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We describe a case of carbon monoxide poisoning in a 54-year-old male from heavy cigarette smoking presenting as delusions. The patient has a history of methamphetamine-induced schizophrenia now in remission for 2 years, and not on any psychotropics and is drug-free.
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Objective:To investigate the relationship between white blood cells, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio(NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio(PLR) and monocyte-lymphocyte ratio(MLR) with patients suffering from first episode depression.Methods:This retrospective study was conducted among inpatients of Hebei General Hospital from January 2021 to December 2021.Ultimately, 193 patients with first-episode depression were enrolled.According to the score of Hamilton depression scale-24 (HAMD-24), the patients were divided into mild-moderate depression group(20≤HAMD-24<35 score, n=98) and severe depression group (HAMD-24 score ≥35, n=95). White blood cells and the counts of each cell subtype were detected and the NLR, MLR and PLR were calculated.SPSS 25.0 statistical software was used to analyze the data.Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare differences in the two groups and Binary Logistic regression analyses were performed to recognize the predictive factors of the severity of first episode depression. Results:(1) The white blood cells and NLR in the severe depression group were significantly higher than those in the mild-moderate depression group (white blood cells: 5.77(2.05)×10 9/L vs 5.11(1.31)×10 9/L; NLR: 1.86 (1.04) vs 1.57(0.55), P<0.05). There were no significant differences in PLR and MLR between the two groups ( P>0.05). (2)Multiple regression analysis of NLR, white blood cells and HAMD-24 score showed that there were significant differences in the effect of different white blood cells and NLR levels on HAMD-24 score( B=1.398, P=0.003; B=2.624, P=0.001). (3)Binary Logistic regression revealed that white blood cell count and NLR were risk factors for the severity of depression patients( OR were 1.612 and 2.336, respectively, P<0.05). Conclusion:The results suggest that white blood cells and NLR may be relate with the severity of first episode depression.
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Objective:To investigate the clinical situation of 201 emergency adult sudden death patients, and analyze the influence of white blood cell count and arterial blood lactate level on prognosis.Methods:The clinical data of 201 patients diagnosed with sudden death in the emergency department of Medical College of Cangzhou people's Hospital from January 2017 to January 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The gender, age, disease composition and etiology of the patients were statistically analyzed. The independent sample t-test was used to compare the measurement data with normal distribution, the χ 2 test or Fisher exact probability method was used to compare the counting data between groups, and the logistic regression model was used to screen the risk factors of emergency death, and the impact of white blood cell count and arterial blood lactate level on the prognosis was analyzed. Results:After active rescue, 11.44% (23/201) of the patients were successfully rescued, and 88.56% (178/201) of the patients were ineffective; ≥46-≤65 years old was the age group with high incidence of sudden death (55.22%(111/201)). The proportion of male (43.28% (87/201), 23.38% (42/201)) in the age group of ≥46-≤65 years old and the age group over 65 years old were higher than that of female (11.94% (24/201), 14.43% (29/201)), with a statistically significant difference (χ 2=4.801, 9.209; P=0.028, 0.002). In the past history of sudden death patients, the proportion of cardiovascular disease (53.23% (107/201)) was the highest; the proportion of patients may have inducements before sudden death was 74.13% (149/201), the proportion of patients have premonitory symptoms before sudden death was 67.66% (136/201), and sudden cardiac death was the first cause. Logistic regression analysis showed that white blood cell count ( OR=4.442,95% CI: 1.898-10.395), arterial blood lactic acid concentration ( OR=4.272,95% CI: 2.024-9.016), and albumin concentration ( OR=2.657,95% CI: 1.302-5.422) were independent risk factors affecting emergency sudden death patients ( P values were 0.001, <0.001, 0.007, respectively). Conclusions:There are some differences in gender, age and past history of adult sudden death patients. Most of them have premonitory symptoms and inducements. Sudden cardiac death is the primary cause. The increases of white blood cell count and lactic acid level, the decrease of albumin level are the risk factors of sudden death.
