Data supports limiting blood transfusions for moderate anemia
1. The authors observed in this retrospective cohort study that transfusion rates decreased among patients from 2010 and 2014. 2. ...
Tag: anemia
Testosterone replacement may improve anemia in older men with low testosterone
1. In this non-randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, men 65 years or older who had unexplained anemia with low serum testosterone ...
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Targeting Mutant BRAF in Relapsed or Refractory Hairy-Cell Leukemia BRAF V600E has been identified as the genetic lesion responsible for ...
Nonlinear relationship between maternal hemoglobin and infant development
1. Maternal hemoglobin levels were measured at 2 antenatal visits and delivery, while their infants were followed 1 year later ...
Elderly anemic patients at higher risk of postoperative mortality after vascular procedures
Image: PD 1. Elderly anemic patients were found to have both an increased rate of mortality and cardiac events after ...
The CHOIR trial: Target lower hemoglobin levels in patients with anemia and chronic kidney disease [Classics Series]
Image: CC/L. academia 1. In patients with anemia and chronic kidney disease, treating with epoetin alfa to a lower hemoglobin target ...
Study explores effects of daily iron supplementation in 2- to 5-year-olds
Image: PD 1. Daily iron supplementation in 2- to 5-year-olds increases hemoglobin and ferritin levels, though there is insufficient data ...
Peginesatide is noninferior to epoetin for anemia in hemodialysis patients [EMERALD Trials]
1. Hemodialysis patients who received peginesatide had similar hemoglobin levels and similar rates of adverse events as patients who received ...