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Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is the removal of blood from the body, and therapeutic phlebotomy is the preferred treatment for blood disorders in which the removal of red blood cells or serum iron is the most efficient method for managing the symptoms and complications. Therapeutic phlebotomy is currently indicated fo...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486346 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S108479 |
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| author | Kim, Kyung Hee Oh, Ki Young |
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| description | Phlebotomy is the removal of blood from the body, and therapeutic phlebotomy is the preferred treatment for blood disorders in which the removal of red blood cells or serum iron is the most efficient method for managing the symptoms and complications. Therapeutic phlebotomy is currently indicated for the treatment of hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, porphyria cutanea tarda, sickle cell disease, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with hyperferritinemia. This review discusses therapeutic phlebotomy and the related disorders and also offers guidelines for establishing a therapeutic phlebotomy program. |
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| spelling | pubmed-49576802016-08-02 Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy Kim, Kyung Hee Oh, Ki Young J Blood Med Commentary Phlebotomy is the removal of blood from the body, and therapeutic phlebotomy is the preferred treatment for blood disorders in which the removal of red blood cells or serum iron is the most efficient method for managing the symptoms and complications. Therapeutic phlebotomy is currently indicated for the treatment of hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, porphyria cutanea tarda, sickle cell disease, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with hyperferritinemia. This review discusses therapeutic phlebotomy and the related disorders and also offers guidelines for establishing a therapeutic phlebotomy program. Dove Medical Press 2016-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4957680/ /pubmed/27486346 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S108479 Text en © 2016 Kim and Oh. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
| spellingShingle | Commentary Kim, Kyung Hee Oh, Ki Young Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
| title | Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
| title_full | Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
| title_fullStr | Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
| title_short | Clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
| title_sort | clinical applications of therapeutic phlebotomy |
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| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486346 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S108479 |
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