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Objective:To explore the value of body temperature, pediatric clinical illness score(PCIS), white blood cell count (WBC), plasma C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT) and pro-adrenomedullin (pro-ADM) in predicting nosocomial infection in PICU.Methods:From June 2016 to March 2017, the critically ill children in PICU of Children′s Hospital of Fudan University were selected and divided into nosocomial infection group and non nosocomial infection group according to the diagnostic criteria of nosocomial infection.The body temperature, PCIS, WBC, CRP, PCT and pro-ADM were recorded at 4 hours (T1), (48±1) hours (T2), (120±1) hours (T3) and (192±1) hours (T4) after admission, and their predictive value of each index, which was the closest time point (Th) to nosocomial infection was analyzed.Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves were performed to calculate the areas under the curves (AUC), sensitivity and specificity, and multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to study the risk factors of nosocomial infection.Results:A total of 85 cases were included, including 27 cases in nosocomial infection group and 58 cases in non nosocomial infection group.There was no significant difference in age, weight, body temperature, WBC, PCT, pro-ADM, primary disease and invasive operation between two groups (all P>0.05). There were significant differences in gender, PCIS, CRP, intubation rate and central venous catheterization rate ( P<0.05), when patients were admitted to PICU.At Th, the differences of body temperature, PCIS, CRP, PCT and pro-ADM between two groups were statistically significant ( P<0.05), as well as the AUC were 0.787, 0.755, 0.709, 0.704 and 0.809, respectively, as well as the best cut-off values for predicting nosocomial infection were 38.0 ℃, 87 points, 14.5 mg/L, 0.28 ng/mL and 0.67 nmol/L, respectively.There was no significant difference regarding WBC between two groups ( P>0.05). PCIS may be an independent risk factor for nosocomial infection( OR=0.978, 95% CI 95.9-99.9, P<0.05). Conclusion:Pro-ADM has high sensitivity and specificity in predicting nosocomial infection, and PCIS is an independent risk factor for nosocomial infection.
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@#Objective To investigate the risk factors for early in-hospital death in patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection and emergency surgical treatment. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 189 patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection who underwent surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University between January 2017 and January 2020. There were 160 males and 29 females with an average age of 46.35±9.17 years. All patients underwent surgical treatment within 24 hours. The patients were divided into a survival group (n=160) and a death group (n=29) according to their outcome (survival or death) during hospitalization in our hospital. Perioperative clinical data were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Results The overall in-hospital mortality was 15.34% (29/189). There was a statistical difference between the two groups in white blood cell count, blood glucose, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), bilirubin, creatinine, operative method, operation time, aortic occlusion time, or cardiopulmonary bypass time (P<0.05). Multivariate regression identified white blood cell count [OR=1.142, 95%CI (1.008, 1.293)], bilirubin [OR=0.906, 95%CI (0.833, 0.985)], creatinine [OR=1.009, 95%CI (1.000, 1.017)], cardiopulmonary bypass time [OR=1.013, 95%CI (1.003, 1.024)] as postoperative risk factors for early in-hospital death in the patients undergoing acute Stanford type A aortic dissection surgery (P<0.05). Conclusion Our study demonstrated that white blood cell, bilirubin, creatinine and cardiopulmonary bypass time are independent risk factors for in-hospital death after acute Stanford type A aortic dissection surgery.
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Objective:To investigate the diagnostic value of neutrophil CD64 index in sepsis patients in intensive care unit (ICU).Methods:A prospective case-control study was conducted, the patients admitted to ICU of Jiangbei People's Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University from December 2016 to June 2020 were enrolled. According to the criteria of Sepsis 3, 107 patients diagnosed with sepsis were classified as the sepsis group, 112 patients without infection were classified as control group. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected within 24 hours after ICU admission, neutrophil CD64 index, C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), white blood cell count (WBC) were detected. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of neutrophil CD64 index, CRP, PCT and WBC for sepsis.Results:The neutrophil CD64 index, CRP and PCT in sepsis group were significantly higher than those in control group [neutrophil CD64 index: 9.03±5.59 vs. 3.18±1.50, CRP (mg/L): 146.9±68.3 vs. 46.5±35.8, PCT (ng/L): 31.82±14.71 vs. 1.87±1.42, all P < 0.05]. ROC curve analysis showed that neutrophil CD64 index, CRP and PCT had certain diagnostic value for sepsis, the area under ROC curve (AUC) were 0.924, 0.915 and 0.879, respectively, the 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were 0.871-0.978, 0.855-0.975, 0.807-0.951, respectively, P values were 0.016, 0.017 and 0.026, respectively. Among the three indicators, the diagnostic value of neutrophil CD64 index was much higher. When the optimal cut-off value was 4.32, the sensitivity and specificity were 83.6% and 88.7%, respectively, which were higher than the sensitivity (75.1%, 76.3%) and specificity (87.2%, 82.5%) of CRP and PCT. Conclusion:Neutrophil CD64 index is a valuable biomarker for the diagnosis of sepsis in ICU.
