ALLMedicine™ Anemia Of Chronic Disease Center
Research & Reviews 120 results
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/190115-workup
Apr 29th, 2022 - Laboratory Studies A complete blood count (CBC) with differential may show an elevated white blood cell (WBC) count indicative of inflammation or invasive infection. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) should be determined. An ESR higher than...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2086300-print
Mar 9th, 2022 - Transferrin receptors, which are blood proteins, may be elevated in persons with iron deficiency. Transferrin receptor testing is used to measure the level of soluble transferrin receptors, thereby aiding in the evaluation of iron deficiency and i...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03915327
Mar 8th, 2022 - Anemia is a decrease in the concentration of hemoglobin (Hb) or RBC count in the blood ting, causing body not being able to adequately supply oxygen to tissues and cells. Preoperative anemia is common in patients receiving elective surgery, with a...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/331715-workup
Jan 31st, 2022 - Approach Considerations No test results are pathognomonic for rheumatoid arthritis (RA); instead, the diagnosis is made by using a combination of clinical, laboratory, and imaging features. For clinical and radiologic criteria used in determining ...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/261586-overview
Jan 20th, 2022 - Anemias in Pregnancy With normal pregnancy, blood volume increases, which results in a concomitant hemodilution. Although red blood cell (RBC) mass increases during pregnancy, plasma volume increases more, resulting in a relative anemia. This resu...
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https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03915327
Mar 8th, 2022 - Anemia is a decrease in the concentration of hemoglobin (Hb) or RBC count in the blood ting, causing body not being able to adequately supply oxygen to tissues and cells. Preoperative anemia is common in patients receiving elective surgery, with a...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03482076
Mar 29th, 2018 - Patients with cirrhosis are at risk of developing both IDA and anemia of chronic disease concomitantly, and there adverse effects can deteriorate general condition and affect of quality of life in these patients .Also because it is easier to corre...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03145896
May 9th, 2017 - Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic gastrointestinal diseases characterized by relapsing and remitting inflammation of the intestines . Anemia may often complicate the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) . A recent ...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00123149
Sep 20th, 2016 - Epoetin alfa is an analogue of erythropoetin, a hormone secreted by kidneys known to stimulate red blood cell production. Although epoetin alfa has been known to be effective in treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease, informati...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02079896
Nov 24th, 2015 - Dialysis patients regularly suffer from anemia which may be caused by various contributing factors, alone or in combination, including blood loss, low erythropoietin and iron sequestration. In most patients, the anemia is responsive to treatment w...
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Aug 20th, 2018 - Whole-body FDG PET can be used for the initial evaluation of patients with NHL; however, this scan is more useful for posttreatment evaluation to differentiate early recurrences or residual disease from fibrosis or necrosis. This type of PET has a...
https://www.mdedge.com/surgery/article/109496/shoulder-elbow/shoulder-arthroplasty-disposition-and-perioperative-outcomes/page/0/2?channel=264
Jun 8th, 2016 - That RA patients were more likely than non-RA patients to receive perioperative blood transfusions supports prior findings that SA patients with RA were more likely than SA patients with osteoarthritis (OA) to receive perioperative blood transfusi.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/855159
Dec 2nd, 2015 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Atopic disease raises the risk of anemia in children and adolescents, according to data from two large population-based surveys. Dr. Johnathan Silverberg and colleagues from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Me...
https://www.mdedge.com/ccjm/article/95480/hematology/iron-therapy-anemia-harmful-setting-infection?channel=234
Ehab Daoud, MD, Engi Nakhla, PharmD et. al.
Mar 1st, 2011 - The harmful effects of iron therapy in the setting of infection are more theoretical than observed, with no irrefutable data to support them. On the other hand, there are also no convincing data to support the benefit of this therapy.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/705679
Jul 10th, 2009 - Mrs. T: A Changing Situation and an Emergency Department Visit Taken to the emergency department (ED) because of a new unsteady gait and change in mental status developing over the previous 2 days, Mrs. T is admitted to the hospital with a diagnos...