Tag: Blood Disorders
ACC: Higher Platelet Inhibition With Switch to Ticagrelor
Switching from prasugrel to ticagrelor linked to transiently increased levels of platelet inhibition
Case Report: Immobility-Induced Hypercalcemia in Infant
Infant presented with fatigue, irritability, failure to gain weight after prolonged immobilization
Diabetes Patients More Susceptible to Staph Bacteremia
Risk up seven-fold among patients with type 1 diabetes, almost three-fold for those with type 2
High Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Prognostic in Breast Cancer
High NLR linked to worse prognosis in Caucasian patients with early breast cancer
Bloodstream Infection Outbreak in Wisconsin Linked to 18 Deaths
All patients were older than 65 and had serious underlying health conditions
Drop-to-Drop Variation Seen With Fingerprick Blood
Authors say variation in blood analytes holds implications for point-of-care testing
SCCM: New Definitions, Criteria Developed for Sepsis
New criteria identify adult patients likely to have poor outcomes typical of sepsis
SCCM: Circulating Histones for Most With Thrombocytopenia
Circulating histones for 91 percent of patients with thrombocytopenia, 55 percent of controls
New Immune Tx Achieves Remission in B-Cell Malignancies
Patient's T cells are engineered with chimeric antigen receptors
Factor VII-Antithrombin Complex Predicts Mortality in CAD
Patients with FVIIa-AT levels above median at baseline have two-fold increased mortality
