PURPOSE To evaluate the prognostic value of serum CYFRA21-1, CEA and hemoglobin levels regarding long-term survival of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT). METHODS Age, gender, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS), tumor location, tumor length, T stage, N stage and serum hemoglobin, and CYFRA21-1 and CEA levels before concurren...

introduction: hemodialysis patients often develop resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin due to functional iron deficiency. in these patients iron therapy can be hazardous leading to hemosiderosis. recent studies have suggested that intravenous ascorbic acid may be able to improve this hyporeponsiveness. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intravenous ascorbic acid on fu...

BACKGROUND The predictive value of the preoperative hemoglobin value after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has not been well established. We studied how the preoperative hemoglobin level affects the survival of patients after CABG. Late mortality was compared with that of a general population. METHODS AND RESULTS Early and late mortality of all consecutive patients undergoing isolated ...

In this single blinded parallel-group randomized controlled trial (RCT), preterm very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants received early iron (EI) supplementation (starting at 2 weeks postnatal age), or late iron (LI) supplementation (starting at 6 weeks postnatal age) [1]. The primary outcome was serum ferritin level at 12 weeks, and the secondary outcomes were the incidence of neonatal morbiditie...

National payment policies target a hemoglobin range of 11 to 12.5 g/dl for patients with ESRD. However, clinical complications and provider practices may contribute to wide fluctuations over time. This study evaluated the frequency with which patients maintain stable hemoglobin levels below, within, and above the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services target range and assessed patterns of hem...

BACKGROUND The objective was to determine the cost-effectiveness of treating anemic patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) to a low (9-10.9 g/dL), intermediate (11-12 g/dL), or high (> 12 g/dL) hemoglobin level target compared with a strategy of managing anemia without ESAs. STUDY DESIGN Cost-utility analysis. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Publicly...

Eleginops maclovinus has been an important fishery resource in Chile since 1957. Caligus rogercresseyi is one of the most prevalent ectoparasite species found on E. maclovinus. Hematocrit, hemoglobin level, red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and differential ...

Anemia is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and contributes to cardiovascular alterations. Recent findings suggest that B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a sensitive biomarker for left ventricular dysfunction, but relationship between hemoglobin and BNP in CKD patients is unclear. Hemoglobin, plasma BNP and serum creatinine levels were measured in 49 patients with CKD (with...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship of total adiposity and abdominal adiposity on hemoglobin levels in Saudi nonpregnant women. METHODS We carried out this cross-sectional study during winter of 2002 (from January to March) in and around Abha city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Included in the study were 530 non-pregnant women between the age of 18-65 years. Body weight was measured using an Aver...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic hemoglobinopathy in which a significant number of red blood cells carry hemoglobin-S as opposed to normal red blood cells that contain hemoglobin-A. Under certain conditions such as hypoxia, acidosis, and hypothermia, the red blood cells containing hemoglobin-S will sickle, leading to occlusion of the microvasculature. As such, patients with sickle cell disease ...