TY - GEN
T1 - Clinical consequences of Haemolysis Index
T2 - Studies from a patient safety perspective
AU - Gils, Charlotte
PY - 2023/4/12
Y1 - 2023/4/12
N2 - Overall, the aim of this PhD thesis was to investigate the clinical consequences of Haemolysis Index from apatient safety perspective through evaluation of the analytical and epidemiological aspects of the HIanalysis.Lack of validation and quality control increases the risk of reporting erroneous analysis results due to thepossibility of an incorrect HI analysis. The HI should be validated as any other analysis, includingtraceability, linearity, measuring range and interference, as well as use of internal quality controls andparticipation in an external quality control program.Method validation of the HI revealed good analytical performance of the HI analysis on Architect and Cobasinstruments. Differences in results from different instruments may be due to differences in diluent,wavelength measured and equation correction factor, all of which could contribute to the differences weobserved. The method used of HI for managing haemolysed samples in biochemistry laboratories should becritically evaluated as this might influence the number of analyses results that can be reported.PTS might be responsible for pre-analytical variation in blood samples. We propose a model for qualityassurance of this pre-analytical component including measurement of HI as a marker of cell destructionduring transport. Together with measurements of acceleration forces, laboratories can evaluate a possiblecorrelation between acceleration and g forces and the risk of haemolysis in blood samples. This might beadjusted by reducing the speed of the PTS. Blood samples where platelet activation or function arerequested can be transported by PTS without compromising the patient safety. We suggest that this isevaluated locally before implementation of PTS for blood sample transport for platelet tests.The risk of developing CVD was 55 % higher in individuals with an elevated HI level compared with ageneral population, and 13 % higher compared with the matched blood sample cohort. Elevated HI levelswere also associated with isolated increased cumulative incidences of arterial and venous CVD, andincreased mortality risk. Several characteristics of HI as an analyte make its use as a predictive CVD biomarker promising. Thisincludes a high analytical performance, existing standard material for quality control and a well-establishedreference interval. Furthermore, the HI is easily accessible in modern laboratories, can be measured in thesame sample used for many other analyses – and at a very low cost. Also, many studies, including Study 2 inthis thesis, have shown that the HI reliably reflects the concentration of cell-free haemoglobin in plasma orserum, and measurement of cell-free haemoglobin is considered the most reliable marker of erythrocyteinjury and breakdown, both in vitro and in vivo.
AB - Overall, the aim of this PhD thesis was to investigate the clinical consequences of Haemolysis Index from apatient safety perspective through evaluation of the analytical and epidemiological aspects of the HIanalysis.Lack of validation and quality control increases the risk of reporting erroneous analysis results due to thepossibility of an incorrect HI analysis. The HI should be validated as any other analysis, includingtraceability, linearity, measuring range and interference, as well as use of internal quality controls andparticipation in an external quality control program.Method validation of the HI revealed good analytical performance of the HI analysis on Architect and Cobasinstruments. Differences in results from different instruments may be due to differences in diluent,wavelength measured and equation correction factor, all of which could contribute to the differences weobserved. The method used of HI for managing haemolysed samples in biochemistry laboratories should becritically evaluated as this might influence the number of analyses results that can be reported.PTS might be responsible for pre-analytical variation in blood samples. We propose a model for qualityassurance of this pre-analytical component including measurement of HI as a marker of cell destructionduring transport. Together with measurements of acceleration forces, laboratories can evaluate a possiblecorrelation between acceleration and g forces and the risk of haemolysis in blood samples. This might beadjusted by reducing the speed of the PTS. Blood samples where platelet activation or function arerequested can be transported by PTS without compromising the patient safety. We suggest that this isevaluated locally before implementation of PTS for blood sample transport for platelet tests.The risk of developing CVD was 55 % higher in individuals with an elevated HI level compared with ageneral population, and 13 % higher compared with the matched blood sample cohort. Elevated HI levelswere also associated with isolated increased cumulative incidences of arterial and venous CVD, andincreased mortality risk. Several characteristics of HI as an analyte make its use as a predictive CVD biomarker promising. Thisincludes a high analytical performance, existing standard material for quality control and a well-establishedreference interval. Furthermore, the HI is easily accessible in modern laboratories, can be measured in thesame sample used for many other analyses – and at a very low cost. Also, many studies, including Study 2 inthis thesis, have shown that the HI reliably reflects the concentration of cell-free haemoglobin in plasma orserum, and measurement of cell-free haemoglobin is considered the most reliable marker of erythrocyteinjury and breakdown, both in vitro and in vivo.
U2 - 10.21996/rt9k-5n34
DO - 10.21996/rt9k-5n34
M3 - Ph.D. thesis
PB - Syddansk Universitet. Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
ER -