2024
Puzzling undetectable haptoglobin in a transfused pregnant patient
Chaves Rivera M, Choucair I, Vera M, El-Khoury J, Figueroa Villalba C. Puzzling undetectable haptoglobin in a transfused pregnant patient. Clinica Chimica Acta 2024, 561: 119829. PMID: 38917868, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2024.119829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute hemolytic transfusion reactionUndetectable haptoglobin levelUndetectable haptoglobinPregnant patientsHaptoglobin levelsB-cell acute lymphocytic leukemiaPregnancy-related physiological changesTrimester-specific reference intervalsReference intervalsCenters for Disease Control (CDC) criteriaDiagnosis of hemolysisNon-pregnant counterpartsTrimester of pregnancyAcute lymphocytic leukemiaHemolytic transfusion reactionsMultidisciplinary approach to patient careFollow-up visitRed cell unitsLactate dehydrogenasePhysiological changesRBC transfusionThird trimesterLymphocytic leukemiaLaboratory findingsImmunological markers
2022
Unexpectedly low hemoglobin A1c in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Jacobs JW, Gisriel SD, Iyer K, Hauser RG, El-Khoury JM. Unexpectedly low hemoglobin A1c in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Clinica Chimica Acta 2022, 531: 91-93. PMID: 35351433, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaNeoplastic lymphocytesLymphocytic leukemiaDiabetes mellitus type 2Red blood cell survivalMellitus type 2Blood cell survivalGlycated hemoglobin assaysCertain medicationsLower hemoglobinHemolytic anemiaType 2PatientsHemoglobin assayPrecise mechanismMarked numberLymphocytesLeukemiaCell survivalFurther investigationHemoglobin variantsAssaysMedicationsAnemiaEnzymatic assay