INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The influence of hemoglobin kinetics on outcomes in heart failure has been incompletely established. METHODS Hemoglobin was determined at the first visit and at 6 months. Anemia was defined according to World Health Organization criteria (hemoglobin < 13g/dL for men and hemoglobin < 12g/dL for women). Patients were classified relative to their hemoglobin values as ...

Subacute combined degeneration ( SCD) due to vitamin B12 deficiency is common in North of Europe but sometimes it is seen in Iran. It can develop before the symptoms of anemia is obvious, with myelin injury and then axon and even neuron destruction in spinal cord, brain, optic and peripheral nerves. In this study two cases are reported; in the first patient, this disease in manifested by vitami...

Ever since Ehrlich described the megaloblasts seen in pernicious anemia during relapse, there have been attempts by many investigators to produce experimentally an anemia similar in all respects to human pernicious anemia. Macrocytic anemia with the megaloblastic type of erythrocytic regeneration in the bone marrow, achlorhydria, and a specific response to a substance containing the anti-anemic...

This study was to evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and the associated factors of anemia during pregnancy in the lower north of Thailand. A prospective study was conducted in pregnant women who attended the antenatal care clinic at Naresuan University hospital, Phitsanulok, from May 2008 May 2010. All subjects were from the lower northern region of Thailand. A complete blood cou...

BACKGROUND Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common serious consequence of cardiac surgery. One recent study found higher AKI rates when anemia and hypotension occurred during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) relative to anemia alone. To revalidate this post hoc observation we analyzed detailed data from a large cardiac surgery cohort. METHODS Patient, procedural, and outcome data were...

OBJECTIVES To characterize anemia in elderly nursing home residents. DESIGN Prospective multiinstitutional cohort study. SETTING Five nursing homes. PARTICIPANTS From retrospective analysis, residents found to be anemic using chart review were prospectively randomized. Of the 81 residents enrolled, 60 were anemic. MEASUREMENTS Chart review for medical history and factors related to trea...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to assess the incidence of all-cause mortality in patients with anemia undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) receiving drug-eluting stents (DES) or bare-metal stents (BMS). BACKGROUND Anemia has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients undergoing PCI. However, it is unknown whether stent selection (DES or BMS) has a differential outcome in t...

BACKGROUND Anemia is associated with various poor clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between anemia and the initiation degree and time of dialysis in type 2 diabetic nephropathy patients. METHODS This observational retrospective study included 130 type 2 diabetic nephropathy patients in Korea. The existence of anemia...

UNLABELLED Anemia is common in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, epidemiological studies of nonwestern IBD populations are limited and may be confounded by demographic, socioeconomic, and disease-related influences. This study evaluated the prevalence, risk factors, and etiology of anemia in Brazilian outpatients with IBD. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 100 Crohn's disease (C...

BACKGROUND Although chronic kidney disease-induced anemia is more prevalent in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), anemia is a common finding prior to manifestation of kidney disease. In presence of some risk factors at the time of diagnosing DM, microvascular complications must be considered. The effect of anemia as a risk factor on progression of DM complications is still unclear. OBJECTI...