Conflicting effects of haemolysis on plasma sodium and chloride are due to different haemolysis study protocols: A case for standardisation.

Ann Clin Biochem

Clinical Biochemistry, Black Country Pathology Services, 8692The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK.

Published: March 2022

Background: Haemolysis has been reported as having a positive, negative or no effect on plasma sodium (PNa) and chloride (PCl). We investigated the haemoltytic effect of different haemolysis protocols on PNa and PCl using modelling and laboratory experiments.

Methods: In a modelling experiment, percentage change and recovery due to dilution in routinely () haemolysed samples were compared against shear stress haemolysis and samples spiked with haemolysate from whole blood freeze-thaw, packed cells freeze-thaw and osmotic shock protocols. The results were compared against a control base pool. Additionally, for the osmotic shock method, results were compared against saline- and deionised water (DIW)-spiked controls. In a laboratory experiment, percentage change and recovery were similarly compared using haemolysate from whole blood freeze-thaw and osmotic shock protocols. PNa, PCl and H-index were measured on the Abbott Architect and haemoglobin on the Sysmex XN-9000.

Results: In the modelling experiment, the percentage decrease in PNa and PCl was similar in haemolysis, shear stress haemolysis, whole blood freeze-thaw haemolysis and packed cells freeze-thaw haemolysis and this was lower compared to the osmotic shock method. In the laboratory experiment, the change in PNa compared to the base pool was less ( < 0.001) per unit increase in H-index in the freeze-thaw method (-0.33 mmol, 95% CI -0.35 to -0.31) compared to the osmotic shock method (-0.65 mmol, 95% CI -0.66 to -0.64). PCl did not change with haemolysis in the freeze-thaw method and changed by -0.21 ± 0.01 mmol per unit increase in the H-index in the osmotic shock method. Recovery of PNa and PCl increased with increasing H-index in both methods.

Conclusion: The osmotic shock protocol is inappropriate for haemolysis studies because of dilution with DIW used for cell lysis. Recovery calculations may incorrectly compensate for genuine dilution caused by haemolysis.

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