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... 98. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias: Introduction Anemias associated with normocytic and normochromic red cells and ... of iron in the presence of iron deficiency is as short as 10–15 min. Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 1)...

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... Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 2) Figure 98-1 Internal iron exchange. Normally about 80% of iron passing through the ... 20– 60% and erythropoiesis is no t increased, iron stores are not required. However, in the event of blood loss, dietary iron deficiency, or inadequate iron absorption, up to 40 mg/d of...

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... Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 3) Nutritional Iron Balance The balance of iron in humans is tightly controlled and designed to conserve iron ... available, egg iron one-eighth, liver iron one-half, and heme iron one-half to two-thirds. Infants, children, and adolescents may be unable to maintain normal iro...

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... Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 4) Stages of Iron Deficiency Iron- deficiency anemia is the condition in which there is anemia and clear ... evidence of iron lack. The progression to iron deficiency can be divided into three stages (Fig. 98-2). The first stage is negative iron balance, in which the demands for...

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... of iron in mitochondria appears in a necklace fashion around the nucleus of the erythroblast. Such cells are referred to as ringed sideroblasts. Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative ... Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 5) Clinical Presentation of Iron Deficiency Certain clinical conditions carry an increased lik...

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... Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 6) Table 98-3 Iron Store Measurements Iron Stores Marrow Iron Stain, 0– 4+ Serum Ferritin, ... has been proposed to distinguish between iron deficiency and the anemia of chronic inflammation (see below). Differential Diagnosis Other than iron deficiency, only three conditions n...

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... Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 7) The second condition is the anemia of chronic inflammation with inadequate iron supply to the ... adequate supply to the marrow, despite the microcytosis and hypochromia. Iron- Deficiency Anemia: Treatment The severity and cause of iron- deficiency anemia will determine the approp...

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... (Ferrlecit) and iron sucrose (Venofer), that have a much lower rate of adverse effects. Chapter 098. Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias (Part 8) Of the complications of oral iron ... occur, the infusion of iron should be stopped immediately. Other Hypoproliferative Anemias In addition to mild to moderate iron- deficiency anemi...

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... Adrenal tumors Meningioma Pheochromocytoma Drugs Chapter 103. Polycythemia Vera and Other Myeloproliferative Diseases (Part 3) Diagnosis When PV presents with erythrocytosis in ... an expanded plasma volume can mask an elevated red cell mass; thus, red cell mass and plasma volume determinations are mandatory to establish the presence of an absolute eryth...

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... IMF and PV have also been observed in some kindreds. Clinical Features Chapter 103. Polycythemia Vera and Other Myeloproliferative Diseases (Part 9) Etiology Megakaryocytopoiesis and ... patients, and by the expression in patients of nonrandom, though variable, cytogenetic abnormalities. Although thrombocytosis is its principal manifestation, like the other...

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... absent and none when θ toxin is missing. The other major toxins—β, ε, and 1—are known to increase capillary permeability. Chapter 135. Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections (Part 1) ... Clostridial Infections (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 135. Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections Definition...

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... primary symptoms include epigastric pain, nausea, and watery diarrhea usually lasting 12–24 h. Fever and vomiting are uncommon. Molecular methods including ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ... C. perfringens, and C. bifermentans are the most commonly isolated species. The presence of clostridial species does not affect the clinical presentation or outcome of thes...

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... invasion, and (3) the systemic effects of the toxin, typified by massive hemolysis. Chapter 135. Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections (Part 3) Spontaneous nontraumatic clostridial ... than in gas gangrene. In these localized infections, gas is never found intramuscularly. Cellulitis, perirectal abscesses, and diabetic foot ulcers are typica...

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... transient clostridial bacteremia can arise in any hospitalized patient but is most common with a predisposing focus in the Chapter 135. Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections (Part 4) Gas ... (Part 4) Gas Gangrene (Clostridial Myonecrosis) Gas gangrene is characterized by rapid and extensive necrosis of muscle accompanied by gas format...

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... treatment of gas gangrene. Fasciotomy should not be delayed for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Acknowledgments Chapter 135. Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections (Part 5) Diagnosis ... mifepristone and intravaginal misoprostol—United States and Canada, 2001–2005. MMWR 54:724, 2005 Lorber B: Gas gangrene and other Clostridium- associated diseases...

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