Fri, Sep 3, 2010

European Society of Cardiology

The European Congress of Cardiology will be taking place at then end of the month (28 August -1st September 2010), in Stockholm, ...  More

[Use of intravenous iron infusion in a gastroenterology day hospital: Indications, dosage and adverse effects].

Since there are no data in the literature on the use of intravenous iron infusion in gastroenterology day hospitals, this ...  More

Randomized Evaluation of efficacy and safety of ferric carboxymaltose in Patients with iron deficiency Anaemia and Impaired Renal function (REPAIR-IDA): rationale and study design.

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease events and the severity of anaemia ...  More

Iron supplementation for breath-holding attacks in children.

Breath-holding attacks are common during childhood and are distinct from seizures. Iron may reduce the frequency and severity ...  More

Serum ferritin is derived primarily from macrophages through a non-classical secretory pathway.

In the clinical setting, serum ferritin evaluation is most commonly used to estimate body iron stores as low serum ferritin ...  More

Preoperative anemia in elective cardiac surgery: prevalence, risk factors, and influence on postoperative outcome

Cardiac surgery is often associated with important blood loss resulting in a need for perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT). ABT can increase the risk of postoperative complications, including an increased risk in mortality.

Preoperative hemoglobin levels can be used to predict the risk of ABT. Preoperative anemia, however, is not only a useful indicator of the risk of ABT, but also of postoperative complications and lower survival rates in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. Preoperative anemia is one of the preoperative risk factors ...


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September 18 to 21, 2010

Dublin, Ireland

39th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference

EDTNA/ERCA

September 24 to 26, 2010

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM)

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October 9 to 12, 2010

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

AABB Annual Meeting & TXPO 2010

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October 10 to 13, 2010

Jerusalem, Israel

33rd World Congress of the International Society of Hematology

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