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Asociación de biomarcadores y severidad de COVID-19: estudio transversal

Medwave; 22 (6), 2022
Introducción COVID- 19, es una enfermedad que ha cobrado la vida de muchas personas. Sin embargo, las alteraciones en los perfiles de labora-torio en la ciudad de Tacna, no han sido establecidas de manera precisa en asociacion a su gravedad para apoyo en el diagnostico y tratamiento. Objetivo Determinar...

Proteína C reactiva y su relación con las complicaciones posoperatorias en cirugía colorrectal electiva

Rev. argent. cir; 114 (2), 2022
RESUMEN Antecedentes: el uso de la proteína C reactiva (PCR) ha adquirido relevancia como identificador de complicaciones posoperatorias La morbilidad en cirugía colorrectal se estima en un 30% de los pacientes operados, lo que demanda medidas para su temprana identificación y terapéutica. Objetivo...

Arteritis de células gigantes: ¿Cómo debutan pacientes chilenos? Análisis de casos y revisión de la literatura

Rev. med. Chile; 150 (6), 2022
BACKGROUND: Giant cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in patients over 50 years. Diagnosis is based on clinical, laboratory, imaging and biopsy. Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) may be inconclusive in up to 40% of patients. AIM: To describe disease features of patients diagnosed with ...

Estrés académico asociado a proteína C-reactiva y síndrome metabólico en estudiantes de medicina
Academic stress associated with C - reactive protein and metabolic syndrome in medical students

Rev. cuba. med; 61 (2), 2022
Introducción: El estrés académico resulta de la confrontación de un individuo con las demandas del medio universitario, lo cual puede producir cambios a nivel neuro-endocrino-inmunológico y generar un estado de inflamación crónica en donde los niveles de proteína C-reactiva aumentan. Objetivo: ...

Can fecal calprotectin reflect your colonic status?

Background: Organic colonic manifestation may be difficult to be differentiated from functional one. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a common chronic inflammatory and destructive disease of the bowel wall. Chronic inflammation is associated with ulcerations, strictures, perforations, and it is a risk...

Effect of volume of participation in exercise programs on biochemical parameters of women

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the volume of participation in exercise programs offered in Primary Health Care (PHC), for 24 weeks on blood biochemical parameters of adult women. Three Basic Health Units in Rio Claro City (São Paulo) were selected and 2 exercise inter-...

Comparison of C-reactive protein and C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio in predicting mortality among geriatric coronavirus disease 2019 patients

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare C-reactive protein and C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio performances in predicting mortality of geriatric patients who visited the emergency department. METHODS: The data of patients with COVID-19 and aged 65 years and above, who...

Do biomarkers have predictive value in the treatment modality of the patients diagnosed with bowel obstruction?

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the ability of the biomarkers to predict the surgery treatment and mortality in patients above 18 years of age who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of bowel obstruction from the emergency department. METHODS: This is a 2-year retrospective study...

Association of inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers with mortality in patients aged 60 years or older and hospitalized with COVID-19

Objectives: To analyze the association of inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers with mortality in geriatric patients with COVID-19. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of 206 patients aged 60 years or older who were hospitalized with COVID-19 at an intensive care unit. The analyzed variables ...

Comparison between DAS28-ESR and DAS28- CRPus for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: application in a population of southern Brazil

Abstract The Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) shows discrepancies when using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) scores to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to verify the agreement between the DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR scores in patients with RA from the sou...