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plethora

Pathol obsolete a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face
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plethora

[′pleth·ə·rə]
(medicine)
An excess of blood in an organ or the circulatory system.
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plethora

An abundance or excess.
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Plethora

 

an increase in the volume of blood. An increase in the total quantity of blood in the human body is called generalized plethora; localized congestion from blood stasis can also occur in organs, such as the brain or spleen.

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The DRIVE-II Study was a 6-week follow-up extension to the DRIVE Study, designed to determine the impact of the repletion course of ferric gluconate given during DRIVE on ESA doses.
A model using intake and supplement dosing, equivalent to need, includes lower supplemental dosing when in a healthy and preventive state, progressively elevated doses for a time in repletion or disease states, and lower maintenance doses when balance is restored.
The feeding activity during the year seasons, estimated from the stomach repletion indexes, defines with better accuracy the time during which the fish present better feeding conditions (Raposo and Gurgel, 2003).
"Shell repletion programs should be terminated if their intent is restoration rather than maintenance.
In this regard, G6PD plays an important role in repletion of reduced-glutathione concentrations and minimizing oxidative damage.
Following a repletion course of IV iron, nurses need to assess the ESA dose in order to more smoothly manage Hb levels into the target range, thereby avoiding the erratic movements of Hb.
The longevity and the values of the condition factor, gonadosomatic and gastric repletion were also calculated.
The stomachic repletion stages (SRS) were determined by visual quantitative evaluation of stomach contents, being classified: SRS I is an empty stomach; SRS II, semi-full stomach; and SRS III, full stomach.
Multiple methods have been used to describe the coronary paths and ramifications, such as direct dissection after formaldehyde fixation Crick et al., dissectible casting after polymeric repletion (Moore, 1930; Blair, 1961; Ozgel et al., 2004; Moura Junior et al., 2009; Oliveira et al., 2010; Gomez & Ballesteros, 2013); cardiac tissue digestion with corrosive agents (Blair; Bertho & Gagnon, 1964; Roldan & Blanquez Layunta, 1982; Weaver et al., 1986), clearing with wintergreen oil (Abramson et al, 1933; Moore et al., 2008) and radiological tools applied to obtain post mortem images of the heart (Rodrigues et al., 2005).
Although the B cell repletion did not change in proportion, it was found to spread over a longer period in the higher dose groups.
While there are no studies currently on treating sperm, studies on repletion of cellular hypomethylation with folate supplementation in adults is promising.
In the same healthy cohort, repletion of Lactobacillus by probiotic supplementation normalized systolic blood pressure, which had become elevated with increased dietary sodium.
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