Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder with periods of remission and relapses. The complexity of clinical presentation of the SLE patients leads to incorrect evaluation of disease activity. Mean platelet volume (MPV) has been studied as a simple inflammatory marker in several diseases. There are very few studies in the literature about platele...

Objective: The aim of our study is to show the efficacy and side effects tofacitinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: 66 Patients who were followed up rheumatology outpatient clinic, older than 18 years, used for at least three months included. Blood count, liver transaminase levels, cholesterol triglyceride C-reactive protein (CRP) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) deter...

BACKGROUND Many patients who have involuntary weight loss have cancer. The Hernandez prediction rule includes 5 variables (elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase, low albumin, high white blood cell count, and age >80 years). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of the prediction rule. METHODS We prospectively evaluated 290 consecutive inpatients an...

background: acute appendicitis (aa) is one of the most common causes of emergent surgeries. many methods are used for its diagnosis. objectives: this study was conducted to investigate the diagnostic value of mpv and rdw in acute appendicitis. patients and methods: this study was a retrospective multi-center cross sectional planned study. the study included 260 patients operated for aa and 158 ...

OBJECTIVE Disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was often measured by the 28-joint count disease activity score (DAS-28), which consists of 28 swollen and tender joint counts, patient's assessment of disease activity (visual analog scale [VAS]) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. C-reactive protein was also used to measure disease activity in RA patients. The aim was to explore...

The freshwater fishes are an important source of animal protein to human population. They are adversely affected by aquatic pollutants such as pesticides used in agriculture, which are easily washed off into the water bodies. The effect may be direct when the pesticide is absorbed into the body through the skin, gill, intestine, wound, etc. It may be indirect when the pesticide alters the quali...

Abstract. To investigate the effects of high temperature on hematologic parameters of human blood, we assessed complete blood cell counts, red cell indices, and platelet aggregability in 72 adult blood samples after exposure to varying degrees of temperature. There were no significant differences in erythrocyte counts, hemoglobin concentration, or mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) between pre- ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the predictors of CD4+ lymphocyte count among pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS Between 04/1995 and 03/1997, HIV-seropositive (n=1,027) and HIV-seronegative (n=280) pregnant women were interviewed to obtain socio-demographic characteristics. Later, blood samples was collected for determination of T-lymphocyte subsets and other haematological indices. ...

A woman born in September 1912 was examined at the Mayo Clinic in March 1971. She had a history of chronic anxiety state and functional fatigue. For at least 35 yr she had been mildly anemic, and various treatments given elsewhere, including iron, liver extract, and vitamin B,2, had not helped her. Fifteen years before her present admission she had had a bone marrow study that was interpreted a...