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- Title
End-tidal carbon monoxide and hemolysis.
- Authors
Tidmarsh, G F; Wong, R J; Stevenson, D K
- Abstract
Hemolytic disease in newborns can result from a number of conditions, which can place such infants at an increased risk for the development of severe hyperbilirubinemia. Because the catabolism of heme produces equimolar amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and bilirubin, measurements of end-tidal breath CO (corrected for ambient CO) or ETCOc can serve as an index of hemolysis as well as of bilirubin production from any cause. Elevated levels of ETCOc have been correlated with blood carboxyhemoglobin levels and thus hemolysis. However, the detection of hemolysis can be a clinically challenging problem in newborns. Here, we describe the importance of determining ETCOc levels and their application in identifying infants at risk for developing hyperbilirubinemia associated with hemolysis and other causes of increased bilirubin production.
- Subjects
NEONATAL jaundice; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; CARBON monoxide; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS fetalis; HEMOLYSIS &; hemolysins; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Perinatology, 2014, Vol 34, Issue 8, p577
- ISSN
0743-8346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/jp.2014.66