*RED CELL SURVIVAL INTERPRETATION*



1. SHORTENED Cr-51 RED CELL SURVIVAL
-ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE (CANCER, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, HEPATITIS, UREMIA)
-ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE
-AUTOANTIBODIES
-DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION
-DRUGS (ALPHA-METHYLDOPA, PENICILLIN, PHENACETIN, QUINIDINE)
-GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING DURING TEST
-HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS, ELLIPTOCYTOSIS
-HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES
-INFECTION (BACTERIAL, MALARIA)
-IRON DEFICIENCY
-LEUKEMIA
-PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA
-TOXINS (ARSENIC, BENZENE, LEAD, TOLUENE, ETC.)
-TRANSFUSION DURING TEST
-VASCULITIS
-VITAMIN DEFICIENCY (B12, FOLATE)


*OTHERS INTERPRETATION*
*SPECIAL IN VITRO PROCEDURES*