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Polycythemia and its determinants among children with unoperated cyanotic congenital heart disease at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Ethiopia: observational cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Background Polycythemia is a physiologic adaptive response to hypoxia seen in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease (Cyanotic CHD). Globally, due to timely cyanotic CHD interventions, polycythemia is underreported or understudied.
Lelise Kaba, Henok Tadele
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Characterization of primary and secondary polycythemia among Palestinian blood donors in the West bank [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Polycythemia is a hematological condition characterized by an elevated red blood cell (RBC) mass that exceeds the normal range for a specific age and gender; it can be classified as either primary or secondary. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence
Gana Odeh, Mohammed Alili, Roa Hamshari, Ahmad Saabna, Rami Zagha, Mahmoud Draidi, Safa’ Bushnaq, Suheir Ereqat, Basma Damiri   +8 more
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Prevalence and diagnostic performance of iron deficiency in polycythemia

Hematology, 2023
Introduction Several observations have shown that patients with polycythemia have iron deficiency. Our objectives were to report the prevalence of iron deficiency and to evaluate the diagnostic performance of serum ferritin in polycythemia vera.Patients ...
Rova Malala Fandresena Randrianarisoa, Herveat Ramanandafy, Alexandre Mania, Hélène Monjanel, Sébastien Trouillier   +4 more
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Haemoglobin Olympia {β Codon 20 (B2) G→A, Val→Met}: A Silent Haemoglobin Variant [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
High oxygen affinity haemoglobin variants are rare and often underdiagnosed in persistent erythrocytosis with no apparent aetiology. Here the author present a 29-year-old Indian male patient with a long-standing history of erythrocytosis which was ...
Abhay A Bhave, Lakshmi Iyer, Nawal Kazi, Manju Gorivale, Anita Nadkarni   +4 more
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Diagnosis and genetic analysis of polycythemia in children and a novel EPAS1 gene mutationWhat is knownWhat is new?

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2022
Background: Unlike in adults, there is no consensus on management and diagnosis of polycythemia in children. This study aims to evaluate the diagnosis and verify the algorithm in children with polycythemia.
Hatice Mine Cakmak, Omer Kartal, Ayca Kocaaga, Yasar Bildirici   +3 more
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Thromboembolic complications of polycythemia: Polycythemia vera versus smokers' polycythemia [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1993
This report compares patients with the hypercoagulable state of polycythemia vera to patients with secondary polycythemia caused by tobacco use to determine whether the incidence of thromboembolic events is equivalent.The medical records of 146 patients with the diagnosis of polycythemia between 1977 to 1990 were reviewed.
T H, Schwarcz, L A, Hogan, E D, Endean, I T, Roitman, A, Kazmers, G L, Hyde   +5 more
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Polycythemia with elevated erythropoietin production in a patient with a urinary stone and unilateral hydronephrosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Absolute polycythemia can be primary or secondary. Erythropoietin-producing diseases (for example, hypoxia) are the major cause of secondary polycythemia. There are reports of polycythemia secondary to hydronephrosis. However, to our knowledge,
Yuriko Hajika, Yuji Kawaguchi, Kenji Hamazaki, Yasuro Kumeda   +3 more
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Secondary polycythemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: prevalence and risk factors

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Secondary polycythemia is associated with cigarette smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the prevalence of polycythemia in COPD and the contributing risk factors for polycythemia in COPD have not been extensively ...
Jingzhou Zhang, Dawn L. DeMeo, Edwin K. Silverman, Barry J. Make, R. Chad Wade, J. Michael Wells, Michael H. Cho, Brian D. Hobbs   +7 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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Interstitial lung disease with congenital erythrocytosis

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022
A 45-year-old male weaver, smoker, known case of interstitial lung disease with cor pulmonale on long-term oxygen therapy diagnosed 6 months ago who is on tapering doses of oral steroids presented to our tertiary care teaching hospital with complaints of
D T Katyarmal, M Haneesha, K M Bhargav, C Chandrasekhar, B Vijayalakshmi, N Mounika   +5 more
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