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Background@#Establishment of quantitative reference intervals of white blood cells and its subpopulations using a high accuracy analytic system is essential for clinical medicine, public health, and anthropology. We are unable to identify peer-reviewed literature sources describing white blood cell counts and their subpopulations using monoclonal antibodies to specific surface antigens in healthy Mongolians. This study aimed to measure the counts of white blood cells and their subpopulations in healthy Mongolians using flowcytometry. @*Materials and Methods@#The absolute number (cell/L) of leukocytes (CD45+), granulocytes, monocytes and lymphocytes were measured by Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting Assay (MACSQuant Analyzer 10) in 287 blood donors (158 males and 129 females) 17-64 years of age (mean age 33.1±12.4). Peripheral blood samples were collected at the time of blood donation at the National Center for Transfusion Medicine.@*Results@#The mean values of leukocytes and granulocytes were lower in donors over 30 years of age (ANOVA: F=4.408, p=0.002 and F=5.685, p=0.001) and regression analysis demonstrated indirect correlation between counts of these cells and age of donors (r= - 0.198, p=0.001 and r=-0.221, p=0.001, respectively). Gender-related differences in white blood cell counts were not found.</br> Mean value of lymphocyte count in donors investigated in spring (May and March, n = 87; 2224.6±775.3) was significantly higher than those in winter (December – February, n=180; 1613.2±454.3, p=0.001) and autumn (October, n=20; 1576.1±438.6, p= 0.001). </br> Comparing of our findings with the data from available literature shown that healthy Mongolians have lower leukocyte count compared with Koreans, Chinese Han population and lower mean value of lymphocyte count comparing with Korean, Chinese Han population, and Arabian (Saudi Arabia) populations.
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BACKGROUND: Obtaining synovial fluid for diagnostic test of periprosthetic joint infection is invasive and painful to patients. Platelet count is a regular blood test which has been used as a possible predictor of several infectious diseases. Presumably, it could be one of the indicators of periprosthetic joint infection. OBJECTIVE: To identify the accuracies of platelet combined with white blood cell, erythrocyte sedimentation rate or C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection. METHODS: Patients undergoing revision arthroplasty from March 2013 to December 2018 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine were retrospectively enrolled. A diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection was confirmed in 77 patients according to the criterions from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society; the remaining 137 patients were confirmed as aseptic cases. White blood cell, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or C-reactive protein and platelet count were compared between the two groups. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were calculated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The platelet values were significantly increased in periprosthetic joint infection cases. Sensitivity and specificity of the platelet for periprosthetic joint infection were 64.94% and 86.13%, respectively. Platelet demonstrated a higher accuracy when compared to erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. In such cases, the platelet shows a certain reference value in confirming the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection. Platelet was enough used as adjunct diagnostic tool in patients suspected with periprosthetic joint infection.
