ALLMedicine™ Anemia Of Chronic Disease Center

Aug 29th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Chronic anemia has no precise definition. Anemia that persists for 6 months or more (eg, hereditary spherocytosis [HS]) is clearly chronic; however, anemia that lasts only 2 months (eg, iron deficiency that is being treated) sh...

Aug 29th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Chronic anemia has no precise definition. Anemia that persists for 6 months or more (eg, hereditary spherocytosis [HS]) is clearly chronic; however, anemia that lasts only 2 months (eg, iron deficiency that is being treated) sh...

Aug 29th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Chronic anemia has no precise definition. Anemia that persists for 6 months or more (eg, hereditary spherocytosis [HS]) is clearly chronic; however, anemia that lasts only 2 months (eg, iron deficiency that is being treated) sh...

Aug 25th, 2022 - Anemia is a global health problem. This paper reviews literature on the prevalence of anemia in Sri Lanka. We searched EBSCO (Elton Bryson Stephens Company), Cochrane Library, and Medline for articles on prevalence and molecular basis of anemia in...

Aug 19th, 2022 - Diagnostic Considerations A major diagnostic consideration is to distinguish mild microcytic anemia due to beta-thalassemia carrier state from microcytic anemia due to other causes. Iron studies (iron, transferrin, ferritin) are useful in excludin...

Jul 15th, 2022 - One of the worldwide health problems that covers more than a quarter of the population is anemia. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations use of hemoglobin concentration for diagnosing anemia as hemoglobin (Hb) level <12 g/dL and < 13 ...

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...

May 12th, 2021 - The prevalence of anemia in gynecologic oncology new patients has been seen in previous studies to be as high as 35-59%. this population includes women with several types of gynecologic malignancies. Therefore, it is assumed that the origin of the...

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...

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 ...

Jul 21st, 2020 - CASE 1 Beth O, a 63-year-old woman, presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-week history of diarrhea (6 very loose, watery stools per day) and lower abdominal pain. The patient denies any vomiting, sick contacts, or recent travel.

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...

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.

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...

Dec 1st, 2015 - THE CASE A 94-year-old Hispanic man with hypertension, congestive heart failure (CHF), anemia of chronic disease, and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) presented to our facility with weakness and shortness of breath. We diagnosed a CHF exacerbation.