Articles Tagged With: anemia
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Reconsidering Aspirin Therapy for Elderly Patients
A post-hoc analysis of the ASPREE trial revealed that in presumably healthy elderly subjects, taking low-dose aspirin daily over three years was associated with a significant drop in hemoglobin and ferritin levels vs. placebo, even when patients with major bleeding events were excluded.
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Daprodustat (Jesduvroq)
Daprodustat can be prescribed to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease in adults who have been receiving dialysis for at least four months.
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Oral vs. IV Iron for the Treatment of Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women
Compared to oral iron, intravenous iron reduced maternal anemia at delivery (40% vs. 85%, P = 0.039), and rates of maternal hemoglobin < 10 g/dL were lower with intravenous iron compared to oral iron (10% vs. 54%, P = 0.029). Rates of mild to moderate adverse events were similar between the two groups, and no severe adverse reactions were noted with intravenous iron.
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Intravenous Iron: Does This Therapy Increase the Risk of Infection?
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, among all populations, intravenous iron was associated with a slight increased risk of infection (relative risk, 1.17; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-1.31) compared to oral iron or no iron. However, there was no difference in mortality or length of hospital stay.
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Malaria and Anemia — Chemoprophylaxis Helps
For young children in Africa who return home after hospitalization for severe anemia, monthly long-acting malaria prophylaxis can reduce the rates of readmission and death during the three months following hospitalization.
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Flying Fox Hemolytic Fever
A novel mycoplasma causes a systemic infection characterized by fever, hemolytic anemia, and other cytopenias, sometimes with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, painful splenomegaly with risk of rupture, and response to doxycycline.
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Which Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Need a Blood Transfusion?
A randomized trial of a restrictive blood transfusion strategy vs. a more liberal strategy in patients with acute myocardial infarction and anemia showed the restrictive strategy is noninferior to the liberal strategy for preventing the primary outcome of death, reinfarction, stroke, or emergency revascularization.
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Pediatric Hematologic Emergencies
MONOGRAPH: In-depth disorders of the hemogram: red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells.