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Accreditation program for blood banking and cell therapy services – a defining moment in the expansion and qualification of Brazilian services
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Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 11, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Guidelines on the treatment of anemia of chronic renal failure using recombinant human erythropoietin: Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular Guidelines Project: Associação Médica Brasileira – 2014
Poisons of caterpillars have different effects on inflammatory and coagulation systems. This is a case report of a 2-year-old child that accidentally came in contact with several caterpillars of the species Lonomia obliqua. At first, the patient's exams presented abnormal coagulation and decreased fibrinogen, but the patient did not evolve to active bleeding or acute renal failure. The patient received antilonomic serum 15 h after the accident and the treatment was repeated after another 12 h due to persistent alterations shown by the coagulation exams. The venom of L. obliqua has several substances that act on the coagula...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Prevalence of anemia in 2673 of 6- and 7-year-old schoolchildren from São José dos Campos, State of São Paulo
Poisons of caterpillars have different effects on inflammatory and coagulation systems. This is a case report of a 2-year-old child that accidentally came in contact with several caterpillars of the species Lonomia obliqua. At first, the patient's exams presented abnormal coagulation and decreased fibrinogen, but the patient did not evolve to active bleeding or acute renal failure. The patient received antilonomic serum 15 h after the accident and the treatment was repeated after another 12 h due to persistent alterations shown by the coagulation exams. The venom of L. obliqua has several substances that act on the coagula...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Accident involving a 2-year-old child and Lonomia obliqua venom: clinical and coagulation abnormalities
Poisons of caterpillars have different effects on inflammatory and coagulation systems. This is a case report of a 2-year-old child that accidentally came in contact with several caterpillars of the species Lonomia obliqua. At first, the patient's exams presented abnormal coagulation and decreased fibrinogen, but the patient did not evolve to active bleeding or acute renal failure. The patient received antilonomic serum 15 h after the accident and the treatment was repeated after another 12 h due to persistent alterations shown by the coagulation exams. The venom of L. obliqua has several substances that act on the coagula...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Myelodysplastic syndrome with synchronous gastric cancer: when the symptoms suggest something else
Although myelodysplastic syndromes have a clear definition in theory, the morphologic dysplasia associated with ineffective hematopoiesis may be subtle and difficult to recognize and can commonly be mimicked by systemic conditions, such as infections, autoimmune disorders, nutritional deficiencies, toxic factors and non-hematological malignancies. However, myelodysplastic syndromes may truly coexist with other systemic diseases, which can be masked when the patient's symptoms are attributed exclusively to myelodysplastic syndromes without further investigation. To better illustrate this, we herein describe two cases associ...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case series of a Brazilian institution
Conclusion: As reported before, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis has a multifaceted presentation with nonspecific signs and symptoms. In secondary forms, remission may be achieved by treating the underlying disease. In the primary forms, remission may be achieved with immunochemotherapy, but bone marrow transplantation is required for cure. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Klotho: its various functions and association with sickle cell disease subphenotypes
The Klotho protein, whose gene has predominant renal expression, acts in the control of serum phosphorus and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and regulates the function of ion channels. It also participates in the mechanism of protection against oxidative stress and acts on the vascular endothelium by inducing the production of nitric oxide. Mutations that reflect defects in the Klotho gene expression may be implicated in the onset of osteonecrosis, priapism, and leg ulcers in patients with sickle cell disease, as a result of oxidative stress and endothelial impairment, important factors in the development and severity of this dis...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Evaluation of red cell and reticulocyte parameters as indicative of iron deficiency in patients with anemia of chronic disease
Conclusion: The indices related to red cells and reticulocytes have a moderate performance in identifying absolute iron deficiency in patients with anemia of chronic disease. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Nutritional status of children and adolescents at diagnosis of hematological and solid malignancies
Conclusions: The prevalence of malnutrition is higher among patients with malignancies than in the general population, even though no difference was observed between the two groups. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Nutritional status of patients submitted to transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells: a retrospective study
Conclusion: Our results suggest that patients submitted to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation have compromised nutritional status during the hospital stay for transplantation. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Intestinal permeability in leukemic patients prior to chemotherapy
Conclusion: The intestinal barrier function measured using the intestinal permeability test was similar in leukemic patients overall and healthy controls, but a tendency toward a different pattern was found in the intestinal barrier function of acute leukemia patients. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Palliative care in pediatric hematological oncology patients: experience of a tertiary hospital
Conclusion: Although the hospital where this study was conducted does not have a specialized team in pediatric palliative care, it meets all the requirements for developing a specific program. The importance of approaching pain and other prevalent symptoms in children with cancer involving a comprehensive multidisciplinary team is evident. Discussions were had with most of the families on limiting invasive therapy, but no record of a well-defined and coordinated treatment plan for palliative care was found. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Normative evaluation of blood banks in the Brazilian Amazon region in respect to the prevention of transfusion-transmitted malaria
Conclusion: Malaria is neglected as a blood–borne disease in the blood banks of the Brazilian Amazon region. None of the institutions were classified as 'adequate' in the overall classification or with regard to clinical screening and laboratory screening. Blood bank professionals, the Ministry of Health and Health Surveillance service managers need to pay more attention to this matter so that the safety procedures required by law are complied with. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Comment on "Nutritional status of patients submitted to transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells: a retrospective study"
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Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

'Leaky gut' in hematological malignancies
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Source: Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia - January 9, 2015 Category: Hematology Source Type: research