A Patient Presents with Complaints of Red-Tinged Urine in the Mornings

question 36

Multiple Choice

A patient presents with complaints of red-tinged urine in the mornings and symptoms of anemia.The health-care provider suspects a rare form of intravascular hemolytic anemia.Which test would be most appropriate to confirm this suspicion?

• A)Ham's test for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
• B)Haptoglobin
• C)Hemoglobin electrophoresis
• D)Hemosiderin

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