Subclinical hypothyroidism is a health state that is associated with hypercholesterolemia, infertility, iron-deficiency anemia, and poor obstetric outcome. This article summarizes the results of a prospective clinical investigation of whether treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism and iron-deficiency anemia with a combination of levothyroxine plus iron salt would be superior to each ...

Rheological properties of homozygous sickle cell anaemia (SCA) show marked heterogeneity, which may be explained in part by the concomitance of alpha genotypes or beta haplotypes, along with hydroxurea (HU) treatment. To further clarify this issue, in 11 homozygous patients with SCA in the steady state and in 16 healthy ...

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to identify risk factors for acute pulmonary events in children and adolescents in the Pulmonary Hypertension and the Hypoxic Response in SCD (PUSH) study. METHODS: Patients with hemoglobin SS (n=376) and other sickle cell genotypes (n=127) aged 3-20 years were studied at four centers in a cross-sectional ...

A number of observations suggest that severe factor IX deficiency (<1%) may be less clinically severe than the corresponding factor VIII deficiency: (i) Less factor consumption. There is evidence that patients with haemophilia B (HB) consume yearly less FIX for replacement therapy than patients with haemophilia (HA). Patient registries and ...

Objective-To evaluate the prevalence, distribution, and progression of radiographic abnormalities in the lungs of cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) and associations between these abnormalities and body weight, carapace length, and hematologic and plasma biochemical variables. Design-Retrospective case series. Animals-89 cold-stunned juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtles. Procedures-Medical records were ...

AIM: To evaluate the association between the preprocedural hemoglobin (Hb) level and 1 year major adverse cardiac event (MACE) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: A total of 2819 patients (mean age 56.61 ± 10.37 years, 69% male) with available preprocedural Hb levels were included. Patients were followed up for ...

Background: Periodontitis is associated with glycemic control in patients with diabetes. The purpose of this study was to determine if glycosylated hemoglobin is elevated in patients with severe periodontitis who are nondiabetic adults. Methods: A total of 60 patients were selected and were divided into test and control groups. The ...

Background/Aims: Ulcerative colitis is a remitting and relapsing chronic inflammatory disorder of the colon with a mortality rate of 7% from acute severe UC. Methodology: A retrospective study of the correlation of clinical indicators, laboratory indicators, endoscopical features, and histological features with clinical severity of UC was conducted in 125 ...

Glutathione (GSH), the most abundant intracellular low molecular mass thiol, protects cells from oxidative damage and regulates their function. Available information is inconsistent regarding levels of GSH and its disulfide (GSSG) in maintenance hemodialysis patients (HD). In addition, very limited data are available in HD about the relationship of GSH ...

BACKGROUND: Launched in January 2011, the prospective payment system (PPS) for the US Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program bundled payment for services previously reimbursed independently. Small dialysis organizations may be particularly susceptible to the financial implications of the PPS. The ongoing Study to Evaluate the Prospective Payment System Impact on ...

BACKGROUND:: In patients presenting with severe hemorrhage, the authors conducted an equivalence trial that compared noninvasive occlusion spectroscopy and the capillary blood method to determine hemoglobin level. METHODS:: This prospective observational study included patients admitted to their intensive care unit for gastrointestinal bleeding. A ring-shaped sensor, connected to a NBM-200MP ...

This study aimed to develop a model for predicting anemia using the inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) genotype and to evaluate its relationship with treatment outcome. Patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C (n = 446) treated with peg-interferon alpha and ribavirin (RBV) for 48 weeks were genotyped for the ITPA (rs1127354) and IL28B ...

Newborn screening (NBS) provides early diagnosis of sickle hemoglobinopathies. After Hb S [β6(A3)Glu→Val, GAG>GTG], Hb C [β6(A3)Glu→Lys, GAG>AAG] is the most common hemoglobin (Hb) abnormality identified in the United States (1,2). Published data regarding children with Hb C disease are limited. This study was conducted to summarize a single institution's ...

A 63-year year old lady presented with prolonged fever, frequent abdominal pain and a history of melena. Physical findings revealed an anemic appearance and splenomegaly. She was treated by the gastroenterologist and subsequently referred to the hematologist as the peripheral blood count revealed pancytopenia with a hemoglobin level of 6.5 ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Peginesatide (Omontys) is a novel, synthetic, PEGylated, peptide-based erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) that is designed to specifically stimulate the erythropoietin receptor. This study evaluated maintenance of hemoglobin levels in patients after conversion from darbepoetin alfa to once-monthly peginesatide. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: This open-label, multicenter study included ...

