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How To Perform Therapeutic Phlebotomy

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Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

Phlebotomy ? And if yes is that a problem? ...thx My concern - we got Jak 2. (exon 14 v716F) and s-epo level done one day after Phlebotomy. We had Jam2 negative and epo @12.6....can it be false report cause... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)
Dr. Robert Galamaga MD

How quickly after a 500ml therapeutic phlebotomy will blood viscosity change? I know the red blood ... phlebotomy affected the hemoglobin level? Hemoglobin was 17.3 a month ago, then was 18.2... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Robert Galamaga ( Oncologist)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

How to treat polycythemia other than by phlebotomy . My blood coagulates too quickly and is unable to be drawn. No one has any other ideas. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr. Monish De MD

both if these values are too low. Due to recent phlebotomy? I perform regular high intensity strength ... phlebotomy to reduce them (hgb dropped from 18.5 to 17.5). Since then, i started eating a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Monish De ( Oncologist)
Dr. G.Srinivasan MD

I am a supervisor of phlebotomy staff in a very large hospital. Whenever we have outpatients call and complain that have swelling or pain of a phlebotomy site we have patients use ice, and if it ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. G.Srinivasan ( Urologist)

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Dr. Dholariya Sagar Jayantilal MD

mother was told she had polycythemia rubra vera and the treatment for her was therapeutic phlebotomy What eventually happened was she was put on supplemental oxygen, No more therapeutic... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dholariya Sagar Jayantilal ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

,ferritin 98, iron 79,% iron saturation 41. They have done a phlebotomy on me but it made me more anemic. They want to do another blood test and a possible phlebotomy on me the end of july. There has to be ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)
Dr. Vandana Khare MD

urine alcohol tests after having a port flushed ...also had phlebotomy from it, so was wiped with ... alcohol test two days after I had the port flushed and had the phlebotomy (for hemochromatosis). Also I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vandana Khare ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Vandana Khare MD

B-Atherectomy C- Embolectomy D-Phlebotomy thanks. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vandana Khare ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Kathy Robinson MD

I have hemochromatosis (iron overload) and yesterday I had a phlebotomy treatment and today suddenly I have a red patch on my chin like you might suffer from a bruise, could that be related because I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kathy Robinson ( General & Family Physician)