Postoperative Hemoglobin Drop and the Associated Factors among Elective Orthopedic Surgeries in Northern Tanzania by Abdel Ashir, Elifuraha G. Maya, Shahnoor Ruhulamin Saiyed, Taher Muslim Alimohamed, Mubashir Alavi Jusabani, Kulthum A. Abdel, Abid M. Sadiq, Ali Mohamed Ali, Faiton Ndesanjo Mandari

“…The aim of this study was to assess the Hb drop and the associated factors during the intraoperative period among elective orthopedic surgeries. …”
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Assessing awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of hubbly bubbly smoking health risks among South African university students by Aniekie Motloutsi, Elizabeth Lubinga

“…Most participants in the study, including both HB users 74% (129) and non-users 80% (140), were able to identify lung cancer as one of the health risks of HB smoking. …”
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Association between maternal haemoglobin status during pregnancy and children’s mental and psychomotor development at 18 months of age: Evidence from rural Bangladesh by Sayedur Rahman, Lina Wallberg, Anisur Rahman, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Maria Kippler, Jena D Hamadani, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman

“…Background Anaemia is commonly caused by iron deficiency and screened by haemoglobin (Hb) concentration in blood. There is a scarcity of longitudinal data on the relationship between maternal Hb levels during pregnancy and neurodevelopment in children. …”
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Reference Interval of Hemoglobin A1c and Influence of Hematological Parameters on Its Serum Concentration in Dogs by Stephan Neumann

“…In this study, we calculated a reference interval for HbA1c in dogs and investigated the correlation of HbA1c with hemoglobin and different hematological parameters. …”
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Association of Xmn I Polymorphism and Hemoglobin E Haplotypes on Postnatal Gamma Globin Gene Expression in Homozygous Hemoglobin E by Supachai Ekwattanakit, Yuwarat Monteerarat, Suchada Riolueang, Kalaya Tachavanich, Vip Viprakasit

“…Patients and Methods. 80 individuals with molecularly confirmed homozygous Hb E were analyzed for the β globin haplotypes and Xmn I polymorphism using PCR-RFLPs. 74 individuals with complete laboratory data were further studied for association analyses. …”
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High-resolution mass spectrometry measurement of N-terminal carbamylated hemoglobin as a potential marker for chronic diseases with elevated blood urea levels by Fangjun Chen, Priscilla S.-W. Yeung, Carolyn V. Wong, Ruben Y. Luo

“…However, no significant differences were observed between the CKD and COPD patient groups. Conclusions: In this study, an LC-HR-MS method was developed for quantifying the apparent CarHb/Hb ratios and exploring their potential for clinical diagnostic applications. …”
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Prevalence and spectrum of haemoglobinopathies in females of reproductive age group- A first tertiary care center experience in Punjab, North India by Vikram Narang, Anshul Jain, Sumit Grover, Ankita Soni, Monika Narang, Ashima Taneja

“…The data were described in terms of range, mean ± standard deviation (SD), frequencies (number of cases), and relative frequencies (percentage) as appropriate. Results: During the study period, 72.2% of the females were affected with β-thalassemia trait, followed by HbD Punjab trait (17.8%), HbQ India trait (2.9%), β-thalassemia major (1.8%), and two cases (1.2%) each of HbS trait, HbD Iran trait, and compound heterozygous of HbD Punjab and β-thalassaemia, whereas HbE trait, compound heterozygous of HbQ and β-thalassemia, compound heterozygous of HbJ-variant and β-thalassemia had one case each (0.6%). …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Influencing Factors in Patients with Hepatitis B: A Cross-Sectional Assessment in Southeastern China by Ping Chen, Fen Zhang, Yiqun Shen, Yubo Cai, Chaolei Jin, Yan Li, Mingmin Tu, Weizhen Zhang, Yu Wang, Shi-Feng Zhang, Jiangyun Wang, Lanjuan Li

“…There have been relatively few HRQoL studies involving Chinese patients with HB. The aim of this study was to analyze HRQoL in patients diagnosed with HB living in Zhejiang Province, China. …”
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Sickle Cell Nephropathy and Associated Factors among Asymptomatic Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Uchenna Modestus Nnaji, Christian Chukwukere Ogoke, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Kingsley I. Achigbu

“…Methods. A cross-sectional study of consecutively recruited sixty haemoglobin SS (HbSS) children in a steady state and sixty age- and sex-matched haemoglobin AA (HbAA) controls aged 2–18 years was done. …”
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β-Hydroxybutyrate Protects Against Cisplatin-Induced Renal Damage via Regulating Ferroptosis by Ruixue Tian, Shuqin Tang, Jingyu Zhao, Yajie Hao, Limei Zhao, Xiutao Han, Xingru Wang, Lijun Zhang, Rongshan Li, Xiaoshuang Zhou

