Nasal lavage concentrations of free hemoglobin as a marker of microepistaxis during nasal provocation testing

Allergy
Y-J ParkJ N Baraniuk

Abstract

The constituents of nasal mucus may be contaminated by plasma if there is epistaxis. Gross epistaxis is apparent as a red lavage fluid, while microepistaxis may yield a clear fluid. If gross or microepistaxis are present, it will be difficult to decide whether plasma protein concentrations are elevated because of plasma exudation or bleeding. In order to discriminate between these two possibilities, we measured erythrocyte-derived free hemoglobin (fHb) in nasal lavage fluids. Single-blinded subjects underwent standard hypertonic saline nasal provocation. Unilateral hypertonic nasal provocation was performed in normal, allergic rhinitis (AR) and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) subjects (total of 1316 specimens). fHb was measured using the Sigma-Aldrich kit (St. Louis, MO). Grossly bloody specimens were analyzed separately from the remainder. Statistical analysis defined the means and 95th percentiles for fHb and albumin in the nonbloody normal group. fHb concentrations ranged from below the limits of detection (< 1 microg/ml) to > 164 microg/ml fHb was 79.3 microg/ml +/- 4.7 (mean +/- SEM) in four normal, 31 AR and 25 NAR grossly bloody specimens. The 95th percentile of fHb in the nonbloody normal samples (n = 68 subjects, n = 681 sp...Continue Reading

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