Journal article
Subclinical anaemia of chronic disease in adult patients with cystic fibrosis
Abstract
Patients with chronic hypoxaemia develop secondary polycythaemia that improves oxygen-carrying capacity. Therefore, normal haemoglobin and haematocrit values in the presence of chronic arterial hypoxaemia in cystic fibrosis constitute 'relative anaemia'. We sought to determine the cause of this relative anaemia in patients with cystic fibrosis. We studied haematological indices and oxygen saturation in healthy volunteers (n=17) and in adult …
Authors
O'Connor TM; McGrath DS; Short C; O'Donnell MJ; Sheehy M; Bredin CP
Journal
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 31–34
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2002
DOI
10.1016/s1569-1993(01)00004-2
ISSN
1569-1993