| ironjustice@aol.com 2005-03-24, 12:27 pm |
| I would say quite a few on these groups could use a bit of this ..
therapy ..
Heh .. heh ..
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Visual analogue scales confirmed symptomatic improvement after
erythrapheresis. Erythrapheresis significantly improved symptoms,
mental function, and work performance
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Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1983 Feb 12;286(6364):511-4. Related Articles,
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Erythrapheresis in patients with polycythaemia secondary to hypoxic
lung disease.
Wedzicha JA, Rudd RM, Apps MC, Cotter FE, Newland AC, Empey DW.
Erythrapheresis was performed in 10 patients with polycythaemia
secondary to hypoxic lung disease (mean PaO2, 6.8 kPa (51 mm Hg)). The
mean packed cell volume decreased from 0.64 to 0.48 in men and from
0.56 to 0.42 in women, with significant decreases in blood viscosity at
both high and low shear rates (p less than 0.001). Patients showed
significant improvement in six-minute walking distances (p less than
0.001) and in tests of mental alertness (p less than 0.01) compared to
control subjects. Visual analogue scales confirmed symptomatic
improvement after erythrapheresis. Erythrapheresis significantly
improved symptoms, mental function, and work performance in patients
with polycythaemia secondary to hypoxic lung disease. The procedure was
well tolerated by all patients and no complications occurred.
PMID: 6402128 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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