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BACKGROUND: Obtaining synovial fluid for diagnostic test of periprosthetic joint infection is invasive and painful to patients. Platelet count is a regular blood test which has been used as a possible predictor of several infectious diseases. Presumably, it could be one of the indicators of periprosthetic joint infection. OBJECTIVE: To identify the accuracies of platelet combined with white blood cell, erythrocyte sedimentation rate or C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection. METHODS: Patients undergoing revision arthroplasty from March 2013 to December 2018 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine were retrospectively enrolled. A diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection was confirmed in 77 patients according to the criterions from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society; the remaining 137 patients were confirmed as aseptic cases. White blood cell, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or C-reactive protein and platelet count were compared between the two groups. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were calculated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The platelet values were significantly increased in periprosthetic joint infection cases. Sensitivity and specificity of the platelet for periprosthetic joint infection were 64.94％ and 86.13％, respectively. Platelet demonstrated a higher accuracy when compared to erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. In such cases, the platelet shows a certain reference value in confirming the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection. Platelet was enough used as adjunct diagnostic tool in patients suspected with periprosthetic joint infection.
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Background: Anemia is characterized by reduction in number of red blood cells or their oxygen carrying capacity to meet physiologic needs. It varies by age, sex, altitude, smoking, and pregnancy status. India has the uppermost prevalence (39.86%) of anemia among the 16MM i.e. 16 major pharmaceutical markets such as United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and South Korea.4 In India, a survey (2016) reported that the prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age was 51.40%; pre-school children was 57.30%, and among non-pregnant women was 51.50%. Methods: The duration of study was over a period of one year. Study Area:-This study was conducted in Department of pediatrics in K M Medical College & Hospital, Mathura.100 total numbers of cases were included in this study. Results: The prevalence of anemia was moderate which were in 48 % cases followed by 24% mild,19% not anemic & 9% severe. Conclusions: This study concludes that the main reason behind this high percentage of children with anemia in this age group is prolonged breast feeding, inadequate weaning practices. They are lacking iron and other micronutrient rich diet. It should be provided to the children.
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Objective: To clarify the antitussive, expectorant, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects of Tanreqing inhalation solution, and provide basis and data support for further research and development of this preparation. Method: The methods of cough induced by ammonia and tracheal phenol red excretion were used to observe the antitussive and expectorant effects of Tanreqing inhalation solution in mice. The fever model of rats was established by intraperitoneal injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide(LPS) to observe the antipyretic effect of the Tanreqing inhalation solution, the acute pneumonia model of rats was established by atomizing LPS inhalation, and the anti-inflammatory effect of Tanreqing inhalation solution was observed. Result: Tanreqing inhalation solution could reduce the number of coughs in mice induced by ammonia water, increase the amount of phenol red excretion in mouse trachea, decrease the levels of body temperature and its related regulatory factors of prostaglandin E2(PGE2) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate(cAMP) of rats induced by LPS, decrease the white blood cell(WBC) count and the neutrophil ratio(NEUT) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF) of rats with LPS-induced acute pneumonia, and reduce the levels of nuclear transcription factor-κB(NF-κB) and interleukin-1β(IL-1β) in lung tissue. Conclusion: Tanreqing inhalation solution has obvious antitussive, expectorant, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects, which is worthy of further development and promotion.
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Objective: To investigate the distribution of JAK2V617F mutation in the patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), to explore the association between JAK2V617F mutation and the clinical features of MPN, and to clarify its clinical significance in the diagnosis and treatment of the MPN patients. Methods: A total of 170 patients with MPN were selected as the subjects and divided into true polycythemia (PV) group (n=68), primary thrombocytopenia (ET) group (n=88) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) group (n=14). The JAK2V617F mutations in 170 patients with MPN were detected by allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR). The differences in gender, age, white blood cell count, hemoglobin, platelet count, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), D-dimer, whether complicated with splenomegaly and thromboembolism of the JAK2V617F mutant-type and wild-type patients in each group were analyzed. Results: The total mutation rate of JAK2V617F mutation in 170 patients with MPN was 68. 2% (116/170), and the mutation rates in PV, ET, and PMF groups were 72. 1% (49/68), 68. 1% (60/88), and 50. 0% (7/14), respectively. The JAK2V617F mutation rate in PV group was higher than those in the other two groups, but there were no statistical differences (P = 0. 281). Compared with wild type group, the age of onset, the white blood cell and platelet counts of the PV patients with JAK2V617F mutation were significantly increased (P