“…Our study developed a model of cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), which involved the administration of a ketogenic diet or β-HB. …”
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Optimal Hemoglobin A1c Levels for Screening of Diabetes and Prediabetes in the Japanese Population by Masanori Shimodaira, Shinji Okaniwa, Norinao Hanyu, Tomohiro Nakayama

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) to identify individuals with diabetes and prediabetes in the Japanese population. …”
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Discharge Hemoglobin Association with Long-Term Outcomes of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Ming Gao, Xinying Zhang, Ling Qin, Yang Zheng, Zhiguo Zhang, Qian Tong, Hang Li

“…Anemia following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with poor outcomes. While previous studies in patients with AMI have focused on anemia at admission, we hypothesized that hemoglobin (Hb) decline during hospitalization and lower discharge Hb would be associated with greater long-term mortality in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). …”
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Enhanced Hypercoagulability in Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients with Chronic Leg Ulcers by David Sackey, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…SCA with CLUs patients had a significantly shortened aPTT than those without CLUs (p = 0.035) and HbAA (p = 0.009). There were significant differences in the mean PT between SCA with CLUs patients and HbAA (p = 0.017); SCA without CLU and HbAA (p = 0.014). …”
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Hematological Parameters in Individuals with Beta Thalassemia Trait in South Sumatra, Indonesia by Dian Puspita Sari, Pustika Amalia Wahidiyat, Iswari Setianingsih, Ina S. Timan, Djajadiman Gatot, Aria Kekalih

“…Methods. This cross-sectional study was conducted by evaluating the hematological parameters and Hb analysis of the β-thalassemia trait in the family of thalassemia patient population. …”
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Fructosamine and Hemoglobin A1c Correlations in HIV-Infected Adults in Routine Clinical Care: Impact of Anemia and Albumin Levels by Luisa Duran, Carla Rodriguez, Dan Drozd, Robin M. Nance, J. A. Chris Delaney, Greer Burkholder, Michael J. Mugavero, James H. Willig, Amy H. Warriner, Paul K. Crane, Ben E. Atkinson, Robert D. Harrington, Shireesha Dhanireddy, Michael S. Saag, Mari M. Kitahata, Heidi M. Crane

“…We examined the relationship between HbA1c and fructosamine values, specifically focusing on anemia (which can affect HbA1c) and albumin as a marker of liver disease. …”
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Association between the subclinical level of problematic internet use and habenula volume: a look at mediation effect of neuroticism by Toshiya Murai, Hironobu Fujiwara, Qi Dai, Halwa Zakia, Yusuke Kyuragi, Naoya Oishi, Yuzuki Ishikawa, Lichang Yao, Morio Aki

“…There was a significant indirect effect of Hb volume on this model (β=−0.061, p=0.048, boot 95% confidence interval: −0.149 to −0.001).Conclusions This study uncovered a crucial link between reduced Hb volume and heightened PIU. …”
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Effect of Long-Term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus by Amy Trang, Jordan Bushman, Alexandra Halalau

“…For both groups, an increase in baseline HbA1c was seen with time. Those on PPI had an increase in HbA1c of 0.16 compared to 0.08 in those not prescribed PPI. …”
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The Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Stage 1–5 Chronic Kidney Disease by Farshad Kajbaf, Romuald Mentaverri, Momar Diouf, Albert Fournier, Said Kamel, Jean-Daniel Lalau

“…The correlation between 25(OH)D and HbA1c levels was studied in patients categorized according to the severity of CKD and their vitamin D status. …”
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Nanobiotechnological Nanocapsules Containing Polyhemoglobin-Tyrosinase: Effects on Murine B16F10 Melanoma Cell Proliferation and Attachment by Yun Wang, Thomas M. S. Chang

“…The other type is to allow for intratumoural or local injection and is based on polylactic acid (PLA) nanocapsules containing [polyHb-Tyr]. Cell culture studies show that it can inhibit the proliferation of murine B16F10 melanoma cells in the “proliferation model”. …”
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Appropriate amount of modified corn flour improves the structural and physicochemical properties of wheat dough by Mengdi Song, Zhiqiang Fan, Zhan Liang, Shihong Wang, Xing Zhang, Youqiang Pei, Haiyan Gao, Jie Zeng

“…This study investigated effects of superfine grinding modified corn flour (SG-CF) and hot blanching modified corn flour (HB-CF) on properties of wheat flour and dough to improve the suitability of corn flour in flour products. …”
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