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A study-screening of blood donors for blood transmissible diseases [PDF]

open access: yesIndian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 2007
Blood donors are of voluntary and replacement type. All donors, especially voluntary, are considered as slow risk for seropositive status for Hepatitis B and C, HIV and syphilis. The present study endeavors to screen blood donors-a slow risk group and evaluate the resultant data.We screened 23,068 donors serologically over 2 years for the above blood ...
S V, Shinde, G V, Puranik
openaire   +2 more sources

Development of retinal blood vessel segmentation methodology using wavelet transforms for assessment of diabetic retinopathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Automated image processing has the potential to assist in the early detection of diabetes, by detecting changes in blood vessel diameter and patterns in the retina.
Mitchell, P.   +7 more
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Screening Blood; Public Health and Medical Uncertainty

open access: yes, 1985
In March 1985, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first of five applications from drug companies to market a blood test kit to detect antibodies to HTLV-III, a virus linked with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Levine, Carol, Bayer, Ronald
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Lorlatinib‐Containing Therapy for MYCN‐Amplified, ALK‐Mutated Neuroblastoma With Bulky Leptomeningeal Relapse: A Case Report

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central nervous system (CNS) relapse of neuroblastoma carries a poor prognosis, and craniospinal irradiation (CSI) poses substantial long‐term toxicity in young children. We report a toddler with MYCN‐amplified neuroblastoma harboring somatic ALK R1275Q who developed extensive leptomeningeal relapse with paraplegia.
Jinwoo Kim   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alanine transferase test results and exploration of threshold adjustment strategies for blood donors in Shenzhen, China

open access: yesZhongguo shuxue zazhi
[Objective] To conduct a retrospective statistical comparison of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test values in blood donors prior to blood collection, aiming to analyze the objective characteristics of the population with elevated ALT levels (ALT>50 U/L)
ZHENG Xin   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uncovering Inequities: The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common condition among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and is the leading cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in this population. Growing evidence suggests that social determinants of health (SDOH) influence menstrual bleeding patterns, access to care, and treatment. However, no studies have
Maria Carter‐Febres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thalassaemia screening among healthy blood donors in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang

open access: yes, 2014
Thalassaemia screening programme has been conducted in Malaysia since 2004. The aim of the programme was to reduce the burden of the disease by identifying thalassaemia carriers.
Asidin, Norhanim   +11 more
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Hepatitis E virus infection among blood donors in Hangzhou

open access: yesZhongguo shuxue zazhi
[Objective] To investigate the infection and characteristics of hepatitis E virus among blood donors in Hangzhou. [Methods] A total of 5 075 blood samples of blood donors from Zhejiang Provincial Blood Center from September to November 2023 were ...
DU Ziyun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer with once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy and faecal occult blood test [PDF]

open access: yes
On the basis of a randomized controlled trial we estimate the cost per life-year gained for six different strategies for colorectal cancer screening. Individuals in the age group 50 to 64 years were randomly selected for either flexible sigmoidoscopy or ...
Aas, Eline
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