OBJECTIVES We investigated the relationship between leukocyte subtype counts and vascular structure and function based on carotid intima-media thickness, pulse wave velocity, central augmentation index and cardio-ankle vascular index by gender in intermediate cardiovascular risk patients. METHODS This study analyzed 500 subjects who were included in the MARK study, aged 35 to 74 years (mean: ...

Methionine (1g/kg, po) administration to pathogenic control rats for 30 days significantly increased the levels of homocysteine, total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein (LDL-C), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL-C) and triglycerides (TGs) and decreased the levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) in serum. Hematological observations of the peripheral blood smears of pathogenic rats f...

BACKGROUND Low lung function is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It is therefore of interest to identify biomarkers that are associated with impaired lung function. The aim of the study was to analyse associations of biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers with lung function in an elderly general population. METHODS Lung function (FEV1 and FVC) and a panel of 15 inflammato...

BACKGROUND Vascular dysfunction is a surrogate marker of early-stage atherosclerosis. Serum leukocyte count is a non-traditional risk factor of cardiovascular (CV) disease and has predictive value for CV outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between leukocyte count and peripheral vascular dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS In this cross-sectional study, 357 individu...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the presenting study was to determine how frequently external ventricular drainage (EVD) device should be changed in children with ventriculopertienal shunt (VPS) infection during prolonged intravenous antimicrobial therapy. METHODS In this retrospective study, 25 children with VPS infection were evaluated between January 2012 and December 2013. In these children VPS ...

Total leukocyte count, microscopy, and conventional bacteriologic culture (10-ml sediment) of dialysis effluent were assessed for their ability to detect peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis. A total of 73 patients were surveyed over a 17-month period. Laboratory findings included an examination of 1,774 dialysate samples and culture results from blood, wounds, indwelling catheters, a...

background: ascitic fluid infection is presumptively diagnosed when the fluid polymorph nuclear (pmn) concentration equals or exceeds 250 cells /mic,l. the leukocyte esterase (le) test has been shown to be a good predictor of the presence of pmns in urine and other body fluids. this study examines of value of multistix 8sg dipstick test for rapid diagnosis of infected ascitic fluid. materials a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few data exist on the relationship between differential subpopulations of peripheral leukocytes and early cerebral infarct size in ischemic stroke. Using diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI), we assessed the relationship of early total and differential peripheral leukocyte counts and volume of ischemic tissue in acute stroke. METHODS All included patents had laboratory i...

an experiment was conducted in which 30 broiler chickens were selected based on their ecg and designated as healthy or subclinical ascites. subsequently, blood samples were collected and assayed for hemoglobin, hematocrit and differential leukocyte count. finally, all the birds were euthanized and their hearts harvested for the ventricle cuts. results indicated that broilers with subclinical as...

Pyrethroids, commercially available pesticides, are greatly in use these days, and thus they carry considerable chances of contaminating various ecosystems. Haematotoxicity of cypermethrin, a broadly used type II pyrethroid, has been assessed in the present study. Selected parameters included determination of total RBC count, haemoglobin concentration (Hb conc.), packed cell volume (PCV), mean ...