Hematology
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Does warfarin cause acute kidney injury?
SAN DIEGO – Consider increased monitoring of renal function in certain patients.
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Reduced intensity conditioning doesn’t protect fertility
SALT LAKE CITY – Normal puberty does not equate to normal fertility, researchers found.
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Key to MGUS and myeloma may lie in Iceland
An Icelandic study could show whether screening an asymptomatic general population for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is...
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Time to scrap LMWH for prevention of placenta-mediated pregnancy complications?
SAN DIEGO – “It’s time to put the needles away for pregnant patients,” said Dr. Marc Rodger.
From the Journals
Meta-analysis finds no link between stroke and sickle cell trait
Neither crude stroke incidence rates nor regression analysis indicated a link between sickle cell trait in African Americans and stroke.
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VTE risk after bariatric surgery should be assessed
SEATTLE – Thromboelastometry can play a role in identifying bariatric surgery patients at risk for VTE.
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Few acutely ill hospitalized patients receive VTE prophylaxis
The results “imply that there is a significantly unmet need for effective VTE prophylaxis in both the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care...
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Protocol helped identify hospitalized children at risk for VTE
SAN DIEGO – Children with hospital-acquired VTE tended to be more medically complex, a single-center study showed.
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Decline in non-Hodgkin lymphoma deaths to continue in 2018
The estimated mortality is highest in Maine and West Virginia, lowest in Utah.
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VIDEO: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin halves ischemic strokes
In patients with stable atherosclerotic vascular disease, treatment with low-dose rivaroxaban plus aspirin halved the incidence of ischemic...
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Spray-dried plasma inches toward clinical trials
In vitro studies show strong results for spray-dried plasma, which could have implications on the battlefield.