Reexamination of the chromium-51-labeled posttransfusion red blood cell recovery method.
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Journal Article
BACKGROUND: The chromium-51-labeled posttransfusion recovery (PTR) study has been the gold-standard test for assessing red blood cell (RBC) quality. Despite guiding RBC storage development for decades, it has several potential sources for error. METHODS: Four healthy adult volunteers each donated an autologous, leukoreduced RBC unit, aliquots were radiolabeled with technetium-99m after 1 and 6 weeks of storage, and then infused. Subjects were imaged by single-photon-emission computed tomography immediately and 4 hours after infusion. Additionally, from subjects described in a previously published study, adenosine triphosphate levels in transfusates infused into 52 healthy volunteers randomized to a single autologous, leukoreduced, RBC transfusion after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 weeks of storage were correlated with PTR and laboratory parameters of hemolysis. RESULTS: Evidence from one subject imaged after infusion of technetium-99m-labeled RBCs suggests that, in some individuals, RBCs may be temporarily sequestered in the liver and spleen immediately following transfusion and then subsequently released back into circulation; this could be one source of error leading to PTR results that may not accurately predict the true quantity of RBCs cleared by intra- and/or extravascular hemolysis. Indeed, adenosine triphosphate levels in the transfusates correlated more robustly with measures of extravascular hemolysis in vivo (e.g., serum iron, indirect bilirubin, non-transferrin-bound iron) than with PTR results or measures of intravascular hemolysis (e.g., plasma free hemoglobin). CONCLUSIONS: Sources of measurement error are inherent in the chromium-51 PTR method. Transfusion of an entire unlabeled RBC unit, followed by quantifying extravascular hemolysis markers, may more accurately measure true posttransfusion RBC recovery.
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Cited Authors
- Francis, RO; Mahajan, S; Rapido, F; La Carpia, F; Soffing, M; Divgi, C; Yeh, R; Mintz, A; Leslie, L; Agrest, I; Karafin, MS; Ginzburg, Y; Shaz, BH; Spitalnik, SL; Schwartz, J; Thomas, T; Fu, X; Amireault, P; Buffet, P; Zimring, JC; D'Alessandro, A; Hod, EA
Published Date
- July 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 59 / 7
Start / End Page
- 2264 - 2275
PubMed ID
- 31002399
Pubmed Central ID
- 31002399
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1537-2995
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/trf.15310
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States