Unraveling the complexity: Case reports of drug-induced hemolytic anemia due to ceftriaxone by Anshika Yadav, Pankaj Agarwal

“…Drug-induced hemolytic anemia (DIHA) is a rare but significant condition characterized by the premature destruction of red blood cells (RBCs) triggered by certain medications. …”
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Radionuclide Small Intestine Imaging by Jiri Dolezal, Marcela Kopacova

“…Nuclear medicine has a few methods—scintigraphy with red blood cells labelled by means of Tc99m for detection of the source of bleeding in the small intestine, Meckel’s diverticulum scintigraphy for detection of the ectopic gastric mucosa, radionuclide somatostatin receptor imaging for carcinoid, and radionuclide inflammation imaging. …”
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Alterations of the Erythrocyte Membrane during Sepsis by Yasmina Serroukh, Sarah Djebara, Christophe Lelubre, Karim Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Patrick Biston, Michael Piagnerelli

“…However, the ability of red blood cells (RBCs) to modulate the microcirculation is now recognized as an important additional function. …”
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Cold Agglutinin Disease Unfurled in Laboratory and Blood Bank: A Little Poignant Observation Can Speak a Lot! by Archana Shetty, Gurudatta Murthy, Bharadwaj Golithadka

“…Autoimmune hemolytic anemias (AIHAs) are hemolytic anemias characterized by the production of autoantibodies against surface antigens on red blood cells. Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a relatively rare subcategory of AIHA, affecting mainly the middle-aged with anemia often being the presenting symptom. …”
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Elevated Middle Cerebral Artery Peak Systolic Velocity in a Nonanemic Fetus with Alpha-Thalassemia Trait by Kent Heyborne

“…Elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA-PSV) has been reported in nonanemic fetuses following fetal transfusion, and has been attributed to a major population of red blood cells (RBCs) with an adult mean corpuscular volume (MCV) in the fetal circulation. …”
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Generation and Characterization of Erythroid Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: An Overview by Kai-Hsin Chang, Halvard Bonig, Thalia Papayannopoulou

“…Because of the imbalance in the supply and demand of red blood cells (RBCs), especially for alloimmunized patients or patients with rare blood phenotypes, extensive research has been done to generate therapeutic quantities of mature RBCs from hematopoietic stem cells of various sources, such as bone marrow, peripheral blood, and cord blood. …”
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Bilateral Total Hip and Right Knee Arthroplasty in a Sickle Cell Disease Patient with Multiple Joint Osteonecrosis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Michael Ebiyon Ugbeye, Kehinde Adesola Alatishe, Chukwuebuka Okezie

“…Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder with the underlying pathology, resulting in sickling of the red blood cells in deoxygenated conditions. Osteonecrosis is a common orthopaedic manifestation of sickle cell disease, and total joint arthroplasty is the preferred option in managing patients with advanced disease. …”
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Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis for Cattle with Foot and Mouth Diseases in Lembang, West Bandung by Septiyani Septiyani, Rully Abiyoga Majid, Resty Gradia, Iyus Setiawan, Puji Yantini, Arindita Niatazya Novianti

“…Morphological abnormalities found in the peripheral blood smear of red blood cells were anisocytosis (microcytosis and macrocytosis), poikilocytosis (achanthocytosis and echinocytosis), and hypochromasia. …”
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Clinical Usefulness of Haptoglobin Levels to Evaluate Hemolysis in Recently Transfused Patients by Shilpi Gupta, Kathleen Ahern, Fadi Nakhl, Frank Forte

“…Twenty-one patients, receiving more than one unit of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) for presumed nonhemolytic indications, were enrolled. …”
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In Vitro Studies of Anti-Hemolytic and Cytotoxic Activity of Procyanidin-Rich Extract from the Leaves of Actinidia arguta by Cyboran-Mikołajczyk Sylwia, Csonka Ákos, Molnar Joseph, Szabó Diana, Oszmiański Jan, Kleszczyńska Halina

“…They effectively protected the red blood cells from oxidative damage, but were not toxic to lymphoma cells and did not affect their multidrug resistance. …”
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A New Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presented with Tolosa–Hunt Syndrome Manifestations by Maryam Mohebbi, Shahriar Nafissi, Majid Alikhani

