an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
Word origin
poly- + cyto- + -hemia
Examples of 'polycythemia' in a sentence
polycythemia
These infants have many acute neonatal problems that include perinatal asphyxia, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, and polycythemia.
Deepak Sharma, Sweta Shastri, Pradeep Sharma 2016, 'Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Antenatal and Postnatal Aspects', Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatricshttps://doi.org/10.4137/CMPed.S40070. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A diagnosis of polycythemia vera was made from the above findings.
Parija S, Mohapatra M, Pattnaik B 2008, 'Polycythemia vera presenting with bilateral papilledema: A rare case report', Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2008;volume=56;issue=4;spage=327;epage=329;aulast=Parija. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phlebotomy was used to treat the polycythemia acutely.
Kathleen Stergiopoulos, Joseph J Brennan, Robin Mathews, John F Setaro, Smadar Kort 2008, 'Anabolic steroids, acute myocardial infarction and polycythemia: A case report andreview of the literature', Vascular Health and Risk Managementhttps://www.dovepress.com/anabolic-steroids-acute-myocardial-infarction-and-polycythemia-a-case--peer-reviewed-article-VHRM. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On investigations, patient had renal failure, polycythemia and nephromegaly.
Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, Imran Khan, Irfan Khan, Mohd Ashraf Mir 2014, 'Polycythemia, increased erythropoietin levels in a patient with renal lymphoma', Advanced Biomedical Researchhttp://www.advbiores.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9175;year=2014;volume=3;issue=1;spage=147;epage=147;aulast=Bhat. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Anesthetic concerns in this case were polycythemia, paradoxical embolism and rhythm abnormalities.
Parimala Prasanna Simha, Muralidhara Danappa Patel, A M Jagadeesh 2012, 'Anesthetic implications of total anomalous systemic venous connection to left atriumwith left isomerism', Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesiahttp://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2012;volume=15;issue=2;spage=134;epage=137;aulast=Simha. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Finally, mutant animals developed steatosis, liver fibrosis, and polycythemia accompanied by increased epo expression.
Zhidan Xia, Jiayu Wei, Yingniang Li, Jia Wang, Wenwen Li, Kai Wang, Xiaoli Hong, LuZhao, Caiyong Chen, Junxia Min, Fudi Wang 2017, 'Zebrafish slc30a10 deficiency revealed a novel compensatory mechanism of Atp2c1 inmaintaining manganese homeostasis.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5524415?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Treatment of acute iatrogenic polycythemia can be effectively accomplished by red blood cell depletion therapy.
David Chiapaikeo, Pejman Rohani 2015, 'Acute iatrogenic polycythemia induced by massive red blood cell transfusion duringsubtotal abdominal colectomy', Hematology Reportshttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/5638. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The least common complications were polycythemia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Mohammad H Al-Qahtani 2014, 'Infants of diabetic mothers: 4 years analysis of neonatal care unit in a teachinghospital, Saudi Arabia', Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Scienceshttp://www.sjmms.net/article.asp?issn=1658-631X;year=2014;volume=2;issue=3;spage=151;epage=156;aulast=Al-Qahtani. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)