Red blood cell (RBC) volume can be independently determined in vivo in humans using RBCs labeled at different densities of biotin.

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D M MockJ A Widness

Abstract

Anemia is a serious problem in critically ill neonates. To investigate the pathophysiology of anemia and responses to red blood cell (RBC) transfusions and erythropoietin therapy, repeated measurement of red blood cell volume (RCV) and blood volume is useful. To extend our previous sheep study in which RBCs were labeled at four different biotin densities, we assessed the validity of this multidensity method for in vivo measurement of circulating RCV in humans. In eight healthy adults, autologous RBCs were biotinylated at each of four biotin densities (6, 18, 54, and 162 µg biotinylation reagent/mL RBC), mixed, and infused intravenously; blood was sampled at 10, 20, and 60 minutes. At each time, RCV was calculated from dilution of individual RBC populations enumerated by flow cytometry. RCV measurements from the population of RBCs biotinylated at 6 µg/mL were chosen as the reference values because this density had been previously validated against the 51Cr method in vitro and in vivo in humans. Values for RCVs were not significantly different among the four densities of biotinylated RBCs at any of the three time points and did not change over 60 minutes. These studies provide evidence that four densities of biotinylated RBCs can...Continue Reading

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Jun 28, 2014·Transfusion Medicine Reviews·Donald M MockRobert S Franco
May 7, 2014·Transfusion·Jayanta Banerjee, Narendra Aladangady
Feb 16, 2018·Transfusion·Djuna Z de BackRobin van Bruggen
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Jun 7, 2019·Transfusion·Albert D DonnenbergMark Gladwin

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