4 stages of peripheral artery disease: From mild circulation issues to critical limb ischemia

Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, is a condition where the arteries become narrow or blocked over time, most often affecting ...

Patients with peripheral arterial disease and Afib found to face higher risk for cardiac events

New research from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) ...
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Assessing Longitudinal Trends in Essential Thrombocythemia, Polycythemia Vera Blood Counts

A recent study identified trends in blood counts, but did not find statistically significant associations between achieving hematological remission and clinical outcomes in polycythemia vera (PV) or ...

Why your hands or fingers turn blue: Understanding peripheral cyanosis, causes, and what it says about blood flow

Bluish hands, known as peripheral cyanosis, can be a harmless response to cold but may signal poor circulation or serious ...
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Peripheral blood biomarkers in immune checkpoint inhibition therapy in metastatic melanoma.

CD44 and CD271 expression and chemoresistance in BRAF V600E/K mutation–positive melanoma. Note. PFS: Progression free survival; OS: Overall Survival; irAE: immune related adverse events; LDH: lactate ...
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Paired Central and Peripheral Blood Cultures for Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Patients With Cancer: Do We Need Peripheral Blood Cultures?

Our PHO unit collected central-only cultures three times more frequently than paired cultures. A noncontaminant pathogen was isolated from peripheral cultures in seven of 625 paired culture events ...
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Scientists invent new method for manufacturing platelet-producing cells from stem cells

Platelets are small, disc-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate blood ...