Introduction: Serious reproductive health consequences linked to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) include infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Thus, it is important to identify patients likely to have a poor prognosis in choosing the best initial treatment. The aim of our study was to identify the valuable prognosis predictors of PID among the hospitalized patients and determined cut off values ...

Case 1 A 69-year–old woman, with an aortic bioprosthetic valve implanted 2 years before, was referred to our department because of a suspicion of endocarditis. She had experienced fever for 1 week, and Haemophilus parainfluenza was identified in 1 blood culture. The total white blood count (WBC) was 12 10/L, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was 60 mm. The first transthoracic and tra...

Dear Editor: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is commonly determined in laboratory blood testing and is often elevated in patients with underlying systemic disorders. In 1983, Miller et al.1 clarified the upper limits of ESR and, since then, these parameters have been widely applied in clinical practice. In a study of the upper limits of ESR based on 26 836 healthy men and 1076 nonpregn...

Background: In patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inflammatory markers such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) are often elevated. Increases in these biomarkers have been linked to periodontal diseases. Objectives: This study aimed investigate the impact of oral health education on SLE. Methods: this field trial study, 40 SLE no dent...

Background DAS28 (disease activity score 28) is elevated in the 20-30% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have comorbid fibromyalgia (FM), largely on basis tender joint count (TJC) and patient global assessment (PATGL) [rather than swollen (SJC) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)]. 1 High absence clinical inflammatory may suggest inappropriate treatment escalation and/or change...

Case 1 A 69-year–old woman, with an aortic bioprosthetic valve implanted 2 years before, was referred to our department because of a suspicion of endocarditis. She had experienced fever for 1 week, and Haemophilus parainfluenza was identified in 1 blood culture. The total white blood count (WBC) was 12 10/L, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was 60 mm. The first transthoracic and tra...

BACKGROUND Prohepcidin is one of the regulators of iron metabolism. Few studies examined its relation with solid tumors (ST), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in children. METHODS We measured serum prohepcidin (SP), soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), serum ferritin (SF), serum iron (SI), transferrin saturation (TS), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C...

Temporal (giant cell) arteritis is a systemic granulomatous vasculitis primarily involving branches of the carotid arteries in patients aged 50 years and greater. Its classic symptoms and signs are headache and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), but this is not the only presentation. This case is the first reported in a Korean, whose chief complaint was pain in the tongue and headac...

Background: Studies found that increased C-reactive protein (CRP) levels could be used as a marker of psoriasis arthritis (PsA) severity. However, CRP is usually normal in patients with PsA. Objective: To better understand the relationship between and subtypes PsA real-world clinical practice. Methods: In this retrospective study, were divided into two groups: ≤ 8 mg/dl (normal) ＞8 (elevated). ...