Sentence examples for impaired splenic function from inspiring English sources

It has been suggested that these changes in splenic function are due to two components of splenic hypofunction in active disease: first, impaired splenic function, which may deteriorate during high disease activity, but may improve with treatment, and second, splenic atrophy, which may lead to irreversible loss of volume and therefore also irreversible loss of function.

What are some causes of impaired splenic function?

Capillary sequestration also impairs splenic clearance of infected red blood cells.

Recent in vitro experiments have shown that Bd impairs splenic lymphocyte proliferation and induces apoptosis (Fites et al. 2013).

In rodents methamphetamine impairs splenic lymphocyte function and produces immunosuppression [23], [24], which could contribute to the higher rate of infections in methamphetamine abusers (i.e., TB, HIV).

If splenic function is impaired, prevention against severe invasive infection with encapsulated bacteria are a major priority.

When malaria parasites invade the spleen and induce splenomegaly, splenic function tends to be impaired.

Furthermore, there was a good correlation between volume of functional splenic tissue and splenic function measured using 99mTc-labelled heat-altered erythrocyte clearance rates from the circulation.

Following surgery, children with HS had increased hemoglobin values, decreased reticulocyte and bilirubin levels, and preserved splenic function.

CONCLUSIONS: In children with hereditary spherocytosis, a partial splenectomy appears to control hemolysis while retaining splenic function.

However, patients with diminished splenic function are difficult to identify.