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Low Uptake of Hydroxyurea among a Cohort of Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Background: Hydroxyurea (HU) is the first disease-modifying drug used in the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). Despite its well-documented benefits, adoption and drug adherence have remained difficult.
Helen Chioma Okoye, Chilota Chibuife Efobi, Hannah Ommunakwe, Augustine Nwakuche Duru, Benedict Nwogoh, Ngozi Immaculata Ugwu, Collins Maduka, Charles Emeka Nonyelu, Ikechukwu Okwudili Anigbogu, Angela Ogechukwu Ugwu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly affects individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and is associated with increased risk of diabetes‐related complications. To better understand potential mechanisms, we examined the association between symptomatic knee OA and glycemic control in individuals with T2DM.
Lauren K. King, Alanna Weisman, Baiju R. Shah, Robert Goldberg, Amish Parikh, Ian Stanaitis, Vivian Hung, Rosane Nisenbaum, Abdalmohsen Almodahka, Lorraine Lipscombe, Gillian A. Hawker   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marked Long‐term Improvement in Lung Function in Melanoma Differentiation‐associated Protein 5 (MDA5) Antibody Positive Dermatomyositis Patients: Experience of a Single Center Longitudinal Cohort in North America

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The objective of this study was to describe the longitudinal disease course and pulmonary outcomes of North American patients with melanoma differentiation‐associated gene 5 antibody (MDA5 ab) associated dermatomyositis (DM). Methods Thirty patients with MDA5 ab DM were identified in a single center longitudinal cohort of 352 patients with ...
Jenice X Cheah, Sangmee S Bae, Tiffany De Leon, Yuna Lee, Rong Guo, David Elashoff, Jennifer Wang, Ani Shahbazian, Christina Charles‐Schoeman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Study of Blood Hemoglobin between Calculated Method through ABG Analyzer and Impedance Method through Fully Automated Blood Cell Counter [PDF]

Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry
Background: In routine clinical laboratory practice, hemoglobin estimation is done through an automated blood cell counter, which is a fast, inexpensive and convenient method of estimation.
Arvi V Mehta, Sapna P Patel, Hina B Baraiya, Piyush B Tailor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rheumatologic Manifestations of Patients With Type B Insulin Resistance

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objectives of this study were to identify laboratory and clinical features associated with type B insulin resistance (TBIR), a rare condition caused by autoantibodies that inhibit the insulin receptor, most frequently occurring in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to increase awareness of this rare, life‐threatening ...
S. Amara Ogbonnaya, Sandra G. Williams, Raphael A. Kirou, Marissa Lightbourne, Rebecca J. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resistant hypertension: some aspects of pathogenesis

Атеросклероз, 2015
The work was devoted to studying the content of hemoglobin complexes, the level of energyrich compounds, their relationship with the viscoelastic parameters of red blood cells in patients with resistant hypertension to identify possible pathogenetic ...
M. V. Kruchinina, A. A. Gromov, Ya. Sh Shvarts, A. V. Rabko, V. A. Baum, V. M. Generalov, V. N. Kruchinin, S. V. Rykhlitskiy, V. A. Volodin   +8 more
doaj  

Lead (Pb) Exposure on Hemoglobin Levels and Decreasing Lung Function of Fuel Station Workers Banjarmasin

The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health
Introdution:Exposure to airborne pollutants such as lead (Pb) can cause health problems. Fuel stations are one of the places with a high risk of Pb exposure sourced from fuel or motor vehicle exhaust emissions.
Muhamad Taufiqurrahman, Isa Ansori, Meitria Syahadatina Noor, Haryati Haryati, Ali Assagaf, Mohamad Isa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk of Retinopathy Associated with Long‐Term Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to estimate the prevalence and cumulative incidence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy (HCQ‐R) and its risk factors among long‐term HCQ users with rheumatic diseases through a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies that used spectral‐domain OCT (SD‐OCT) for screening. Methods A systematic search of PubMed, Scopus,
Narsis Daftarian, Chloe Yue, Steve D Levasseur, Hui Xie, J. Antonio Avina‐Zubieta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A clinical study on Pandu Roga, iron deficiency anemia, with Trikatrayadi Lauha suspension in children

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2012
Context: Nutritional iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia in India. The nearest correlation of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) can be made with Pandu Roga in Ayurveda.
Abhimanyu Kumar, Asish Kumar Garai
doaj   +1 more source

Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index (FI‐Lab) for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source