Prediction of blood volume to be processed to achieve a target number of CD34+ cells: Development, validation and implementation of a formula.

Background And Objectives: Calculation of blood volume (BV) to be processed to achieve the target number of CD34+ cells can be accomplished by using collection efficiency 2 (CE2) formula. Our aim was to develop a BV web formula.

Materials And Methods: We calculated CE2 from aphereses performed between January 2015 and March 2020 in allogeneic donors and patients.

Cardiovascular toxicity and sorafenib: a case report.

We report a case of a 55-year-old male with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and compensated liver disease treated with sorafenib for advanced hepatocarcinoma (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C). At follow-up, the patient developed hypertension, which was well controlled with beta-blocker medication, and an aortic dilation detected by abdominal computerized tomography and echocardiography. There are some reports of the side effects of sorafenib on the cardiovascular system.