Epoetin alfa has been used effectively for over a decade as hormone replacement therapy in the treatment of anaemia in patients with chronic renal failure (chronic kidney disease). In this condition, erythropoietin production is impaired and the resulting deficiency is the primary cause of the normocytic, normochromic anaemia typically observed w1x. The recommended initial epoetin alfa dosages ...

A nine years old boy presented with history of pallor and anaemia since early infancy along with neural hearing loss responding to empirical multivitamin and folic acid therapy started on basis of blood complete picture showing anaemia and megaloblastic anaemia. On investigation he was diagnosed with Thiamine Responsive Megaloblastic Anaemia, a very rare condition in our settings.

We report the case of a 42 year male with history of chronic anaemia who was found to have pernicious anaemia with beta thalassemia trait and had on esophago-gastric-duodenoscopy, gastric carcinoids with gastric atrophy. Pernicious anaemia and gastric carcinoids occurring simultaneously in a single individual is rare. Our case emphasises the need for esophago-gastric-duodenoscopy in cases of pe...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and type anaemia in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease Eastern Croatia. Furthermore, examine whether there is correlation between incidence value C-reactive protein patients’ blood, which could be considered an indirect indicator inflammation. Participants methods: organized as a cross-sectional study, i. e. cross-sect...

Anaemia is a common problem encountered by paediatricians and general practitioners in the paediatric population. If left untreated, it can lead to serious health consequences, slower development cognitive impairment. Therefore, extremely important identify its cause implement appropriate treatment. Since iron deficiency most of anaemia, oral supplementation at doses should be used as first ste...

BACKGROUND Preoperative anaemia is associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery but outcomes after non-cardiac surgery are not well established. We aimed to assess the effect of preoperative anaemia on 30-day postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery. METHODS We analysed data for patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery in 2008 from ...

A group of youngsters (4-18 years old) in northeast Brazil was studied to establish the prevalence of anaemia and intestinal parasitism, as well as to analyze the correlation between them. Two criteria were used to determine the state of anaemia, the level of haemoglobin and the mean of corpuscular volume. The first was considered a single criterion and the second an associated criteria, used i...

The impact of anaemia on patients undergoing aortic valve surgery is poorly understood. Anaemia is associated with aortic valve surgery. A recent article by Elmistekawy et al. [1] demonstrated that preoperative anaemia is a common finding in patients undergoing aortic valve surgery and is an important and potentially modifiable risk factor for postoperative morbidity and mortality. This analysi...

The objective of this study is to examine the factors that influence the occurrence of childhood anaemia in North-East India by exploring dataset of the Reproductive and Child Health-II Survey (RCH-II). The study population consisted of 10,137 children in the age-group of 0-6 year(s) from North-East India to explore the predictors of childhood anaemia by means of different background characteri...

Material and Methods: HbA1C levels of 120 non-diabetic hypothyroid patients (30 microcytic hypochromic anaemia, 30 normocytic normochromic anaemia and 60 non anemic patients) with 120 age, sex, plasma glucose levels and anaemia status matched controls were assessed. Anaemia status was determined by ferritin, Haemoglobin, red cell indices and peripheral smear. Glycemic status was determined by f...