Iron stores and coagulation paramenters in patients with hypoxemic polycythemia secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the effect of phlebotomies
Säo Paulo med. j; 115 (2), 1997
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-inflamatory or...