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Anemia and acute heart failure
Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 08/31/09
Janssens U et al. – In intensive care unit patients, anemia is observed regularly, both in patients with and without heart failure. Blood transfusions in critically ill patients carry a significant risk and are also statistically associated with increased mortality. Moreover, robust data that recommend a restrictive transfusion trigger with a target Hb range of 7 g/dl to 9 g/dl exist. Owing to the lack of specific investigations, the decision of whether to transfuse blood in the critically ill with heart failure remains an individual decision which currently has to be based mainly on pathophysiological reasoning.
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Update on the use of deferasirox in the management of iron overload
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 11/05/09
Effect of combination therapy of hydroxyurea with l-carnitine and magnesium chloride on hematologic parameters and cardiac function of patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia
European Journal of Haematology, 11/04/09
Effect of Epoetin Alfa on Survival and Cancer Treatment-Related Anemia and Fatigue in Patients Receiving Radical Radiotherapy With Curative Intent for Head and Neck Cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 11/09/09
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Update on the use of deferasirox in the management of iron overload
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 11/05/09
Normalisation of total body iron load with very intensive combined chelation reverses cardiac and endocrine complications of thalassaemia major
British Journal of Haematology, 11/20/09
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