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{"title":"Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease after Age of 40: Follow-Up of a Cohort of 209 Patients in Senegal, West Africa.","authors":"Moussa Seck, Maureen Adéniké Dabo, Elimane Seydi Bousso, Mohamed Keita, Sokhna Aïssatou Touré, Sérigne Mourtalla Guèye, Blaise Félix Faye, Fatma Dieng, Saliou Diop","doi":"10.1155/2024/7501577","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2024/7501577","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe the morbidity and mortality of homozygous sickle cell disease after the age of 40.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cohort study of 209 patients followed from 1994 to 2022. All hemoglobin electrophoresis-confirmed SS sickle cell patients over 40 years were included. A descriptive study of epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and evolutionary data was used to assess morbidity and mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sex ratio (M/F) was 0.6. Median age was 47 (41-75). According to morbidity, 95.1% had less than 3 vaso-occlusive crises/year. Acute anemia was the most frequent complication (52.63%). Chronic complications were noted in 32.5%. At diagnosis, mean hemoglobin was 8.1 g/dl ± 1.9, HbS was 86.5 ± 10, and HbF was 9.4 ± 7.6. Number of patients transfused was 66%. We noted that 8.1% of patients died, 29.2% were lost to follow-up, and 62.7% were still being followed up. The risk factors identified for death were geographical origin, comorbidity, high HbS, low HbF, and thrombocytosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study shows that homozygous SCD is increasingly becoming an adult disease and that it can be carried into old age in Africa. Advanced age over 40 is marked by an upsurge in chronic complications, making it essential to set up a screening program and to organize multidisciplinary follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"2024 ","pages":"7501577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10864044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139734199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Retrospective Study to Reduce Blood Transfusion Waste in Remote Island Healthcare Settings.","authors":"Takamitsu Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Mizuta, Naohisa Niiro, Teruyoshi Amagai","doi":"10.1155/2023/5549655","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2023/5549655","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tokunoshima is a remote island in the Amami Islands, 470 km southwest of the Kagoshima mainland. It has a population of 23,000 and consists of three towns: Tokunoshima, Isen, and Amagi. Three medical institutions on the island are responsible for blood transfusion medicine, but there is no blood stockpiling station on the island, and blood is stockpiled in each of the hospitals. Although Tokunoshima Tokushukai Hospital is responsible for 70% of transfusion medicine on Tokunoshima, it is difficult to maintain a sufficient amount of blood in stock considering disposal.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine whether changing the distribution of blood types in a hospital's stockpile would reduce the transfusion disposal rate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective survey. By changing the in-house stock of blood products for transfusions delivered to our hospital over 10 years from January 2013 to December 2017 (preintervention) and from January 2018 to December 2022 (postintervention), we compared the cost-saving effects of these two intervention strategies on disposal rates and blood inventories, as well as the survival rates of case profiles requiring transfusion interventions in hospital-donated transfusion and ABO-incompatible transfusion between two periods. The hospital's stock of RBC had changes that storage of type (A, B, O, AB) RBC from (4, 4, 4, 2) units in the pre-interventon to (2, 2, 6, 0) units in the postintervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The annual blood product waste rate decreased from 23.4% in the preintervention period to 17.9% in the post-intervention period.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>By changing the blood products stockpiled for transfusion medicine in Tokunoshima, the transfusion disposal rate can be reduced.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"2023 ","pages":"5549655"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10730247/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138795036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Anemia Prevalence and Risk Factors in Two of Ethiopia's Most Anemic Regions among Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael, Bsrat Tesfay Hagos","doi":"10.1155/2023/2900483","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2023/2900483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In Sub-Saharan African (SSA) nations, including Ethiopia, anemia is a significant public health issue. Ethiopia has continued to bear the enormous burden of anemia infections. Over time, the prevalence of anemia has significantly increased in Ethiopia. In addition, there is a paucity of literature and regional variations in the pace of increment expansion. Therefore, the primary goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anemia and risk factors among women in Ethiopia's two most anemic regions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>2,519 women participated in a community-based cross-sectional study from January 18 to June 27, 2016. In order to determine the causes of anemia in women in two of Ethiopia's most anemic regions, an ordinal logistic regression model was taken into consideration. The applicability of the proportional odds test was evaluated using the chi-square test of the parallelism assumption. A <i>p</i> value of 0.05 or below was used to define crucial and statistically significant predictor variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall prevalence rate of anemia