DEAR DR. ROACH: We’ve lived at 6,000 feet for about 30 years. Over the years, our mean corpuscular volume (MCV) levels have slowly increased to 100 fl (the normal range being 79-97 fl). Our primary ...
Peritoneal dialysis patients with MCV of 96 fl or more had a 29% greater risk for early death compared with a reference group. SAN DIEGO—Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with macrocytosis have a ...
The study revealed that low hemoglobin, low MCV, and iron-deficiency anemia were less reliable indicators of cancer risk in Black and Asian patients compared with white patients. The discrepancy was ...