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SAN FRANCISCO -- Critically ill patients receiving blood transfusions of 10 or more units had substantially better survival when it brought hemoglobin levels close to normal, according to a ...

New data suggest that the presence of comorbidities such as heart failure or diabetes renders risk of death and cardiovascular morbidity associated with high hemoglobin targets clinically undetectable ...

It is important to ensure normal hemoglobin or Hb levels in children. To determine normal Hb levels in children, an examination using a blood sample test is needed. In addition to normal results, Hb ...

A new study led by the University of Oulu in Finland refutes the belief that high hemoglobin levels are always desirable for health. A study based on two large human cohorts as well as experimental ...

The optimal target hemoglobin level for anemic patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is controversial. Two new randomized trials, both supported by makers of erythropoietin and both conducted in ...

The findings of a secondary analysis of the CHOIR trial—which evaluated the beneficial and harmful effects of anemia correction with epoetin alfa in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes ...