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LabQ 2022 Clinical Laboratory: Clinical Chemistry Exercise 

Faculty/Authors

FABIENNE LUCAS, MD, PHD 
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Boston, Massachusetts 

NICOLE TOLAN PHD, DABCC
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Boston, Massachusetts 

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
3. Click Access to begin the course.
4. Review the Educational Activity.
5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2022
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2024

• interpret the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute’s recommended nomenclature for oxygenation parameters;  

• evaluate blood oxygen content, hemoglobin states and types, and oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curves;  

• differentiate testing principles and performance characteristics of clinical laboratory assays that establish oxygenation parameters; 

• recognize how oxygenation parameters correlate with each other and what their perturbation is in individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD); and 

• distinguish the implications of hypoxemia/hypoxia in SCD pathophysiology and SCD-related morbidity and mortality 

• discuss how the laboratory can support clinical management of oxygenation in individuals with SCD.