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Testosterone therapy-induced erythrocytosis: can phlebotomy be justified?

Endocrine Connections
Erythrocytosis, or elevated hematocrit, is a common side effect of testosterone therapy (TTh) in male hypogonadism. Testosterone stimulates erythropoiesis through an initial rise in erythropoietin (EPO), the establishment of a new EPO/hemoglobin ‘set ...
Peter Bond, Tijs Verdegaal, Diederik L Smit   +2 more
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Trypanophobia: Traumatic spondylolisthesis following phlebotomy – A case report [PDF]

Malaysian Family Physician
Injuries to the cervical spine following phlebotomy have not been reported in the literature. Herein, we report the case of a 27-year-old lady with major depressive disorder and trypanophobia who experienced a syncopal episode during a blood test ...
Chitra Suluraju, Alidahani Mohamad Yusof
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Factors Influencing Evidence‐Informed Symptom Management in Outpatient Malignant Hematology: A Qualitative Description of Patients' and Nurses' Experiences

Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 7, Page 3226-3241, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims To describe patients' and oncology nurses' experiences with symptom management care, and influential barriers and facilitators to enhancing evidence‐informed symptom management in an outpatient malignant hematology unit. Design A qualitative descriptive study embedded within an experience‐based co‐design approach.
Kylie Teggart, Denise Bryant‐Lukosius, Sarah E. Neil‐Sztramko, Tammy De Gelder, Kari Kolm, Cheryl Page, Rebecca Ganann   +6 more
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Assessing the Utility of Shortened Read Time of the Abbott Bioline HCV Test to Predict Viremia

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Volume 33, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The current two‐step model for HCV diagnosis risks losing people from care; a one‐step diagnostic approach could improve retention. We investigated whether shortening the read time of an HCV antibody test from 20‐min to 1 or 5‐min could accurately predict HCV RNA viremia in‐lieu of a standard RNA test.
Bridget Louise Draper, Mon Mon Su Naing, Hla Htay, Mia Flynn, Mark Stoove, Margaret Hellard, Alisa Pedrana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Strategy for Optimizing Staffing to Improve the Timeliness of Inpatient Phlebotomy Collections

, 2011
Context.—The timely availability of inpatient test results is a key to physician satisfaction with the clinical laboratory, and in an institution with a phlebotomy service may depend on the timeliness of blood collections.
Aileen P Morrison, Michael L Gustafson, Stacy E.F Melanson, Joi N Torrence-Hill, Ellen M Goonan, Milenko J Tanasijevic   +5 more
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Polycythemia: A Clinical Approach

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia, 2019
Polycythemia or erythrocytosis is an increase in the number of red blood cells in circulation marked by the increase in hematocrit. Polycythemia is a case that still raises questions and dilemma for doctors.
Rahmat Cahyanur, Ikhwan Rinaldi
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Improving the Evaluation and Management of Transfusion‐Related Iron Overload in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Following Cancer Treatment or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, Volume 73, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Transfusion‐related iron overload (TRIO) is a late effect of therapy impacting survivors of childhood cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) who receive frequent packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions. Surprisingly, there are no accepted guidelines to assist providers in identifying and treating at‐risk ...
Luke Gingell, Allison Close, Guoli Zhou, Troy C. Quigg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve injury induced by phlebotomy

, 2007
Background Phlebotomy is one of the routine procedures done in medical labs daily. Case presentation A 52 yr woman noted shooting pain and dysesthesia over her right side anterolateral aspect of forearm, clinical examination and electrodiagnostic studies
Azadi Arezoo, Arezoo Azadi, Rayegani S Mansoor, S Rayegani   +3 more
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Method Comparison of Dried Blood Spot and Plasma Apolipoprotein B Measurement on a Semi‐Automated Analyser: Toward Accessible Lipid Profiling in Resource‐Limited Settings

Analytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is a key marker of atherogenic lipoprotein burden, but conventional plasma‐based testing requires venous sampling and centralized laboratory infrastructure. Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling offers a minimally invasive alternative suitable for decentralized settings.
Bronwyn Pitampersad, Savathree Madurai, Bhavani Manivannan, Kayla Pillay, Sharana Mahomed   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment progress of phlebotomy for polycythemia vera

Polycythemia vera (PV) is a BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by the proliferation of all three hematopoietic cell lines to varying degrees.
QIN Ranran, HOU Ruiqin, YANG Yanjie
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