was 56.8% (95% CI (54.8%-58.7%)). The chi-square test of the parallelism assumption indicated that the odds ratios were constant across all cut-off points of women's anemia levels at a 5% significance level (<i>p</i> value = 0.122). Of the severity of anemia levels among women, 48.2, 46.1, and 5.7% had mild, moderate, and severe anemia levels, respectively. In multivariable ordinal logistic regression analyses, being born (lived) in the Somali region (AOR = 1.6, 95% CI: 1.37, 1.90), having a parity of 4-5 (AOR = 1.3, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.66), and having ≥6 children (AOR = 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7), being a contraceptive user (AOR = 3, 95% CI: 2.5, 3.6), being currently pregnant (AOR = 2.8, 95% CI: 2.3, 3.4), having no ANC follow-up (AOR = 1.9, 95% CI: 1.6, 2.3), being married women (AOR = 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.9), and user of unimproved toilet facility (AOR = 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.6) were significantly positively associated with anemia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Finally, the anemia burden was dangerously greater than the national average. The region, usage of contraceptives, being pregnant at the time, ANC follow-up, toilet facilities, parity, and marital status all had a substantial impact on anemia. Therefore, to lessen the prevalence of anemia in certain parts of Ethiopia, public health initiatives that improve maternal health service utilization are required, such as ANC follow-up to minimize parity.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"2023 ","pages":"2900483"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10766469/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139097118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Novel Pharmacological Treatment Options of Steroid-Refractory Graft-versus-Host Disease","authors":"Iuliia Kovalenko, Tabinda Saleem, Mitali Shah, Sara Seyedroudbari, K. Golubykh, Rimsha Ali, Taaha Mirza, Babray Laek, Ahsan Wahab, Asmi Chattaraj, Ekaterina Proskuriakova, Chandi Garg, Rafiullah Khan","doi":"10.1155/2023/9949961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9949961","url":null,"abstract":"Background. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a potentially fatal complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The mainstay of treatment is corticosteroids, which are ineffective in 30–50% of cases. Steroid-refractory GVHD (SR-GVHD) confers a poor prognosis, with high mortality rates despite appropriate therapy. While there is no reliable treatment for SR-GVHD, a variety of novel therapeutic options are slowly emerging and have yet to be examined simultaneously. Objectives. This review evaluates the potential of novel therapeutic options, as well as their efficacy and safety, for the treatment of SR-GVHD. Study Design. The literature search was conducted in PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase, employing MeSH terms and keywords. The studies had to be prospective phases 1, 2, or 3. We excluded retrospective and nonoriginal studies. Results. While the only approved drug for acute GVHD is ruxolitinib with an impressive overall response rate of 73.2% and a complete response of 56.3%, several monoclonal antibodies and other agents are currently under investigation, offering promising results. These include anti-CD2, anti-CD147, IL-2 antagonist, a mixture of anti-CD3 and anti-CD7 antibodies, anti-CD25, monoclonal antibody to a4b7 on T-cells, anti-CD26, pentostatin, sirolimus, denileukin diftitox, infliximab, itacitinib, and alpha-1 antitripsin. However, the toxicities associated with these novel drugs need further investigation. For chronic GVHD, approved options include ruxolitinib with an ORR of up to 62%, ibrutinib with an ORR of up to 77%, and belumosudil with an ORR of up to 77%. Meanwhile, emerging treatments include tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as nilotinib, rituximab, and low-dose IL-2, as well as axatilimab and pomalidomide. Conclusion. While their efficacy needs to be better evaluated through large-scale, multicenter, randomized clinical trials, these novel agents show potential and could provide a better alternative for SR-GVHD treatment in the future.","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"20 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138594234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prognostic Factors and Outcome of Patients with Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated with the Hyper-CVAD Regimen: A Retrospective Study","authors":"Zahra Malakoutikhah, Farzaneh Ashrafi, Ali Derakhshandeh","doi":"10.1155/2023/5593635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5593635","url":null,"abstract":"Aim. The Hyper-CVAD regimen has shown promising results for adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), as designed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). This treatment has resulted in a complete remission rate of 92% and a 5-year overall survival of 38%. However, given the diversity of patient demographics and institutional methods, outcomes may differ between various institutions. This study will compare the outcome of adult ALL patients treated with the Hyper-CVAD regimen in Iran with those obtained in the original series presented at the MDACC. Patients and Method. