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BMC Nephrol
November 2024
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
Background: Although erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) have been the standard treatment for renal anemia, ESA hyporesponsiveness remains a concern. Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (HIF-PHIs) are a new class of agents indicated for renal anemia. Several lines of evidence indicate that HIF-PHIs affect erythrocyte indices; nonetheless, their clinical significance remains unclear.
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October 2024
Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Medicina (Kaunas)
August 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, National Scientific Center of Traumatology and Orthopaedics Named after Academician N.D. Batpenov, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
This article highlights a case of high-dose ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject) for the treatment of perioperative iron deficiency anaemia in a 39-year-old patient with dysplastic coxarthrosis. The patient was admitted routinely for a total hip replacement of the left hip joint. She had been suffering from pain, lameness, and restriction of movement in her left hip joint for the past several years.
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September 2024
MPH Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background: Due to the numerous complications associated with sickle cell disease (SCD), patients often receive a variety of medications alongside their SCD treatment. However, a notable gap exists in the current literature regarding medication use patterns among them. This study aimed to investigate medication usage patterns in patients with SCD.
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April 2024
Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Anemia is common in cancer patients and impacts on quality of life and prognosis. It is typically multifactorial, often involving different pathophysiological mechanisms, making treatment a difficult task. In patients undergoing active anticancer treatments like chemotherapy, decreased red blood cell (RBC) production due to myelosuppression generally predominates, but absolute or functional iron deficiency frequently coexists.
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