Abstract Objectives To investigate the relationship between ratios of C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin, neutrophil/lymphocyte (NLR), monocyte/lymphocyte (MLR), mean platelet volume (MPV)/platelet and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)/albumin in pediatric patients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia based on severity disease. Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study included 5...

PURPOSE Chronic inflammation induces cancer and cancer induces local tissue damage with systemic inflammation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the potential relationship between the severity of inflammation and prognosis in cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study enrolled 220 patients from January 2002 to December 2006 who underwent gastric surgery. We evaluated t...

Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition that varies in severity. associated with complex disorders, which incorporate metabolic syndrome, obesity and impaired glucose tolerance. Adipose tissue secretes several hormones cytokines, particular visfatin resistin could be involved the development of psoriasis by acting as pro-inflammatory or immunoregulatory factors. The aim this w...

BACKGROUND Components of the metabolic syndrome are associated with low-grade inflammation. This can be accompanied by the synthesis of sticky proteins and erythrocyte aggregation. METHODS The degree of erythrocyte aggregation was evaluated by a simple slide test and image analysis along with other markers of the acute-phase response, including the white blood cell count (WBCC), erythrocyte s...

It has been recorded that the increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of some pathological blood specimens, especially from patients with rheumatic fever, was decreased or abolished by incubation with certain preparations of hyaluronidase (1, 2). This effect was shown to be due to changes produced on the erythrocytes and not on the plasma (2) ; the erythrocytes were changed to spherocyte...

* Corresponding author. e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]. The effect of prolonged use of Iodosteryl, a polyvalent iodophorous compound, as water disinfectant, on the hematology and erythrocyte osmotic fragility of the domestic chicken was investigated. Twenty eight adult male domestic chickens of the Nera black strain were divided into four groups of seven birds p...

Objective: To examine the change in Procalcitonin (PCT) during the perioperative period of primary total hip replacement and to investigate the diagnostic value of PCT for prosthetic joint infection. Methods: Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) were measured and analysed in 36 patients with primary hip replacement both before the surgery and 1, 4, and 10 d af...