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the 2-year leukemia-free survival (LFS) and the 2-year overall survival (OS) of 70 ALL patients treated between 2014 and 2019 in the Seyed Al-Shohada Hospital in Isfahan, Iran. Results. In total, 59 ALL patients (84.28%) achieved complete remission (CR). The CR rate had statistical differences by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and WBC count. The 2-year LFS and OS were 40% and 42%, respectively. There were significant differences in LFS and OS by BMT, myeloid marker, and WBC count. Conclusion. The outcome of the traditional Hyper-CVAD regimen in treating adult ALL was not satisfying. More efficient therapies should be applied for the treatment of adult ALL.","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":" 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135193013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between Blood Group and Change in Coagulation Factors in Plasma Preparations for Transfusion Purpose at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital","authors":"Collince Odiwuor Ogolla, Benson Nyanchongi, Rodgers Norman Demba","doi":"10.1155/2023/3749773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3749773","url":null,"abstract":"Background. Blood component therapy helps in managing patients with reduced hematopoiesis, elevated peripheral destruction of cells, and generalized blood loss (bleeding). Increased prevalence of arterial and venous thrombotic disease linked to the impact of ABO blood group on plasma levels of coagulation glycoprotein is demonstrated by blood group non-O persons. Objective. This study had a main objective of determining the association between blood group and change in coagulation factors in plasma preparation for transfusion purpose. Methods. The study employed a longitudinal study design. Factor assay evaluation was done by the use of Erba Mannheim ECL 105 semiautomated coagulation analyzer from India. Thawing meant for consequent coagulation factor analysis and sequential testing of stored cryoprecipitate and fresh frozen plasma was performed by the use of Stericox plasma thawing bath before being analyzed by the coagulation analyzer. Blood group of the collected blood sample in purple EDTA vacutainer was analyzed using blood antisera and a clean white tile, and results were recorded which helped in establishing the association existing between plasma and blood group. The data were fed into Excel and were evaluated by the use of SPSS version 25. Results. There was no significant association between coagulation factors in fresh frozen plasma and blood group, coagulation factors in cryoprecipitate plasma and blood group of the donors showed that the relationship was not significant with, (r = −0.116, −0.097, 0.007 and 0.047 with <math xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" id=\"M1\"> <mi>p</mi> </math> value (0.900, 0.087, 0.096 and 0.096), respectively, which are greater than 0.005 standard alpha value. Conclusion. This study has shown no significant association existing between blood group and change in coagulation factors in plasma preparations at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":" 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135241305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Hematological Parameters and Their Prognostic Value in Adult COVID-19 Patients: Insights from Mogadishu, Somalia.","authors":"Abdirasak Sharif Ali Mude,&nbsp;Abd Elhadi Mohamed Agena Musa","doi":"10.1155/2023/8862457","DOIUrl":"10.1155/2023/8862457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There were no data on SARS-CoV-2 and hematology in Mogadishu, Somalia, despite the fact that many prior investigations of SARS-CoV-2 and hematology have already been conducted in many different parts of the world. As a result, this study aimed to assess hematological changes in COVID-19-infected patients at some selected hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia. <i>Methods</i>. Outright, 433 COVID-19 patients were included in this study, which used a hospital-based cross-sectional design to investigate hematological alterations using the Mindray full automated hematological analyzer. Furthermore, ethical considerations were taken into account during the study. All individuals provided informed consent prior to participation in the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS. <i>Results</i>. The median age of the current study was 54.65 ± 20.486 years. People with diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, or heart disease made up 21.2%, 21.2%, 20%, and 2.1% of the study population, respectively. According to the patients' hematological profiles, 89.5% of them had leukopenia, 86.8% had lymphopenia, and 89% had neutrophilia. Monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, and thrombocytes were typically normal although around 50.4% individuals exhibited anemia. <i>Conclusion</i>. Hematological indicators can predict how bad the illness is and how it will turn out, which helps guide clinical therapy. Leukopenia, neutrophilia, lymphopenia, and anemia were found in this study. At the time of admission, a thorough review of laboratory parameters can help clinicians make a treatment plan and quickly give intensive care to the patients who need it most.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"2023 ","pages":"8862457"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10564573/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41187924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Success of Treatment Free Remission in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia in Clinical Practice: A Single-Centre Retrospective Experience from South Africa.","authors":"Siddeeq Hoosen,&nbsp;Irene Mackraj,&nbsp;Nadine Rapiti","doi":"10.1155/2023/2004135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2004135","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) management has evolved from a disease once considered to be incurable just over 2 decades ago to that of one of a \"functional cure\" as defined by the sustained molecular response on stopping tyrosine kinase inhibitor(TKI) therapy. The next goal of CML management has been treatment-free remission (TFR). The past 4 years have seen much international data on TFR attempts in CML in clinical practice. However, Africa as a continent has lagged behind the rest of the world, in keeping up with the latest trends in CML management, and so this study aims to address this gap by assessing the outcome of TFR in CML in a single centre in South Africa (SA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective