A new study published in the BMJ Heart showed that in infective endocarditis (IE) surgery, anemia and transfusion are quite ...

As use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs) continues to rise exponentially, awareness of its most common side effects, such as nausea and vomiting, is growing. But the drugs come with some lesser-known ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence, type and severity of anemia at the time of diagnosis of oral cancer, and its potential association with the degree of tumor cell ...

Figure 3 outlines an algorithm, which illustrates an approach to the infant with anemia. Table 7 shows how RBC indices and characteristics are used to assist in establishing a diagnosis. Acanthocyte ...

1 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon. 2 Department of Health Research, M.A. Sante, Yaounde, Cameroon. 3 National Blood Transfusion Center of ...

Introduction: It is estimated that about 30% of patients with heart failure (HF) have iron deficiency anemia that can be masked as chronic normocytic anemia or functional anemia. Currently, the ...

A patient who had sickle cell disease and had spleen uptake on bone scans is described, and additional causes for that finding are discussed. It is uncommon for bone-seeking agents to be taken up by ...