In acutely ill children, synbiotics have been linked to greater weight gain and fewer bacterial illnesses after antibiotics are ended. The evidence consistently supports supplementation of antibiotics with probiotics. [goodearthnaturalfoods.com]

One SB0 case with exceptionally high HbF (32 per cent) with severe clinical course was found. In this case, the high HbF did not ameliorate the clinical severity. Heterogeneity in each type of sickle cell/beta-thalassemia is discussed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

NT-proBNP levels correlated with measures of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity and right ventricular systolic pressure), left atrial area and diastolic dysfunction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Seventeen (32%) patients had osteopenia/osteoporosis and 30 (57%) had osteosclerosis. Bone resorption was diminished in patients with osteosclerosis and increased in those with osteopenia/osteoporosis. [haematologica.org]

Four had mild proteinuria, and six had microalbuminuria. Serum EPO and aldosterone were higher in S-beta thal patients than controls, but there was no difference in PRA between the two groups. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

One third of the S/b thai patients showed hyperuricosuria, and a statistically significant negative correlation was noted between serum uric acid and its fractional excretion in all S/b thai patients (n 41, r -0.450, p 0.01). [karger.com]