Iron stores and coagulation parameters in patients with hypoxemic polycythemia secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the effect of phlebotomies

This study was designed to determine the effects of phlebotomy on iron body contents and coagulation tests of COPD patients with polycythemia secondary to hypoxemia. Seventeen patients with COPD and hematocrits higher than 54 percent (mean Hct: 57 ± 0.49 percent ), who had not received anti-inflamma...

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Main Authors: José Antônio Baddini Martinez, Celso Carlos de Campos Guerra, Luiz Eduardo Nery, José Roberto de Brito Jardim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801997000200005&lng=en&tlng=en