Purpose: Normal data for red cell distribution width (RDW) values in newborns are limited and inconsistent; these have been interpreted according to adult most routine blood counts. The aim of this study is evaluate the effects gestational week on newborns. Materials methods: demographic characteristics complete count (CBC) babies admitted our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit between 2017-2019 were...

AIM OF THE STUDY Data are available indicating that red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is higher in cancer patients compared to healthy individuals or benign events. In our study, we aimed to investigate the influence of different RDW levels on survival in lung cancer patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical and laboratory data from 146 patients with lung cancer and 40 healthy subjects we...

Methacholine provocation tests are aimed at determining bronchial responsiveness. Recent investigations stress the importance of considering the entire log-dose response curve, yielding not only the provocative dose producing a 20% change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) (PC20), but also the plateau value and the steepest slope of the curve (reactivity). In three control subject...

This is a good place to point out that these are only (approximating) , and not full truth. models Truth is not a model. A model, by definition, is an approximation (and not truth). In fact, out of a few million coin flips, one or more coins will remain standing on edge – that is truth. The binomial model does not allow such reality. The idea is more easily understood for the outcomes “dead" or...

BACKGROUND Ranson's criteria are widely used to evaluate severity of acute pancreatitis (AP). Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been demonstrated to be useful marker to predict mortality in these patients. The aim of the present study was to investigate correlation between Ranson score and RDW in patients with AP. METHODS Total of 202 patients with AP were included in the study. Pat...

We investigate the Japanese personal income distribution in the high income range over the 112 years 1887-1998, and that in the middle income range over the 44 years 1955-98. It is observed that the distribution pattern of the lognormal with power law tail is the universal structure. However the indexes specifying the distribution differ from year to year. One of the index characterizing the di...

The Gini index is a measure of the inequality of a distribution that can be derived from Lorenz curves. While commonly used in, e.g., economic research, it suffers from ambiguity via lack of Lorenz dominance preservation. Here, investigation of large sets of empirical distributions of incomes of the World's countries over several years indicated firstly, that the Gini indices are centered on a ...