Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Malignancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Sumit Sohal, Akhilesh Thakur, Aleena Zia, Mina Sous, Daniela Trelles

“…Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a disorder of coagulation which is commonly seen as a complication of infections, traumas, obstetric diseases, and cancers especially hematological and rarely solid cancers. DIC may rarely be the presenting feature of an undiagnosed malignancy. …”
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Successful Treatment of Severe Type B Lactic Acidosis in a Patient with HIV/AIDS-Associated High-Grade NHL by Marco Mejia, Ariel Perez, Harold Watson, Daniel Sanchez, Jorge Parellada, Mario Madruga, S. J. Carlan

“…Type B lactic acidosis is a rare metabolic complication sometimes associated with hematologic malignancies. When present, this type of lactic acidosis is most commonly seen in patients with high-grade lymphomas or leukemias and is usually indicative of a dismal prognosis. …”
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AM3, an Oral BRM: Protective Agent against Iatrogenic Bone-Marrow and Liver Damage in Breast Cancer Patients under Conventional Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy by Vicente G Villarrubia, Paula Marquez, Jose Cobo, Guillermo J Sada

“…The incidence of thrombocytopenia in patients receiving combined radio-chemotherapy only was 70% compared with 6% observed in patients also receiving AM3 treatment. Besides these hematological effects, AM3 palliated subclinical hepatic toxicity due to combined radio-chemotherapy. …”
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A Review of Routine Laboratory Biomarkers for the Detection of Severe COVID-19 Disease by Keynaz Keykavousi, Fahimeh Nourbakhsh, Nooshin Abdollahpour, Farzaneh Fazeli, Alireza Sedaghat, Vahid Soheili, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…The purpose of this review is to investigate the role of hematological (white blood cell (WBC), lymphocyte, and neutrophil count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet, and red blood cell (RBC) count), inflammatory (C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)), and biochemical (Albumin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, D-dimer, total Cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)) biomarkers in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 disease and how their levels vary according to disease severity.…”
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Clinical Features and Outcome of Mucormycosis by Carlos Rodrigo Camara-Lemarroy, Emmanuel Irineo González-Moreno, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Erick Joel Rendón-Ramírez, Ana Sofía Ayala-Cortés, Martha Lizeth Fraga-Hernández, Laura García-Labastida, Dionicio Ángel Galarza-Delgado

“…Ten patients had diabetes mellitus as the underlying disease, and 6 patients had a hematological malignancy (acute leukemia). Of the diabetic patients, 3 had chronic renal failure and 4 presented with diabetic ketoacidosis. …”
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Current and Future Perspectives of PD-1/PDL-1 Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy by Rangarirai Makuku, Neda Khalili, Sepideh Razi, Mahsa Keshavarz-Fathi, Nima Rezaei

“…Immune checkpoint blockade through targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) has demonstrated promising antitumor effects in cancer immunotherapy of many different solid and hematologic malignancies. However, despite promising results, a favorable response is observed only in a fraction of patients, and there is still lack of a single therapy modality with curative ability. …”
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Donor lymphocyte infusions: An experience from a tertiary care center of North India by Divjot Singh Lamba, Parmatma Prasad Tripathi, Rekha Hans, Alka Khadwal, Ratti Ram Sharma

“…However, further evidence is required to evaluate its efficacy, especially in relapsed or residual hematological malignancies.…”
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Translating Unconventional T Cells and Their Roles in Leukemia Antitumor Immunity by Nilberto Dias de Araújo, Fábio Magalhães Gama, Mateus de Souza Barros, Thaís Lohana Pereira Ribeiro, Fabíola Silva Alves, Lilyane Amorim Xabregas, Andréa Monteiro Tarragô, Adriana Malheiro, Allyson Guimarães Costa

“…In recent years, these cell populations have been associated with a repertoire of anti- or protumor responses and play important roles in the dynamics of solid tumors and hematological malignancies, thus, encouraging the development of new investigations in the area. …”
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The Role of Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia by Michał Michalczyk, Aleksander Celewicz, Marta Celewicz, Paula Woźniakowska-Gondek, Rafał Rzepka

