Pseudohypoxemia From Leukocyte Larceny in a Patient With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.
arterial blood gas
false hypoxemia
leukemia
leukocyte larceny
pulse oximetry
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Jan 2022
Historique:
accepted:
18
01
2022
entrez:
24
2
2022
pubmed:
25
2
2022
medline:
25
2
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is a generally reliable and frequently employed test for evaluating blood oxygen content. False readings of low oxygen content are rare but can be expected in specific clinical scenarios such as leukemia patients with marked leukocytosis who can develop "leukocyte larceny," a phenomenon of excess oxygen consumption by leukocytes. Awareness of this phenomenon may lead to early recognition and avoidance of unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. This case report presents a patient with marked leukocytosis from chronic myelogenous leukemia whose extubation was briefly delayed due to pseudohypoxemia on ABG measurements.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35198312
doi: 10.7759/cureus.21405
pmc: PMC8856637
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e21405Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Mirzai et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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