Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy [PDF]
Journal of Blood Medicine, 2016 Kyung Hee Kim,1 Ki Young Oh,2 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, South Korea Abstract: Phlebotomy is
Kim KH, Oh KY
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Unexplained Hematocrit Increase after Therapeutic Phlebotomy in a Patient with Marked Erythrocytosis [PDF]
Case Reports in Hematology, 2022 We report a patient with hereditary erythrocytosis who underwent a therapeutic phlebotomy and had a post-phlebotomy hematocrit that was higher than the pre-phlebotomy hematocrit. We could not discern a reason for this hematocrit increase after phlebotomy.
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NTBI levels in C282Y homozygotes after therapeutic phlebotomy [PDF]
eJHaem, 2022 C282Y homozygotes exposed to sustained elevated transferrin saturation (TS) may develop worsening clinical symptoms. This might be related to the appearance of non‐transferrin bound iron (NTBI) when TS≥50% and labile plasma iron (LPI) when TS levels ...
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Hydralazine Associated With Reduced Therapeutic Phlebotomy Frequency in a Nationwide Cohort Study: Real-World Effectiveness for Drug Repurposing [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Background: Therapeutic phlebotomy, known as scheduled bloodletting, has been the main method for managing erythrocytosis symptoms and thrombocytosis-associated complications in various blood disorders.
Wei-Zhi Lin +11 more
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Current applications of therapeutic phlebotomy. [PDF]
Blood Transfus, 2014 Phlebotomy, known also as bloodletting or venesection, is a major therapeutic procedure that has been performed by physicians in various civilisations since antiquity up to the present1,2. In the past it was practised using cupping, lancets or by the application of leeches2. This procedure often weakened the patient and resulted in his or her death.
Assi TB, Baz E.
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Therapeutic Phlebotomy for Testosterone-Induced Polycythemia [PDF]
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2020 Abstract Objectives To evaluate therapeutic phlebotomy (TP) requests for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and to highlight the impact to a blood center (BC) or service that provides TP for individuals on TRT.
Nancy L Van Buren, Jed Gorlin
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Successful use of phlebotomy to treat severe secondary polycythemia due to chronic lung disease
Hematology Reports, 2021 Secondary polycythemia (SP) occurs as a result of increase erythropoietin levels most commonly as a result of tissue hypoxia. Symptoms such as erythromelalgia, pruritis, and bleeding, which are frequently seen in polycythemia vera (PV), do not commonly ...
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Rheopheresis, but Not Phlebotomy, Improves Cerebral Vascular Response to Hypercapnia and Neuronal Activation [PDF]
BiomedicinesBackground/Objectives: Several therapeutic approaches, including phlebotomy and rheopheresis, are used to improve hemorheological parameters. While the effects of phlebotomy on cerebral circulation have been described, the impact of rheopheresis on ...
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Indications and use of therapeutic phlebotomy in polycythemia vera: which role for erythrocytapheresis? [PDF]
Leukemia, 2019 The Italian Societies of Hematology and Blood Transfusion issued recent recommendations for phlebotomy in polycythemia vera (PV), to obtain a target hematocrit <45%
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Iron deficiency due to excessive therapeutic phlebotomy in hemochromatosis [PDF]
American Journal of Hematology, 2000 Thirteen adults (eight men, five women) with hemochromatosis had undergone routine iron depletion therapy but while on maintenance phlebotomies developed iron deficiency which persisted for 25 +/- 13 (mean +/- 1 SD) months before diagnosis. All had symptoms and signs of iron deficiency. Levels of transferrin saturation were 10% +/- 5% (1 SD), and serum
James Barton
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