Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 2021 Polycythemia vera is a medical condition characterized by raised hematocrit. Owing to increased viscosity, the blood flow in the vessels become sluggish leading to the clinical features of polycythemia such as headache, blurring of vision, red skin ...
Nabeela Iqbal +2 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 +7 more
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Impending anterior ischemic optic neuropathy with elements of retinal vein occlusion in a patient on interferon for polycythemia vera. [PDF]
, 2012 We describe the course and likely pathophysiology of impending anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) and retinal vein occlusion in a 56-year-old man with polycythemia vera managed with interferon alpha for 2 years.
Hirsch, Louis K +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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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 +5 more
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Splenomegaly impacts prognosis in essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera: A single center study [PDF]
, 2019 Splenomegaly is one of the major clinical manifestations of primary myelofibrosis and is common also in other chronic Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms, causing symptoms and signs and affecting quality of life of patients diagnosed with ...
Accurso V. +8 more
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Aberrant expression of microRNA in polycythemia vera
Haematologica, 2008 Background Polycythemia vera is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder in which the JAK2 V617F mutation is observed in >95% of patients, but an as yet unidentified process appears to initiate the clonal expansion of hematopoiesis.
Hana Bruchova +2 more
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Benefit-risk profile of cytoreductive drugs along with antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy after transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke in myeloproliferative neoplasms [PDF]
, 2018 We analyzed 597 patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) who presented transient ischemic attacks (TIA, n = 270) or ischemic stroke (IS, n = 327). Treatment included aspirin, oral anticoagulants, and cytoreductive drugs.
Arellano-Rodrigo, Eduardo +41 more
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Association of subcutaneous testosterone pellet therapy with developing secondary polycythemia
Asian Journal of Andrology, 2018 A variety of methods for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) exist, and the major potential risks of TRT have been well established. The risk of developing polycythemia secondary to exogenous testosterone (T) has been reported to range from 0.4% to 40%
Katherine Lang Rotker +6 more
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Novel superhydrophobic and superoleophilic sugarcane green ceramic hollow fibre membrane as hybrid oil sorbent-separator of real oil and water mixture [PDF]
, 2018 The frequent oil spill accidents in nowadays has aroused great attention all over the world. Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic grafted on various substrates have attracted much attention to treat oil and water mixture because of their unique ...
Harun, Zawati +4 more
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