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    Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein, usually in the arm, with a cannula for the purpose of drawing blood. The procedure itself is...
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    bloodletting. Today, the term phlebotomy refers to the drawing of blood for laboratory analysis or blood transfusion. Therapeutic phlebotomy refers to the drawing...
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  • Phlebotomy licensure in the United States is the process by which various regulatory bodies regulate the practice of phlebotomy through licensure. There...
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  • Phlebotomy licensure is the process by which various regulatory bodies regulate the practice of phlebotomy within its jurisdiction through licensure. In...
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    iron stores within normal range. A phlebotomy session typically draws between 450 and 500 mL of blood. Routine phlebotomy may reverse liver fibrosis and alleviate...
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    intravenous access for the purpose of venous blood sampling (also called phlebotomy) or intravenous therapy. In healthcare, this procedure is performed by...
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    other versions also exist including plasma frozen within 24 hours after phlebotomy, cryoprecipitate reduced plasma, thawed plasma, and solvent detergent...
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    Treatment of primary polycythemia (see polycythemia vera) could involve phlebotomy, antiplatelet therapy to reduce risk of blood clots, and additional cytoreductive...
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    more likely to have gouty arthritis. Treatment consists primarily of phlebotomy as well as oral chemotherapy and emerging treatments like long-acting...
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    guitarist, and former drummer, left the band to reform their original band, Phlebotomy, thus reactivating a previous incarnation of the group under which they...
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    This type of feeding is known as phlebotomy (from the Greek words, phleps "vein" and tomos "cutting"). Once phlebotomy is performed (in most insects by...
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    can be wholly prevented by periodic phlebotomies (by venesection) comparable in volume to blood donations. Phlebotomy (or bloodletting) is usually done...
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    accessing a superficial vein or artery for either intravenous injection or phlebotomy. It consists, from front to rear, of a hypodermic needle, two bilateral...
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    survival to frequent bloodletting; in a single day, she received four phlebotomies. Her mother's opposition to this practice brought her the Empress's disfavour...
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    information can be gleaned by testing the blood itself (drawn from a vein by phlebotomy), it is sometimes necessary to examine the source of the blood cells in...
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    syndrome that occurred to the French King Charles IX of Valois after a limb phlebotomy [1]. During the American Civil War, Silas Weir Mitchell is sometimes also...
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  • SPECT (Single-photon emission computed tomography) Ultrasound Microscopy Phlebotomy Rating scales Academic health science centre Biomedical sciences List...
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  • Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT) is the second oldest certifying agency for Phlebotomy. The ASPT was founded in 1983. Phlebotomy Bloodletting...
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    this by regulating a patient's diet, while some used remedies such as phlebotomy and purges to get rid of excess blood. Even Galen proposed a theory of...
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    A student practicing phlebotomy (venipuncture) using an elastic tourniquet....
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  • therapeutic phlebotomy. However, individuals with hemochromatosis type 4A may not require treatment. Additionally, therapeutic phlebotomy may not be tolerated...
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  • levels are reached, phlebotomy will be continued, but less often than once weekly, perhaps every few months. In the event that phlebotomy is not an appropriate...
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    just superficial to the cubital fossa is often used for venous access (phlebotomy) in procedures such as injections and obtaining samples for blood tests...
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    Becton Dickinson (B-D). The Vacutainer was preceded by other vacuum-based phlebotomy technology such as the Keidel vacuum. The plastic tube version, known...
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  • These newer methods include endovenous thermal ablation, ambulatory phlebotomy, and ultrasound foam sclerotherapy. Stasis dermatitis (Gravitational eczema)...
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  • for the Medical Technologist (MT), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Phlebotomy Technician (PBT), Cytotechnologist (CT), and Histologic Technician (HT)...
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  • Plasma frozen within 24 hours after phlebotomy, commonly called FP24, PF‑24, or similar names, is a frozen human blood plasma product used in transfusion...
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  • isolated Isolation and detection method Analysis Refs Cancer (various) Blood Phlebotomy Minimally invasive Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) Various (e.g. CellSearch...
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    biology Microbiology including mycology Bacteriology Tropical diseases Phlebotomy Tissue banking/transplant Virology Audiology and hearing therapy Autonomic...
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    commonality of hemochromatosis in PCT patients) can be achieved through phlebotomy, whereby blood is systematically drained from the patient. A borderline...
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