cohort study in 12 CML patients in the chronic phase to assess the success of TKI discontinuation. The patients were treated in King Edward VIII Hospital (KEH), a tertiary, academic hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the study period was from June 2020 to May 2022. Patients included had to have been on TKI therapy for a minimum of 5 years and achieved a deep molecular response (DMR) for a minimum period of 3 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall TFR cohort showed a success rate of 75% at a median follow-up of 12 months. All patients who failed TFR, defined as a loss of major molecular remission (MMR), failed within 6 months of stopping TKI therapy. All patients who failed TFR regained DMR after retreatment with TKI, with no disease progression reported. The only factor influencing the success of TFR was the total period of TKI therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite our study having a small cohort of patients, this study demonstrated that TFR in CML is an attainable goal, even in a resource-limited setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"2023 ","pages":"2004135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10403330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9953334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"To Measure or Not to Measure: Direct Oral Anticoagulant Laboratory Assay Monitoring in Clinical Practice.","authors":"Tania Ahuja,&nbsp;Veronica Raco,&nbsp;Sharonlin Bhardwaj,&nbsp;David Green","doi":"10.1155/2023/9511499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9511499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The need for therapeutic drug monitoring of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) remains an area of clinical equipoise. Although routine monitoring may be unnecessary given predictable pharmacokinetics in most patients, there may be altered pharmacokinetics in those with end organ dysfunction, such as those with renal impairment, or with concomitant interacting medications, at extremes of body weight or age, or in those with thromboembolic events in atypical locations. We aimed to assess real-world practices in situations in which DOAC drug-level monitoring was used at a large academic medical center. A retrospective review of the records of patients who had a DOAC drug-specific activity level checked from 2016 to 2019 was included. A total of 119 patients had 144 DOAC measurements (apixaban (<i>n</i> = 62) and rivaroxaban (<i>n</i> = 57)). Drug-specific calibrated DOAC levels were within an expected therapeutic range for 110 levels(76%), with 21 levels (15%) above the expected range and 13 levels (9%) below the expected range. The DOAC levels were checked in the setting of an urgent or emergent procedure in 28 patients (24%), followed by renal failure in 17 patients (14%), a bleeding event in 11 patients (9%), concern for recurrent thromboembolism in 10 patients (8%), thrombophilia in 9 patients (8%), a history of recurrent thromboembolism in 6 patients (5%), extremes of body weight in 7 patients (5%), and unknown reasons in 7 patients (5%). Clinical decision making was infrequently affected by the DOAC monitoring. Therapeutic drug monitoring with DOACs may help predict bleeding events in elderly patients, those with impaired renal function, and in the event of an emergent or urgent procedure. Future studies are needed to target the select patient-specific scenarios where monitoring DOAC levels may impact clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":"2023 ","pages":"9511499"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9977549/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10849177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association of Pulmonary Hypertension and Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance.","authors":"Melissa A Lyle,&nbsp;Subir Bhatia,&nbsp;Eric Fenstad,&nbsp;Darrell Schroeder,&nbsp;Robert B McCully,&nbsp;Martha Q Lacy,&nbsp;Wayne Feyereisn","doi":"10.1155/2022/8918959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8918959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in patients with PH as well as precapillary PH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Olmsted County residents with PH, diagnosed between 1/1/1995 and 9/30/2017, were identified, and age and sex were matched to a normal control group. The PH group and normal control group were then cross-referenced with the Mayo Clinic MGUS database. Charts were reviewed to verify MGUS and PH. Heart catheterization data were then analyzed in these patients for reference to the gold standard for diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 3419 patients diagnosed with PH by echocardiography between 1995 and 2017 in Olmsted County that met the criteria of our study. When the PH group (<i>N</i> = 3313) was matched to a normal control group (3313), a diagnosis of MGUS was significantly associated with PH 10.2% (OR = l.84 [95% CI 1.5-2.2], <i>p</i> < 0.001), compared with controls 5.8% based on echo diagnosis. Using heart catheterization data (484 patients), a diagnosis of MGUS was associated with PH 13.0% (OR = 3.94 [95% CI 2.28-6.82], <i>p</i> < 0.001). For pulmonary artery hypertension (<i>N</i> = 222), a diagnosis of MGUS was associated with PH at similar 12.2% (OR = 4.50 [95%CI 1.86-10.90], <i>p</i> < 0.001.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is a higher prevalence of MGUS in patients with PH and precapillary PH compared with normal controls. This association cannot be explained fully by other underlying diagnoses associated with PH. Assessing for this in patients with PH of unclear etiology may be reasonable in the workup of patients found to have PH.</p>","PeriodicalId":7325,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Hematology","volume":" ","pages":"8918959"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9699780/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40708368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}