Category: H

A stone in the wall of a blood vessel.  

To organisms that grow better in the presence of hemoglobin.  

The dissolution of hemoglobin.  

A genetic variant of hemoglobin that causes sickle cell trait in heterozygotes and sickle cell disease in hemozygotes. It is especially common in persons of African ancestry in whom sickle cell trait is found in 8% to 10% of the population.  

A genetic variant of hemoglobin that causes cyanosis and methemoglobinemia. The iron in this type of hemoglobin is in the ferric (Fe3+) state and cannot combine with oxygen.  

A variant hemoglobin formed by an unequal crossover and fusion of the beta and delta genes. A single copy of the variant gene causes thalassemia minor. Homozygotes have thalassemia intermedia.  

Any flagellate protozoan of the blood. Two important genera are Trypanosoma and Leishmania.  

An ultrafiltration technique to remove excess metabolic products from the blood. The technical aspects are similar to those of hemodialysis in that the blood flows from the patient to the hemofilter and is then returned.  

To the relationship between blood of the mother and the endothelium of the chorionic vessels.  

A general term for determining the functional status of the cardiovascular system as it responds to acute stress such as myocardial infarction and cardiogenic or septic shock. This may include frequent assessments of blood pressure, pulse, mental status, urinary output, intracardiac pressure changes, and cardiac output. The data obtained permit the critical care team to…