BACKGROUND: Advances in technology have allowed for continuous noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring (SpHb), which may enable earlier detection of hemorrhage and more efficient surgical and/or blood transfusion management. The use of SpHb has not been described in the trauma population. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy ...

Mutations in transmembrane protease, serine 6 (TMPRSS6) cause iron refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA). Parenteral iron administration may slightly improve hemoglobin level but is troublesome for patients. Optimal treatment has yet to be determined. We identified five patients from four independent families displaying the IRIDA picture with truncating biallelic mutations ...

Purpose:  To investigate spatial and metabolic changes associated with frontal lobe seizures. Methods:  Functional near-infrared spectroscopy combined with electroencephalography (EEG-fNIRS) recordings of patients with confirmed nonlesional refractory frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE). Key Findings:  Eighteen seizures from nine patients (seven male, mean age 27 years, range 13-46 years) with drug-refractory FLE were ...

To investigate whether treatment initiated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I) or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) for patients with ischemic heart disease, hypertension, or diabetes causes a reduction in hemoglobin (Hb) levels. This was a retrospective cohort analysis using the computerized database of a large health maintenance organization. ...

Patient presented with passage of fresh blood mixed with clots per rectum. In the ER, she was found to have bright red blood per rectum with clots, with frank blood on nasogastric tube. She was on dabigatran for atrial fibrillation and aspirin, with intermittent intake of ibuprofen. Vitals were positive ...

BACKGROUND: Central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastoma (HB) is one of the most common manifestations in von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), but large-scale studies on clinical features of CNS HB in VHL are scarce. METHODS: On the basis of the results of a questionnaire, we collected data of VHL patients with CNS ...

Introduction: Hypomagnesemia and glomerular hyperfiltration are commonly observed in patients with diabetes mellitus Type 2 (DM2). In the current study, we examined the relationship between hypomagnesemia and glomerular filtration rates in DM2 patients. Materials and methods: Data were obtained for DM2 patients without documented kidney disease seen at UCLAOlive View ...

BACKGROUND: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a clonal, hematopoietic stem cell disorder that manifests with hemolytic anemia and bone marrow failure. Eculizumab has been shown to improve anemia, decrease intravascular hemolysis and reduce the risk of thrombosis. DESIGN AND METHODS: This is a retrospective, single-center study of patients treated with Eculizumab ...

SESSION TYPE: Critical Care Case Report PostersPRESENTED ON: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMINTRODUCTION: Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a complication of patients with sickling syndromes (SS). Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH) is not a common presentation of ACS.CASE PRESENTATION: 19-year-old male with hemoglobin SC disease (SCD) ...

We evaluated the accuracy of noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb) monitoring with the Radical-7(®) Pulse CO-Oximeter in Japanese surgical patients before and after an in vivo adjustment of the first SpHb value to match the first reference value from a satellite laboratory CO-Oximeter. Twenty patients undergoing surgical procedures with ...

Background: Lanthanum carbonate (LC) is a non-calcium-containing phosphate binder and shows a comparable effect with other phosphate binders on hyperphosphatemia in dialysis patients. LC also contributes to a reduced oral calcium load compared with calcium carbonate (CaC) treatment. However, no crossover studies which compare the influence on serum calcium level ...

To investigate the effect of Yisui Shengxue Granule (, YSSXG), a complex Chinese medicine, on the oxidative damage of erythrocytes from patients with hemoglobin H (HbH) disease. Twenty-two patients with HbH disease and 22 healthy volunteers were observed. YSSXG was given to patients with HbH disease for 3 months. Before ...

Anemia is associated with the cardiovascular outcome in healthy subjects but its impact on outcome in patients with cardiovascular disease has not yet been fully understood. Therefore, we assessed the long-term influence of hemoglobin on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with atherosclerotic disease. We prospectively studied 1,065 of 1,286 ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) in recently diagnosed adult celiac patients and to identify the factors associated with this. METHODS: We investigated 54 newly diagnosed adult celiac patients between February 2008 and April 2009. BMD was measured in all ...

Following contradictory reports, the aim of this study was to apply our highly specific novel assay to delineate the relationship between vitamin D forms and Alzheimer's disease. The study incorporated patients, both untreated and treated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, along with controls. Patients were grouped as A: untreated (n=26) and B: ...

Objectives: Over the past few years researchers have suggested that vitamin D plays a diverse role in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to determine the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in a cohort of non-supplemented female SLE patients from the Mediterranean region. Methods: ...

Purpose: In juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JoSLE), evidence for the association between vitamin D status, lupus activity, and bone health is very limited and not conclusive. The aim of this study was, therefore, to assess in JoSLE patients the possible relevance of vitamin D deficiency in disease and bone ...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease primarily involving the exocrine glands. The clinical picture of SS ranges from exocrinopathy to systemic disease affecting the lung, kidney, liver, skin, musculockeletal and nervous systems. The morbidity of SS is mainly determined by extraglandular disease and increased prevalence of ...

