Plasma

Among patients on incident peritoneal dialysis, higher plasma omeintin-1 level quartile correlates with reduced subsequent hospital admissions and shorter hospital stays, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Compared with placebo, convalescent plasma with neutralizing

Platelet-rich plasma treatment with 1,550 nm fractional erbium-glass laser treatment proved an effective combination in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia, according to a study.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis was associated with increased levels of 15 plasma proteins, data presented here showed.

MILAN — At the ESCRS meeting, Jorge Alió, MD, PhD, speaks about two innovative uses of platelet-rich plasma in ocular conditions not responsive to other treatments.

MILAN — At the ESCRS meeting, Magda Rau, MD, speaks about the new Jett Plasma treatment from Compex for blepharitis and dry eye disease.

Plasma p-tau217 proved an accurate blood-based biomarker of both tau and amyloid-beta pathological brain alterations for those with Down syndrome and may be used alone or with age as a covariate, per a study published in JAMA Neurology.

Women at high risk for HIV need higher levels of plasma tenofovir to prevent infection compared with men, according to data from the largest HIV pharmacokinetics database to date.

According to this study, increasing dietary potassium intake among patients with stage 3 to 4 chronic kidney disease to the recommended levels with potassium chloride supplementation increases plasma potassium on a short-term basis.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to Quanterix Corp. for its Simoa neurofilament light chain plasma test, a prognostic aid that assesses risk for disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting MS.