“…Based on the rheumatological evaluation and her positive lung nodule, hematuria, dysmorphic red blood cells, and positive antiproteinase 3 classic antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (CANCA-PR3) and also based on the diagnostic criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis criteria for Wegner disease, her treatment was continued with prednisolone 1 mg/kg and also rituximab at the first and 14th day of treatment. …”
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Day and Night GSH and MDA Levels in Healthy Adults and Effects of Different Doses of Melatonin on These Parameters by Shilpa Chakravarty, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi

“…We explain our observations on the basis of melatonin's antioxidative function and its effect on the fluidity of plasma membrane of red blood cells. Rhythmic modulation of MDA and GSH contents emphasized the role of melatonin as an antioxidant and its function against oxidative stress.…”
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Porphyric encephalopathy in a 15-year-old girl: A case report by Saihari S Dukkipati, Jordan Terschluse, Drew Thodeson, Angela Beavers, Melissa Muff-Luett, Claire Ives, Sookyong Koh

“…She was noted to have dark red-colored urine with no red blood cells. Her urine porphobilinogen level was markedly elevated, consistent with the diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria. …”
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Diminished Expression of Complement Regulatory Proteins on Peripheral Blood Cells from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Ana Paula Alegretti, Laiana Schneider, Amanda Kirchner Piccoli, Odirlei Andre Monticielo, Priscila Schmidt Lora, João Carlos Tavares Brenol, Ricardo Machado Xavier

“…In SLE patients with anemia, CD59 and CD35 were decreased on red blood cells. Furthermore, there was a negative correlation between CD55 and CD59 on neutrophils and the disease activity. …”
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Potential Effects of Silymarin and Its Flavonolignan Components in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: A Comprehensive Review in 2015 by Hadi Darvishi Khezri, Ebrahim Salehifar, Mehrnoush Kosaryan, Aily Aliasgharian, Hossein Jalali, Arash Hadian Amree

“…This defect results in red blood cells lysis and chronic anemia that can be treated by multiple blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. …”
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Hemoglobins Likely Function as Peroxidase in Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa Hemocytes by Sufang Wang, Xiaopei Yu, Zhihua Lin, Shunqin Zhang, Liangyi Xue, Qinggang Xue, Yongbo Bao

“…Hemoglobins are a group of respiratory proteins principally functioning in transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in red blood cells of all vertebrates and some invertebrates. …”
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Arteriojejunal Fistula Presenting with Recurrent Obscure GI Hemorrhage in a Patient with a Failed Pancreas Allograft by Nirmit Desai, Sagar Patel, Chinyere Nwosu, Lok Sung, Carl Tack, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Edward P. Nord, Nand K. Wadhwa

“…A capsule endoscopy and a technetium-labeled red blood cells (RBC) imaging study were similarly unrevealing for source of bleeding. …”
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Ten Machine Learning Models for Predicting Preoperative and Postoperative Coagulopathy in Patients With Trauma: Multicenter Cohort Study by Xiaojuan Xiong, Hong Fu, Bo Xu, Wang Wei, Mi Zhou, Peng Hu, Yunqin Ren, Qingxiang Mao

“…ConclusionsKey PPTIC risk factors include (1) prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, prothrombin time, and international normalized ratio; (2) low levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cells, calcium, and sodium; (3) low diastolic blood pressure; (4) elevated alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels; (5) admission heart rate; and (6) the need for emergency surgery and transfusion. …”
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Multispectral Enhancement Method to Increase the Visual Differences of Tissue Structures in Stained Histopathology Images by Pinky A. Bautista, Yukako Yagi

“…., nuclei, cytoplasm and red blood cells (RBC), in a hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained image.…”
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THALIDOMIDE AMELIORATES ERYTHROPOIESIS AND IRON HOMEOSTASIS IN TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT β-THALASSEMIA by Kun Yang, Jian Xiao

“…Thalidomide significantly improved anemia endpoints, including increases in hemoglobin (p<0.001), red blood cells (p<0.001), and hematocrit (p<0.001), as well as reducing erythropoietin levels (p=0.033) and ameliorating erythropoiesis. …”
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