1. a lack of blood in the body. 2. a low proportion of red cells in the blood. —anemic, anaemic,adj. See also:Disease and Illness -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: ...
About 36.4% had nutrient deficiencies, 13.6% had anemia of chronic disease, 9.1% had myelodysplastic syndrome, and the etiology remained unknown for 40.9%. Anemia prevalence in the homebound geriatric population is high, about 4 times the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III...
Globally, the increasing prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and cancer has increased the need for iron medication treatment of subsequent iron deficiency anemia (IDA), which is expected to drive market growth.For instance, as per the report by Kidney In...
In 1949, at age 17, he was admitted to Barnes Hospital for bilateral medial malleolar chronic ulcerations. No history of previous joint symptoms, abdominal pain or jaundice could be elicited; nor was there any known family history of anemia or other blood abnormalities. On physical examination...
broadly speaking, the lower a person’s hemoglobin number, the more severe their case of anemia may be. however, numbers don’t account for everything – like vulnerabilities or coexisting conditions – so doctors can’t just look at a chart to decide if one person’s cases of anemia...
Learning Objectives By the end of this session, the students will be able to: (1) define malnutrition and anemia; (2) differentiate the forms of malnutrition and anemia; (3) demonstrate proper weighing and use of growth chart; (4) recognize the signs of malnutrition and anemia (5) assess...
Lactate dehydrogenase as a predictor of kidney involvement in patients with sickle cell anemia A retrospective chart review of 40 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) between the ages of 5鈥 19聽years who were seen within a 1-year period was perform... Sevgi,Gurkan,Kyla,... - 《Pediatri...
of the sickle red blood cell, and hemolysis may all trigger endogenous proinflammatory signals (damage-associated molecular patterns-DAMPs) that lead to the vicious circle of pan-cellular activation, inflammatory mediator release, leukocyte recruitment and occlusive mechanisms that result in the chronic ...
Anemia in astronauts has been noted since the first space missions, but the mechanisms contributing to anemia in space flight have remained unclear. Here, we show that space flight is associated with persistently increased levels of products of hemoglobi
FIG. 4. Chart indicating absence of correlation between degree of anemia and cerebral oxygen consumption in pernicious anemia. Download: Download full-size image FIG. 5. Relationship between mental status defects (see text) and cerebral oxygen consumption in pernicious anemia. Download: Download full...