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Anemia is a great public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries. It is considered the most prevalent form of malnutrition in children and adolescents.
Supplementation with standard iron therapy is the main treatment of iron deficiency anemia.
There are two types of iron
Anemia and transfusion are independent predictors of morbidity and mortality in the cardiac surgical patient population. Even so, active preoperative anemia management is not currently the standard of care at our institution. Cost associated with erythrocyte transfusions at University of Texas
Some studies have shown satisfactory results in reducing the prevalence of iron deficiency using weekly doses of ferrous sulfate, thereby avoiding these side effects. This deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder during childhood and does not only affect individuals from developing
The diagnosis of anemia is based on the patient's symptoms and blood tests. Blood tests refer to hemoglobin, hematocrit, and the number of red blood cells (per cubic centimeter or millet of blood). Also, the status of iron stores in the body can be measured by measuring ferritin. With these blood
In industrialized and developing countries, iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are highly prevalent in pregnant women. ID and IDA, in pregnant women as a consequence of an increased iron requirement, due to enhanced blood volume and development of fetal-placenta unit, represent a
Twenty patients from the outpatient department at AUBMC will be enrolled in this open label cross-over trial. Patients with active left sided ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or active extensive disease with proven IDA will be enrolled. Study patients will receive the treatment following informed
The aim of this study is to check whether treatment with drug which inhibits the hydrogen pump and therefore decreases acidity, will reduce the iron's absorption in patients with CDA TYPE I and whether it will be possible to use it for a period instead of giving drugs which have much more adverse
Anemia is a common problem to affect patients diagnosed with esophageal or gastric cancer. This anemia is thought to be secondary to blood loss from the tumor, poor oral intake resulting from symptoms of the tumor, and impaired iron absorption secondary to neoplasia induced inflammatory
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the condition in which there is anemia due to a lack of iron. The oral route is preferred to the parenteral route to replace iron stores. This allows the normal mechanism of absorption to be used, in addition to being an inexpensive and effective treatment [Sharma JB;
BACKGROUND Iron deficiency(ID) causes approximately half of all anemia cases worldwide, a moderate degree of iron-deficiency anemia(IDA) affected approximately 610 million people worldwide or 8.8% of the population. It is slightly more common in female (9.9%) than males (7.8%). In 2013, anemia due
There were 18 out of 20 patients who completed the trial and eligible for statistical analysis, 2 patients withdraw because the wound infection. There were 11 (61%) male patients and 7 (39%) female patients. The patients aged from 30 to 73 years and their mean age was 50.4 years.
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The AAMA project uses the homestead food production (HFP) model that focuses on increasing households year round access to nutritious food as a platform to deliver a proven essential nutrition actions (ENA) related messages to household with children less than 2 years old. The AAMA project seeks to
The objective of this study is to compare the effects of two liver transplant immunosuppression regimens on renal function. Patients receiving the standard combination of prednisone and high-dose tacrolimus, a drug with known nephrotoxicity (Arm A) will be compared to patients receiving prednisone,