Nucleated Red Blood Cells in Congestive Heart Failure

Nucleated red blood cells in congestive heart failure.

NUCLEATED red cells may be discovered in the peripheral blood of patients with congestive heart failure. This phenomenon and its connotation of poor prognosis has not been generally recognized. Only a few reports, restricted primarily to the hematologic literature,'-5 have stressed these findings. Because of the prognostic importance of peripheral nucleated red cells in congestive heart failure...

The effect of congestive heart failure on blood volume as determined by radiochromium-tagged red cells.

Pulmonary Blood Volume in Congestive Heart Failure

IN ANALYZING the clinical and hemodynamic features of congestive heart failure due to myocardial disease or associated with mitral stenosis, many authors indicate or clearly imply that a significant augmentation in pulmonary blood volume plays a major role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary congestion and edema.'-6 These conclusions have depended largely upon indirect evidence such as clinical ev...

Investigation of Changes in Nucleated Red Blood Cells in Neonatal Infection

Background: Early diagnosis is paramount to the treatment of neonatal infections. Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are immature erythrocytes that increase in number due to stress and hypoxia. This study was conducted to determine NRBC count in the peripheral blood and examine its significance as a marker of neonatal infection. Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 154 infants (78 ...

Intrarenal blood flow in congestive heart failure.

Intrarenal blood flow distribution was measured by the '33xenon washout technic in 10 patients with heart disease who were studied at time of left and right heart catheterization. Renal washout curves were analyzed by computer using a weighted least-squares nonlinear regression technic. In three patients with heart disease without edema the compartment I blood flow rates (outer cortex) were not...