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To evaluate the prognostic value of early white blood cell count (WBC) in patient of acute paraquat poisoning. Methods The literatures about the studies on early WBC and prognosis after paraquat poisoning published in journals at home and abroad were searched. The Chinese literature database contained CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Database, and China Biomedicine Database (CBM), and the journals were limited to the core journals. The foreign language database included PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library clinical controlled trial database. The retrieval date was from the initial publication to April 22nd in 2019, without the limitation of languages. Two researchers independently extracted literature information, and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to evaluate literature quality. The odds ratio (OR), sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and the area under the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) were combined and analyzed through the Stata 15.0 software to evaluate the predictive value of early WBC after acute paraquat poisoning. Publication bias was analyzed by Deeks funnel graph. Results There were 7 retrospective studies and 1 prospective study in a total of 980 paraquat poisoning patients, 5 of them were English literatures, the others were Chinese literatures. There was no heterogeneity among the studies (I 2 = 43.5%, P > 0.05). The OR and its 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of the literature was combined through the fixed effect model. The Meta-analysis results were statistically significant (OR = 18.63, 95%CI = 13.63-25.48, P < 0.001), suggesting that the WBC was significantly correlated with the mortality of patients. The combined sensitivity, specificity, PLR, NLR and DOR were 0.75 (95%CI = 0.66-0.82), 0.85 (95%CI = 0.80-0.90), 5.14 (95%CI = 3.86-6.86), 0.29 (95%CI = 0.22-0.39), 17.53 (95%CI = 12.23-25.13) respectively, and the area under the SROC of the WBC was 0.88 (95%CI = 0.85-0.91). Deeks funnel plot was symmetrical (P = 0.21), and there was no obvious publication bias. Conclusion The early WBC has a certain predictive value for the prognosis of acute paraquat poisoning patients.
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@#AIM:To investigate the clinical value of serum amyloid A(SAA)in the diagnosis of infectious endophthalmitis. <p>METHODS:A total of 270 patients admitted to the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from June 2016 to March 2019 were collected, including 116 patients with infectious endophthalmitis as the experimental group and 154 non-infectious patients as the control group. The levels of SAA was detected by colloidal gold immunochromatography. Variables were compared and diagnostic value was measured by using receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve.<p>RESULTS:The median levels of SAA in experimental group and control group were 14.98mg/L and 2.56mg/L, respectively,the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(<i>P</i><0.001); the median levels of CRP and WBC had statistic difference between two groups, respectively(<i>P</i><0.001). The area under the ROC curve of SAA, CRP and WBC for diagnosis of infectious endophthalmitis were 0.772, 0.638 and 0.618 respectively. The optimal cut-off value corresponding to the maximum value of Youden index was 6.975mg/L by SAA, the sensitivity was 63.79% and the specificity was 84.42%.<p>CONCLUSION: SAA combined with CRP and WBC can improve the diagnostic efficacy of infective endophthalmitis. SAA can provide useful reference information for the assistant diagnosis of infectious endophthalmitis, which is worthy of clinical application.
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O objetivo do estudo foi conhecer a influência do período peri-parto sobre parâmetros avaliados no hemograma de vacas leiteiras. Foram utilizadas 25 vacas mestiças (Holandês x Zebu) e avaliados os seguintes parâmetros: volume globular, contagem de eritrócitos, concentração de hemoglobina, concentração de proteína plasmática total, concentração de fibrinogênio plasmático, leucometria global e específica. As amostras de sangue foram colhidas semanalmente, com início na 4ª semana anterior ao parto etérmino na 4ª semana após o parto. Para análise quantitativa dos dados, foi utilizada análise da variância (ANOVA), regressão linear e teste t de Student a 5% de probabilidade (p<0,05). Os resultados indicaram um decréscimo (p<0,05) na contagem de eritrócitos do pré-parto ao pós-parto, apesar destes valores permanecerem dentro dos limites de referência. No leucograma, observou-se leucocitose com neutrofilia, linfocitose e monocitose no período anterior ao parto, seguido de decréscimos das médias aos limites fisiológicos no pós-parto, efeitos estes característicos da estimulação adrenérgica, principalmente no momento do parto. Proteínas plasmáticas e fibrinogênio foram os parâmetros que sofreram menos alterações no período estudado. Com base nos resultados do presente estudo, ressalta-se a importância do acompanhamento dos parâmetros do leucograma no peri-parto a fim de caracterizar melhor a possibilidade de processos inflamatórios, infecciosos ou alterações relacionadas ao estresse do manejo inadequado, visto que no momento do peri-parto, as vacas tornam-se momentaneamente mais susceptíveis a enfermidades infecciosas. Por isso, a necessidade de um eficiente manejo profilático para evitar a ocorrência de doenças.
