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Polycythemia (also
known as polycythaemia) is a
laboratory finding in
which the
hematocrit (the
volume percentage of red
blood cells in the blood) and/or...
- In oncology,
polycythemia vera (PV) is an
uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in
which the bone
marrow makes too many red
blood cells. The
majority of...
- Twin anemia-
polycythemia sequence (TAPS) is a
chronic type of
unbalanced fetal transfusion in
monochorionic twins that
results in
polycythemia in the TAPS...
- but are
observed in
other myeloproliferative neoplasms,
specifically polycythemia vera and
essential thrombocythemia. The JAK2
protein is
mutated giving...
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hemolytic disease of the newborn.
Partial exchange might be
required for
polycythemia.
Nearly all
exchange transfusions are
allogeneic (that is, the new blood...
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susceptible to torsion.
Other risk
factors for
omental infarction are
polycythemia, hypercoagulability, and
vasculitides plus
other conditions which predispose...
- flow to an area of the body, or an
increase in the
volume of
blood (
polycythemia).
Extra perfusion to the face is
termed facial plethora, a
hallmark sign...
- deoxyhemoglobin.
While patients with
increased amounts of red
blood cells (e.g.,
polycythemia vera) can
appear cyanotic even with
lower concentrations of deoxyhemoglobin...
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marrow or
normal red cell mean
corpuscular volume B3. No
evidence of
polycythemia vera
hematocrit <
midpoint of
normal range or
normal red cell m**** in...
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organs due to
limited perfusion. It is
often misdiagnosed as
polycythemia,
polycythemia vera,
hyperviscosity syndrome, or sepsis. Most SCLS
patients suc****b...
