ATLANTA — The standard approach of maintaining hematocrit levels less than 45% in patients with polycythemia vera was associated with a lower risk of thrombosis than the less aggressive strategy ...

Low hematocrit (Hct). That’s the volume of red blood cells in your blood. Normal is 35.5 to 44.9 percent for adult women and 38.3 to 48.6 percent for adult men.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Among patients with Crohn’s disease who were treated with certolizumab pegol, those with low hematocrit had significantly shorter time to loss of remission compared with those ...

Rates of all cardiovascular events, including those not counted in the primary endpoint, were 4.4% with low hematocrit versus 10.9% with high hematocrit (HR 2.69, 95% CI 1.19 to 6.12, P=0.02).

Atlanta, GA - Maintaining a lower hematocrit (HCT) can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in patients with polycythemia vera, according to the results of CYTO-PV [1]. Those who had an ...

Some investigators have incorporated selected CBC measures, for example, white blood cell count and hemoglobin/hematocrit, into multivariable models that predict mortality or rehospitalizations ...

(HealthDay)—Men treated with implantable testosterone pellets have a statistically significant increase in mean hematocrit, but it is unlikely to be clinically relevant, according to research ...

Treatment guidelines in polycythemia vera currently recommend maintaining hematocrit below 45%, with a higher threshold for men vs women. Treatment guidelines in PV currently recommend maintaining ...

Q: My husband's regular blood work in 2012 showed that his monocytes were elevated (15 percent) and his HCT was low (39 percent). When we asked his doctor what this meant, she said, "Cancer ...

The trial met the primary endpoint, as 18 of 26 (69.2%) patients achieved a stable hematocrit level of less than 45%. In the placebo arm of the withdrawal component, five of 27 (18.5%) patients ...

A potentially causal role of low Hct is certainly possible based on what is known regarding the pathophysiology of anemia and NEC. 26, 27, 28 Anemia may result in decreased oxygen-carrying ...

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