This study aimed to analyze the influence of peripartum on hematological parameters of dairy cows. We used 25 crossbred cows (Holstein x Zebu) to determine the following parameters: globular volume, erythrocyte count, hemoglobin content, total plasma protein, plasma fibrinogen, total leukocytes and leukometry specific. Blood collections were made every week starting at four weeks before the birth and ending at four weeks after parturition. For quantitative analysis of the various parameters studied was used analysis of variance (ANOVA), linear regression and Student t-test at 5% probability (p <0.05). The results showed fewer erythrocytes postpartum when compared with antepartum, although remaining in the reference values for the species. In the leukogram, leukocytosis was observed with neutrophilia, lymphocytosis and monocytosis in the period before parturition, followed by decreases to the physiological limits in the postpartum period, which are characteristic of adrenergic stimulation, especially at the time of parturition. Plasma proteins and fibrinogen were the parameters that suffered the least changes in the studied period. Based on the results of the present study, it is important to follow the leukogram parameters in the peripartum, in order to better characterize the possibility of inflammatory, infectious or stress-related changes in the inadequate management, since at the moment of peripartum, cows become momentarily more susceptible to infectious diseases. Therefore, the need for an efficient prophylactic management to avoid the occurrence of diseases.
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Introduction: The signs and symptoms of influenza B are commonly ignored. Therefore, very few clinical reports are available. This study is an attempt to evaluate the clinical features and characteristics of influenza B virus-associated pneumonia patients. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the microbiological and characteristics of influenza B virus-associated pneumonia patients. Methodology: Patients with <16 years old with a clinical diagnosis of influenza B virus infection and who had chest radiography within 2 days were enrolled. A total of 49 patients were categorised as the pneumonia group by clinical symptoms and chest X-ray (CXR) findings, whereas 107 patients were categorised as the non-pneumonia group based on the laboratory data and normal CXR findings. Results: The study observed that the age of the patients in the pneumonia group was significantly younger than the non-pneumonia group. The white blood cell (WBC) count of the pneumonia group was also higher. However, the haemoglobin (Hgb) level was lower in the pneumonia group. The C-reactive protein (CRP) level of the pneumonia group was also significantly high. The CXR findings revealed that 28.57% of patients had alveolar consolidation, 32.65% had interstitial infiltration and 40.82% had ground glass opacity. Conclusions: High clinical suspicion is required to detect pneumonia in influenza B virus patients. Based on the CXR findings, the study also suggests that patients with pleural effusion and positive bacterial culture need more attention for the severity of clinical outcome. Moreover, critical care should be given to paediatric patients having higher WBC count, higher CRP level and lower Hgb. These parameters would be helpful to differentiate primary pneumonia from non-pneumonic influenza.
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Background@#After the first examination of patients with lymphoma diagnosis, important laboratory tests such as complete blood count; albumin, kidney and liver function tests; uric acid; β2-microglobulin; C-reactive protein (CRP); erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) examinations are recommended. In this study, our aim was to find the relationship between laboratory parameters and the maximum standard uptake value (SUV) of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with lymphoma at the diagnosis and after treatment.@*Methods@#Thirty-four lymphoma patients treated at Mustafa Kemal University Internal Medicine Clinic between 2014 and 2017 were included in this retrospective study. Results of CRP, ESR, LDH, albumin, and white blood cell (WBC) count were recorded before each PET scan test, and each parameter was analyzed for correlation with SUVmeasurements.@*Results@#Spearman's correlation test showed that the after-treatment SUVvalues were significantly correlated with the after-treatment LDH, ESR, and CRP values (for LDH, ESR, and CRP, R: 0.453, 0.426, and 0.351; P = 0.007, 0.012, and 0.042, respectively). On the other hand, albumin and WBC count did not show a significant correlation with the after-treatment SUVvalues (all P > 0.05).@*Conclusions@#CRP, ESR, and LDH values may also be good predictors in patients for whom PET/CT imaging cannot be performed.
