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The affinity or attraction of CO to adult hemoglobin is 200-fold greater than for oxygen.
6) Infant s and neonates are more susceptible to the development of methemoglobinemia, because fetal hemoglobin is less resistant to oxidant stresses than adult hemoglobin and the enzymatic pathways for the conversion of metHb back to hemoglobin are somewhat deficient in the neonatal period.
Essentially, one does a differential red cell count, determining the proportion of fetal red cells (stained a' bright red) in the maternal circulation in which the mother's red cells have become "ghosts" following the elution of adult hemoglobin by the special Kleihauer-Betke procedure.
 
 
 
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