OBJECTIVE: Apart from its role in bone metabolism, vitamin D may also influence cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was: (1) to determine the effect of a single, oral, high-dose vitamin D supplementation on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and (2) to ...

OBJECTIVES:: Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are at risk for vitamin and mineral deficiencies because of long term inflammation in the gut mucosa and decreased oral intake. The aim of the study is to investigate the prevalence of vitamin and zinc deficiencies in patients with newly diagnosed IBD in ...

BACKGROUND: We investigated the association between vitamin B12 levels and patients with Acute-on-chronic liver failure (AoCLF). In addition, we analyzed whether B12 is associated with mortality in the AoCLF patients. METHODS: One hundred and five patients with AoCLF and 44 healthy controls (HCs) were prospectively studied. In all subjects, a ...

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) comprises a poorly understood group of chronic autoimmune diseases with variable clinical outcomes. We investigated whether the synovial fluid (SF) proteome could distinguish a subset of patients in whom disease extends to affect a large number of joints. SF samples from 57 patients were obtained around ...

OBJECTIVES: Osteoporosis (OP) and increased risk of fracture are relevant features in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Low levels of serum vitamin D are frequently reported and correlate with a higher RA activity. This study evaluated factors related with the prescription of vitamin D supplements in RA patients and variables ...

OBJECTIVES: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been associated with low-grade inflammation and elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In inflammatory conditions, interferon-γ (IFN-γ) activity is enhanced and a decreased circulating concentration of vitamin B6 is often observed. Such changes in IFN-γ activity or vitamin B6 levels have been associated with increased ...

Vitamin D has been found to have a role in the function of the immune system. There have been a lot of studies investigating a relation between vitamin D and disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, there have not been any studies arranging AS in groups according to vitamin ...

Background:Vitiligo, the most common cutaneous depigmentation disorder, has reported associations with other autoimmune diseases. However, literature on the strengths of the associations is conflicting, and no data on the subject exist from a Canadian population.Objective:To determine autoimmune disease associations with vitiligo and which, if any, screening bloodwork is appropriate in ...

Vitamin D deficiency has been reported to be associated with the development of active tuberculosis (TB), but many discrepancies exist among studies. The aims of this study were to compare the frequency of vitamin D deficiency in a Korean population of TB patients and control subjects, and to monitor the ...

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at high risk for low bone mineral density (BMD). This study aimed to evaluate BMD in IBD patients and its relationship with bone metabolism in a group of Iranian patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with IBD to assess BMD status ...

Vitamin D deficiency is a common health complication in patients with chronic kidney disease and can be treated with an abundance of classical and advanced pharmaceutics. However, the impact of bundling in dialysis clinics limits the use of the most optimal therapeutics and desired efficacy targets in end-stage renal disease ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Decreased bone mineral density (BMD) is common in Crohn's disease (CD) patients. This paper reports on the prevalence of decreased BMD in a referral cohort study of CD-patients next to the change of BMD over time in relation with CD-associated clinical characteristics. METHODS: 205 CD patients of ...

Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1B (PHP1B) patients have PTH resistance at the renal proximal tubule and develop hypocalcemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism. Hyperparathyroid bone disease also develops in some patients. PHP1B patients are at theoretical risk of developing tertiary hyperparathyroidism. Patients were studied in a clinical research center. Five female PHP1B patients presented ...

OBJECTIVE:Studies based on deseasonalized vitamin D levels suggest that vitamin D may influence the disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS), and high doses are suggested as add-on treatment to interferon-β (IFN-β). Seasonal fluctuation of vitamin D varies between individuals, thus the relationship to disease activity should preferentially be studied by ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between serum 25-OH vitamin D and 24-hour urine calcium in patients with nephrolithiasis. METHODS: A retrospective review was performed. Patients evaluated in 2 metabolic stone clinics were included for analysis. Multivariate linear regression models were adjusted for known risk factors for stone disease (age, gender, ...

Abstract Objective: The mechanism of statin-related myopathy is unknown, while its prevalence is probably underestimated. An association between statin-related myopathy and vitamin D deficiency has been reported. In this pilot study we assessed the prevalence of myopathy in statin users attending to the outpatient clinic of the Department of Cardiology ...

Knowledge regarding the determination, measurement, and supplementation of vitamin D in skin of color patients is evolving. At this time, it is believed that the majority of the skin of color population in the United States is vitamin D insufficient, which is particularly concerning given the possible links to disease ...