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Humans , Blood Sedimentation , C-Reactive Protein , Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 , L-Lactate Dehydrogenase , Lymphoma , Diagnostic Imaging , Multimodal Imaging , Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography , Positron-Emission Tomography , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Objective To explore the association between prognostic nutritional index(PNI) and prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients before radiochemotherapy.Methods A total of 153 newly diagnosed NPC patients in Sichuan Cancer Hospital were retrospectively reviewed.The hematological parameters and clinical characteristics before radiochemotherapy were collected,and the follow up for these patients was conducted.The effects of pretreatment hematological parameters and PNI on overall survival were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier method.The variables identified as statistically significant differences were further analyzed with multivariate Cox regression analysis.Results The 3,5 and 10-year overall survival were 89.54％,83％ and 75.16％.Both PNI and white blood cell count (WBC) before radiochemotherapy were the independent prognostic indicators for NPC in Cox regression analysis.The 3,5 and 10-year overall survival of NPC in PNI ≤49.45 group were lower than those of PNI ＞ 49.45 group.Conclusion PNI and WBC should be the independent prognostic indicators for NPC and closely relate to overall survival of NPC patients.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of delayed pre-job occupational health examination on occupational health surveillance by analyzing the results of pre-job occupational health examinations in radiation exposed workers. METHODS: A convenience sampling method was used to select 1 385 radiation workers as the research subjects in Guangdong Province in 2016 at a pre-job occupational health examination. Workers who did not engage in radiation work were selected as control group. Workers who engaged in radiation work but did not take pre-job occupational health examinations were selected as observation group. The difference of the results of occupational health examination between the two groups was analyzed. RESULTS: The proportion of the observation group was 55. 8%(773/1 385). The abnormal rates of the white blood cell( WBC) count,“double + ring”rate and lens in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(9. 3% vs 5. 7%,6. 0% vs 3. 6%,6. 2% vs 3. 6%,P < 0. 05),respectively. The WBC count in the observation group was lower than that in the control group [(6. 1 ± 1. 5) × 10~9/L vs(6. 7 ± 1. 5) × 10~9/L,P < 0. 01]. The contents of the thyroid stimulating hormone and triiodothyronine in the observation group were higher than those in the control group[(1. 3 ± 0. 4) m U/L vs(1. 2 ± 0. 3) m U/L,(1. 8 ± 0. 4) nmol/L vs(1. 7 ± 0. 5) nmol/L,P < 0. 01]. The tetraiodothyronine level in the observation group was lower than that in the control group [( 110. 8 ± 22. 4) nmol/L vs(113. 8 ± 23. 2) nmol/L,P < 0. 05]. CONCLUSION: The delay of pre-job occupational health examination of radiation exposed workers affects the examination results and the accuracy of basic health records.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of ginger-partitioned moxibustion in treating myelo- suppression induced by chemotherapy for multiple myeloma (MM), and to discuss the effect of ginger-partitioned moxibustion in preventing and treating the adverse reactions of chemotherapy.Method Forty-four MM patients with myelosuppression induced by chemotherapy were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 22 cases each. The treatment group was intervened by ginger-partitioned moxibustion, while the control group was intervened by oral administration of Leukogen tablets, both for 14 d. The white blood cell (WBC) count was observed before the treatment, on treatment day 7 and 14, and 1 week after the intervention; the incidence of nausea and vomit and clinical efficacies were compared between the two groups.Result The total effective rate was 81.8% in the treatment group versus 63.6% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P0.05); there was no significant difference in comparing the WBC count 1 week after the treatment between the two groups (P>0.05). The incidence of nausea and vomit in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group after the treatment (P<0.05).Conclusion Ginger-partitioned moxi- bustion can effectively treat myelosuppression due to chemotherapy for MM, and it can significantly increase the WBC count.