Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High hematocrit levels were observed among 8.4% of adults receiving gender-confirming testosterone therapy.

Credit: Thinkstock. The risk of hematocrit elevation may depend on testosterone therapy's route of administration, according to investigators. A rise in hematocrit levels occurs with 4 months of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — The standard approach of maintaining hematocrit levels less than 45% in patients with polycythemia ...

ATLANTA -- Maintaining patients with polycythemia vera at hematocrit levels below 45% reduced thrombotic complications without increasing rates of other serious adverse events compared with a higher ...

Providence, RI - In a new study, even mild degrees of preoperative anemia or polycythemia (high red blood cell count) were associated with an increased risk of 30-day postoperative mortality and ...

THE measurement of the packed red-cell volume (or hematocrit) of the venous blood has long been recognized as a useful aid in the study of blood in a large number of clinical conditions. The technic ...

SAN DIEGO -- A novel therapy for polycythemia vera (PCV) maintained stable hematocrit levels for as long as 2.5 years and significantly reduced use of phlebotomy, a small randomized trial showed. The ...

The use of testosterone as gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) among transgender men is associated with a lower risk for erythrocytosis (abnormal blood cell elevation) than was previously reported ...

The decision as to when to give blood transfusions is complex, requiring a careful assessment of risks and benefits. The TRACS trial compared the effects of giving blood transfusions perioperatively ...

EKF Diagnostics announces the launch of the new version of its Lactate Scout+ analyzer. Initially developed to provide coaches and athletes with a precise and easy-to-use mobile lactate test, Lactate ...