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Naturally High Hemoglobin Levels May Not Threaten Kidney Patients by HealthFinder Posted Thu 16 Dec 2010 12:00pm News) -- Naturally occurring high hemoglobin levels don't pose a threat to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, and there is no need to lower these levels, a new... chronic kidney disease. The anemia must be treated with medications, but treatment is controversial because restoring hemoglobin levels to the normal range of about 14 g/dL may lead Read on »

Naturally High Hemoglobin Levels May Not Threaten Kidney Patients by Medline Plus Posted Thu 16 Dec 2010 5:00pm THURSDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Naturally occurring high hemoglobin levels don't pose a threat to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, and there is no need to lower these levels, a new study suggests. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Progressive anemia (red blood cell deficiency) is common in most Read on »

High HbA1c: You're getting older . . . faster by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 27 Mar 2010 4:41pm : The higher the serum or tissue glucose level, the more glycation of hemoglobin develops. Glycated hemoglobin is available as the common test, HbA1c. Ideal HbA1c is 4.5% or less... blood glucose leads to greater hemoglobin glycation, higher HbA1c, and indicates greater glycation of proteins in nerve cells, the lens of your eye, proteins lining arteries Read on »

How does your HbA1c Stack Up? by Elizabeth S. Posted Mon 30 Aug 2010 1:39am There is just no getting around it. Daily BG testing and fine tuning are essential to achieving an actual healthy HbA1c value. What’s more important than a HbA1C value is ultimately, what gets you there and how all those Blood Glucose (BG) values stack up, according to a leading diabetes health care practitioner. Most patients would [...] Read on »

Normal fasting glucose with high HbA1c by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 23 Mar 2010 8:44am Jonathan's fasting glucose: 85 mg/dl His HbA1c: 6.7% Jonathan's high HbA1c reflects blood glucose fluctuations over the preceding 60-90 days and can be used...) Jonathan's HbA1c therefore equates to an eAG of 145.59 mg/dl--yet his fasting glucose value is 85 mg/dl. This is a common situation: Normal fasting glucose, high HbA1c. It comes Read on »

Targeting HbA1c by Elizabeth S. Posted Tue 08 May 2012 7:33am The American Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Recommendations state: Lowering A1C to below or around 7% has been shown to reduce microvascular and neuropathic complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, for microvascular disease prevention, the A1C goal for nonpregnant adults in general is <7%. However, many experts feel that c ... Read on »

HbA1c May Be Less Effective to Diagnose Adolescent Diabetes by Poh Tin Tan Posted Mon 14 Mar 2011 12:00am on improving the child's comfort rather than bringing the temperature down to normal levels or preventing the onset of fever, according to a new clinical report issued by the American... febrile seizures. * The main objective in treating a child with fever should therefore be to improve the child's overall comfort level, rather than to lower body temperature Read on »

Low baseline hemoglobin concentration is associated with poorer surgical outcome but transfusion of asymptomatic patients may no by David Smith, MD Posted Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:03pm concentration from baseline and not the absolute value of that variable. Regardless of starting hemoglobin or lowest recorded intraoperative hemoglobin a 50% decrease in hemoglobin... tolerated degree of acute anemia is a function of baseline hemoglobin concentration. The findings suggest a new rationale to assist in perioperative red blood cell transfusion Read on »

Where Are "U"? by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 06 Feb 2010 12:00am mortality and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in which those at a median of 7.5% carried the lowest risk. Those with really tight glucose control (HbA1c 6.4%) were at 52% greater risk... good". We're always a bit concerned when an insulin-treated Type 2 diabetic shows a HbA1c in the sub-6% range. We just think the risk of significant hypoglycemia, and related Read on »

Can you calculate the haemoglobin concentration from only the haematocrit? by Jeremy Posted Sun 08 Nov 2009 10:02pm Sort of. The haematocrit (Hct) describes the proportion of one's blood that is made up of red blood cells. It's usual range is about 35-45% for women and 40-50% for men. The rest is almost all plasma, with a minor contribution coming from white cells and platelets. The other figure you need is the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC Read on »