introduction ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap)  is one of the most serious and  prevalence of  complication  among patients in the intensive care unit nosocomial infections, which are often recognized after detecting symptoms. to date, there has been no proper clinical and diagnostic marker for early detection of this disease. in this study, two hcn4 and adam8 genes in patients with vap wer...

Neurological diseases are often associated with cerebrovascular dysfunction and changes in blood-brain barrier (BBB) function. This is important for two seemingly conflicting reasons. On the one hand, a leaky BBB may lead to brain disease by allowing extravasation of cells and molecules normally segregated in the periphery, while on the other hand an intact BBB may hamper drug delivery to the a...

background nephrotic syndrome (ns) characterized by a large amounts of protein into urine and a set of indications that include: protein in urine, low blood protein levels, high cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, and swelling. therefore, aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between prognosis of nephrotic syndrome and blood biomarkers level in children of arak city, i...

A series of 474 mixed cases of glaucoma was assessed to determine whether there were any genetic differences between different types of glaucoma. A careful distinction was made between chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG), acute and chronic angle closure glaucoma, ocular hypertension, low tension glaucoma, patients with large cup disc ratios, and various types of secondary glaucoma including pseu...

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is the most common pancreatic cyst and a precursor of cancer (PDAC). Since PDAC has devastatingly high mortality rate, early diagnosis treatment any lesion are rational. The safety existing guidelines on clinical management IPMN been criticized due to unsatisfactory sensitivity specificity, showing need for further markers. Blood obtained from pati...

Exploratory data analysis is a visualization approach used to extract knowledge from raw data. This can be applied medical improve healthcare providers services. In recent years, breast cancer has become more common in women and requires effective procedures detect it the early stage. this context, patients' were collected Sebha oncology center through their routine blood tests. The exploratory...

objective: to evaluate whether systemic inflammatory markers (neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (nlr), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (plr) and red blood cell distribution width (rdw) to platelet ratio (rpr)) can be used as reliable markers for the diagnosis of premature ovarian insufficiency (poi) and to determine if there is a relationship between these markers and follicle stimulating hormone (fs...

Background Nephrotic syndrome (NS) characterized by a large amounts of protein into urine and a set of indications that include: protein in urine, low blood protein levels, high cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, and swelling. Therefore, aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between prognosis of nephrotic syndrome and blood biomarkers level in children of Arak city, I...

perhaps, due to the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) on biological markers of cardiovascular such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, physiological response to reminders of trauma has become an essential part and hallmark of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (fifth edition-dsm-5, american psychiatric association, 2013). ...