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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2010 Nov 9;51(5):1047–1057. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02926.x

TABLE 2.

Plasma haptoglobin concentrations before, 1, and 24 hours after transfusion of BioRBCs

Subject Time Plasma free hemoglobin (mg/dL) Haptoglobin
1 Before transfusion 6 70
60 minutes 83 52
24 hours 10 61
2 Before transfusion 3 71
60 minutes 11 66
24 hours 7 65
3 Before transfusion 29 32
60 minutes 54 38
24 hours 27 49
4 Before transfusion 7 85
60 minutes 9 70
24 hours 10 72
5 Before transfusion 11 86
60 minutes 8 71
24 hours 5 89
6 Before transfusion 0 <20
60min 40 <20
24 hours 2 <20
7 Before transfusion 22 77
60 minutes 5 64
24 hr 29 80
8 Before transfusion 3 114
60 minutes 25 95
24 hours 7 108

Laboratory normal ranges are 0–5 mg/dL for plasma free hemoglobin and 30 to 200 mg/dL for plasma haptoglobin.