Systemic inflammation has been associated with reduced lung function. However, data on the interrelationships between lung function and inflammation are sparse, and it is not clear if low-grade inflammation leads to reduced lung function. Associations between high-sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP) and spirometric lung function were assessed in a population-based cohort of approximately 1,000 D...

BACKGROUND Increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases, especially coronary artery disease (CAD), during recent decades shows this disease entity to be the leading cause of death in the world. On the other hand many successes were achieved in the treatment of these diseases with new technology, which has its own side effects and threats for the patient. Among these new strategies is percutan...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted through blood transfusion. Screening ELISA, the most widely used method for HCV diagnosis, sometimes yields false-positive and false-negative results, so a confirmatory test is used. This secondary testing is labor-intensive and expensive, and thus is impractical for massive blood bank screening. Therefore, a new massive screening method wit...

BACKGROUND The measurement of C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations has been of interest as a classical marker of acute phase response; in addition, it has been of particular interest in cardiovascular risk stratification where high-sensitive measurements are necessary. Since CRP is able to bind phospholipids (mainly phosphocholine) in the presence of calcium ions, we explored the possibiliti...

Background and Objectives: Preterm labor is a serious problem in obstetrics, accounting for 70% of perinatal mortality. High sensitive C reactive protein (HS-CRP) is a sensitive marker of Inflammation. Our aim in this study was to determine Amniotic fluid hs-CRP concentration and its correlation with pre-Term delivery. Materials and methods: This prospective study was conducted on 90 pregnant w...

Acute minor ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) are common, and patients with recent stroke or TIA are at high risk for subsequent stroke. It is estimated that 10% to 20% of these patients have a stroke within 3 months after the index event, most of which even occur within the first 2 days. Though several clinical risk factors have been reported to be associated with recurrent s...

Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality because of its role in the development of optic, renal, neuropathic and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). It is major public health care problem in developed countries as well as developing areas like India. Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the serum high sensitive CReactive Protein (hs-CRP) and ...

death in the western world. In the United States, more than 70 million Americans have one or more types of CVD, and a recent report states that CVD is the cause of approximately as many deaths each year as the next five leading causes of death combined (cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents, diabetes mellitus and influenza and pneumonia) [1]. The healthcare costs associated with...

Abstract : Background of the study Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the present world. Clinical and laboratory studies have shown that inflammation plays a major role in the initiation, progression, and destabilization of atheromas. C-reactive protein (CRP), an acute phase reactant that reflects low-grade systemic inflammation, has been studi...

The issues of high costs and sophisticated circuit structures limit applicability traditional chipped sensors. This paper innovatively designs a chipless sensor based on the split-ring resonator combined with temperature-sensitive material as substrate. alumina ceramics are used sensitive for reflecting environment temperature in accordance its characteristic that dielectric constant increases ...