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Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease
Joint Authors
Panou, Vasiliki
Jensen, Peter-Diedrich Mathias
Pedersen, Jan Freddy
Thomsen, Lars Pilegaard
Weinreich, Ulla Møller
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-10-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hemoglobin Aalborg is a moderately unstable hemoglobin variant with no affiliation to serious hematological abnormality or major clinical symptoms under normal circumstances.
Our index person was a healthy woman of 58, not previously diagnosed with hemoglobinopathy Aalborg, who developed acute respiratory failure after a routine cholecystectomy.
Initially she was suspected of idiopathic interstitial lung disease, yet a series of tests uncovered various abnormal physiological parameters and set the diagnosis of hemoglobinopathy Aalborg.
This led us to examine a group of the index person’s relatives known with hemoglobinopathy Aalborg in order to study whether the same physiological abnormalities would be reencountered.
They were all subjected to spirometry and body plethysmography, six-minute walking test, pulse oximetry, and arterial blood gas samples before and after the walking test.
The entire study population presented the same physiological anomalies: reduction in diffusion capacity, and abnormalities in P a O 2 and p50 values; the latter could not be presented by the arterial blood gas analyzer; furthermore there was concordance between pulse oximetry and arterial blood gas samples regarding saturation.
These data suggest that, based upon the above mentioned anomalies in physiological parameters, the diagnosis of hemoglobinopathy Aalborg should be considered.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Panou, Vasiliki& Jensen, Peter-Diedrich Mathias& Pedersen, Jan Freddy& Thomsen, Lars Pilegaard& Weinreich, Ulla Møller. 2014. Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease. Pulmonary Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Panou, Vasiliki…[et al.]. Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease. Pulmonary Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Panou, Vasiliki& Jensen, Peter-Diedrich Mathias& Pedersen, Jan Freddy& Thomsen, Lars Pilegaard& Weinreich, Ulla Møller. Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease. Pulmonary Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047256
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1047256