Affiliation:
1. Department of Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube 755-8505, Japan
2. Division of Laboratory, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube 755-8505, Japan
Abstract
Many biochemical auto-analyzers have methods that measure the hemolysis index (HI) to quantitatively assess the degree of hemolysis. Past reports on HI are mostly in vitro studies. Therefore, we evaluated the optimal wavelength of HI measurement ex vivo using clinical samples. Four different wavelengths (410/451 nm: HI-1, 451/478 nm: HI-2, 545/596 nm: HI-3 and 571/596 nm: HI-4) were selected for HI measurement, and correlations were examined from the measurement results of 3890 clinical samples. Another set of 9446 clinical samples was used to examine the correlation of HI with lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and potassium (K). Strong correlations were found between HI-4 and HI-1 and between HI-4 and HI-3. HI-1 and HI-2 cannot correctly assess hemolysis for high bilirubin samples, and HI-3 cannot correctly assess hemolysis for high triglyceride samples. LDH, AST and K correlated positively with HI-4 in clinical samples. For every 1-unit increase in HI-4, LDH increased by 19.51 U/L, AST by 1.03 U/L and K by 0.061 mmol/L, comparable to reports of other studies. In clinical samples, HI-4 was less susceptible to bilirubin and chyle and reflected well the changes in LDH, AST and K caused by hemolysis. This suggested that the optimal wavelength for HI measurement is 571 nm.
Funder
Grants-in Aid for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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