs
Sickle cell disease/anemia or drepanocytosis
Chemical deoxygenizers
2% sodium metabisulfite
2% sodium sodium dithionite
2% ascorbic acid
Best method for sickle cell determination
Daland and Da Silva Method
Presence of sickle hemoglobin can be demonstrated with
Sickle solubility test
Tests for sickle cell anemia determination
Daland and Da Silva
Sherman’s test
Test that follows the law of osmosis, in which there is a transfer of solution from lower to higher concentration
EOFT
RBC + hypertonic solution = ?
Shrinking/crenating
RBC + hypotonic solution = ?
Swelling/bursting