“…It is defined as arterial hypertension in women after 20 weeks of gestation which cooccurs with proteinuria (300 mg/d) or as arterial hypertension which is accompanied by one of the following: renal failure, liver dysfunction, hematological or neurological abnormalities, intrauterine growth restriction, or uteroplacental insufficiency. …”
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Continuous Use of Combined Hormonal Contraceptive and the Effect on Blood Coagulation Factors in Female Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) by Rosângela C. Rodrigues, Flávia Schechtman Belham, Ana Garcia, Corina Satler, Carlos Tomaz, Maria Clotilde H. Tavares

“…The results showed that the contraceptive use provoked changes in hematological coagulation factors such as an increase in the amount of platelets (p=0.039) and a reduction in both prothrombin (p<0.001) and thromboplastin coagulation time (p<0.001). …”
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Evaluation of immunomodulatory effects of lamotrigine in BALB/c mice by Abu-Rish Eman Y., Elhayek Shada Y., Mohamed Yehia S., Hamad Islam, Bustanji Yasser

“…These included the in vivo effects of lamotrigine on delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to sheep red blood cell (SRBC) antigens, hemagglutination titer assays and hematological changes. In vitro effects of lamotrigine on ConA-induced splenocyte proliferation and cytokine secretion were assessed. …”
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Woman with Pregnancy and Lactation-Associated Osteoporosis (PLO) by Nasrin Bazgir, Elham Shafiei, Neda Hashemi, Hassan Nourmohamadi

“…In order to evaluate the gastrointestinal disease and celiac, the patient underwent gastrointestinal and hematologic workup. Ultimately, secondary causes of the osteoporosis were excluded. …”
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Tracheobronchial Manifestations of Aspergillus Infections by Rafal Krenke, Elzbieta M. Grabczak

“…Thus, invasive or potentially invasive Aspergillus airway diseases are discussed separately in three groups of patients: (1) lung transplant recipients, (2) highly immunocompromised patients with hematologic malignancies and/or patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and (3) the remaining, less severely immunocompromised patients or even immunocompetent subjects.…”
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Probable Linezolid-Induced Pancytopenia by Nita Lakhani, William Thompson, Anne Marie Bombassaro

“…Clinicians should be aware of this rare effect with linezolid, and prospectively identify patients at risk and emphasize weekly hematological monitoring.…”
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Correction of Thrombocytopenia with Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Before Elective Surgery or Invasive Procedures by T. A. Deeva, M. V. Maevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Thrombocytopenia is a common hematological complication of liver cirrhosis, affecting up to 75–86 % of patients with decompensated cirrhosis. …”
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Protective Effects of Chronic Intermittent Hypobaric Hypoxia Pretreatment against Aplastic Anemia through Improving the Adhesiveness and Stress of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Rats by Jing Yang, Li Zhang, Handong Wang, Zan Guo, Yixian Liu, Yi Zhang, Chuan Wang, Quanhai Li

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of CIHH against AA and underlying mechanisms. 5-Fluorouracil and busulfan treatment induced AA model in rats with reduction of hematological parameters and bone marrow tissue injury and decrease of the colony numbers of progenitor cells. …”
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Development and approval of a Lasso score based on nutritional and inflammatory parameters to predict prognosis in patients with glioma by Huixian Li, Hui Hong, Jinling Zhang

“…The Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Lasso) was employed to select relevant hematological indicators and generate a Lasso score. …”
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Pathological Impacts Due to The Existence of Plastic Waste in Rumen of Bali Cattle by I Ketut Berata, Ni Nyoman Werdi Susari, I Made Kardena, Arindita Niatazya Novianti

“…The results of the examination reported 9 rumens (9%) containing plastic waste. The hematological profile showed leucocytosis and the content of lead (0.841 ± 0.522 ppm). …”
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Acute Kidney Injury and Atypical Features during Pediatric Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis by Rose M. Ayoob, Andrew L. Schwaderer

“…The presentation of PSGN may be severe and in a small subset have associations similar to SLE nephritis findings including AKI, positive ANA, and hematological anomalies.…”
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Prevalence and community awareness of bovine Trypanosomiasis in Wolaita zone Kindo Koysha woreda, southern Ethiopia by Saifemichael Ushecho, Amene Fekadu

“…Generally, both focus group discussion and hematological findings revealed bovine trypanosomiasis is the major constraint for livestock production in the area. …”
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