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asplenia — missing or non-functioning spleen

overview articles
- "Preventing severe infection after splenectomy: Patients should know the risks, be immunised, and take prophylactic antibiotics", BMJ 2005
  - (response) "Risk of malaria and meningitis increases with asplenia", BMJ 2005
  - (response) Q: what about 20 year old splenectomies? A: immunisation yes, prophylactic antibiotics ... no?
- "An audit of post-splenectomy prophylaxis--are we following the guidelines?, Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2003
- "A survey of vaccine coverage and antibiotic prophylaxis in splenectomised patients in Scotland", Journal of Clinical Pathology 2002
- "Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of infection in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen", BMJ 1996
- "The immunocompromised traveller", British Medical Bulletin 1993"
more specific or more detailed
- "The paradoxical effects of splenectomy on tumor growth", Theoretical Biology & Medical Modelling 2006
- "Pulmonary hypertension after splenectomy: a consequence of loss of the splenic filter or is there something more?", Thorax 2005
- "A defective Th1 response of the spleen in the initial phase may explain why splenectomy helps prevent a Listeria infection", Clin Exp Immunol 2005
- "Avoiding infection after splenectomy", Br J Gen Pract. 1996 (basically, some doctors (mine!) don't explain how important it is to avoid severe infection)
  - god, this guy does vastly more patient education than mine ever dreamed of!
- "Splenectomy in a general hospital", J R Soc Med. 1996
- "The incidence of malaria after splenectomy in Papua New Guinea", BMJ 1995
- "Invasive meningococcal infection after splenectomy", BMJ 1994
- "Long term management after splenectomy", BMJ 1994 — LOTS of response letters
- "Postsplenectomy sepsis 10 years or more after operation", Journal of Clinical Pathology 1985
- "Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection with group B Streptococcus, Postgrad Med J. 1981
- venous thrombosis immediately after
  - "High Incidence of Thrombosis of the Portal Venous System After Laparoscopic Splenectomy", Ann Surg. 2005
  - "Ultrasound diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis following splenectomy", Postgrad Med J. 1986
- third world
  - "Patients expect splenectomy in rural Zaire", BMJ 1996 (if you need a splenectomy because of malaria, you're, well, fucked)