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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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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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Longitudinal Analysis of Manually and Automatically Classified Circulating Tumor Biomarkers and their Prediction of Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 119, Issue 2, Page 403-413, February 2026.
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and tumor‐derived extracellular vesicles (tdEVs) are promising biomarkers for predicting survival and informing treatment decisions in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC); yet their clinical application remains limited. In this study, we analyzed CellSearch image archives from 446 patients with mCRC treated in the CAIRO2 ...
Maddalena Centanni, Afroditi Nanou, Leon W. M. M. Terstappen, Kees J. A. Punt, Frank A.W. Coumans, Mats O. Karlsson, Lena E. Friberg   +6 more
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Astronauts as a Human Aging Model: Epigenetic Age Responses to Space Exposure

Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2026.
This longitudinal analysis of Axiom‐2 astronauts reveals that spaceflight induces a rapid andsignificant epigenetic age acceleration that is largely reversible upon return to Earth. These findings identify space exposure as a unique model for studying aging mechanisms and potentially testing geroprotective interventions.
Matías Fuentealba, JangKeun Kim, Jeremy Wain Hirschberg, Bader Shirah, Eliah G. Overbey, Christopher Mason, David Furman   +6 more
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Diagnostic Performance of Prothrombin Time and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time in Children: A Service Evaluation

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 188-193, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Coagulation screening, consisting of prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial prothrombin time (aPTT), is routinely performed in paediatrics to identify bleeding disorders or guide peri‐procedural management. We evaluated the trends in utilisation and diagnostic yield of PT and aPTT testing as part of coagulation screening in a ...
Gerard Gurumurthy, Mikias Lemma, Lianna Reynolds, John Grainger, Jecko Thachil   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Good practice in performing phlebotomy in private homes - as seen from the perspective of the Biomedical Laboratory Scientist

Bioingeniøren, 2018
This inquiry looking at what is considered to be good phlebotomy uses a qualitative methodological design and undertakes a systematic analysis of seven individual interviews with Biomedical Laboratory Scientists working in mobile units, taking blood ...
Lone Garsdal Krause-Jensen, Karin Christiansen   +1 more
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Efficacy of Virtual Reality vs. Tablet Games for Pain and Anxiety in Children Undergoing Bone Pins Removal: Randomised Clinical Trial

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 2, Page 1791-1802, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims To verify the efficacy of virtual reality compared to tablet games for pain and anxiety management in children undergoing percutaneous bone pin and/or suture removal procedures. Design Randomised clinical trial using two parallel groups: (1) virtual reality or (2) tablet game.
Estelle Guingo, Mathilde Hupin Debeurme, Raissa Passos dos Santos, Sofia Addab, Pierre Rainville, Stéphane Bouchard, Khadidja Chougui, Argerie Tsimicalis, Marie‐Lyne Nault, Thierry Ducruet, Omar Ledjiar, Melanie Noel, Kate St‐Arneault, Casey Cotes‐Turpin, Nicole Hung, Pascale Ouimet, Stefan Parent, Julien Gardner, Mitchell Bernstein, Sylvie Le May   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of a Blood Self-Collection System with Routine Phlebotomy for SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing [PDF]

, 2022
Douglas Wixted, Coralei E. Neighbors, Carl F. Pieper, Angie Wu, Carla A Kingsbury, Heidi Register, Elizabeth Petzold, L. Kristin Newby, Christopher W. Woods   +8 more
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ʿAlī b. el-ʿAbbās el-Mecūsī’nin Kāmilu’ṣ-Ṣınāʿati’ṭ-Ṭıbbiyye eserinde damardan kan alma-2: Kan alınan damarların sayısı ve yararları

Lokman Hekim Dergisi
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, ʿAlī b. el-ʿAbbās el-Mecūsī’nin Kāmilu’ṣ-Ṣınāʿati’ṭ-Ṭıbbiyye adlı eserinin tıbbî pratiğe dair ikinci kısmındaki dokuzuncu makalenin üçüncü bölümü olan “Kan alınan damarların sayısı ve yararları” başlıklı kısmını Arapçadan ...
Ahmet Acıduman, Özgür Kuş
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Primary polycythaemia: A neglected risk factor

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
In this case series, we report a 32-year-old male patient with myocardial infarction and 45-year-old female with portal vein thrombosis with splenic infarcts, which were the initial manifestations of polycythaemia vera.
Nitin Rustogi, Ravi Talapa, Jitendra Yadav   +2 more
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