Polyethylene Glycol Camouflaged Earthworm Hemoglobin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Nearly 21 million components of blood and whole blood and transfused annually in the United States, while on average only 13.6 million units of blood are donated. As the demand for Red Blood Cells (RBCs) continues to increase due to the aging population,
Vivek P Jani +8 more
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Red blood cell endothelial nitric oxide synthase: A major player in regulating cardiovascular health
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Red blood cells (RBCs) have traditionally been seen as simple carriers of gases and nutrients in the body. One important non‐canonical function of RBCs in the cardiovascular system is the regulation of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism. It has been shown that RBCs can scavenge NO, transport NO metabolites and produce NO in hypoxic conditions ...
Anthea LoBue +7 more
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Diagnostics, 2020 Sulfhemoglobinemia is a rare entity caused by irreversible sulfation of the heme moiety in haemoglobin to form sulfated haemoglobin (SulfHb) and has been caused by H2S arising from certain metabolites of drugs and bacterial infection.
Suzanne Docherty +4 more
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Safety and efficacy of blood exchange transfusion for priapism complicating sickle cell disease. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Priapism is unwanted painful penile erection that affects about 36% of boys and men with sickle cell disease (SCD) most of whom have sickle cell anemia. Clinically, priapism could be stuttering, minor, or major.
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Halothane hepatitis with renal failure treated with hemodialysis and exchange transfusion [PDF]
, 1974 A 38-year-old white female, hepatitis B antigen negative, developed fluminating hepatic failure associated with oliguria and severe azotemia after two halothane anesthesia and without exposure to other hepatotoxic drugs or blood transfusions.
A. G. Redeker +14 more
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Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia; Causes and Contributing Factors Leading to Exchange Transfusion at Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2010 "nHyperbilirubinemia is common in neonates; it can have a serious rising course. Due to its critical morbidity called "kernicterus", severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia causes which lead to exchange transfusion, should be clarified.
Farhad Heydarian, Mina Majdi
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A single heterochronic blood exchange reveals rapid inhibition of multiple tissues by old blood. [PDF]
, 2016 Heterochronic parabiosis rejuvenates the performance of old tissue stem cells at some expense to the young, but whether this is through shared circulation or shared organs is unclear.
Causey, Keith +6 more
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HMG-CoA Synthase-2 Deficiency: Neonatal Hyperammonemic Coma and Abnormal Metabolic Screening Resembling Maple Syrup Urine Disease. [PDF]
JIMD RepABSTRACT Mitochondrial HMG‐CoA synthase‐2 (HMGCS2) deficiency is characterized by hypoketotic hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, hepatomegaly, and encephalopathy with onset between 3 and 36 months of age. Approximately 50 cases were reported worldwide. We describe two patients with HMGCS2 deficiency.
Vaseenon H +6 more
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Blood transfusion request pattern in a medical center in Northwestern Nigeria
Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2017 Introduction: Nigeria has a national policy on blood services, however, most medical facilities find difficulties in establishing a viable, efficient blood banking system; therefore, it becomes necessary to ensure judicious utilization of this scarce ...
Ibrahim Aliyu +5 more
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Increased plasma viscosity as a reason for inappropriate erythropoietin formation [PDF]
, 1993 The aim of this study was to examine whether altered plasma viscosity could contribute to the inappropriately low production rate of erythropoietin (EPO) observed in patients suffering from hypergammaglobulinemias associated with multiple myeloma or ...
Eckardt, Kai-Uwe +7 more
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