Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) shows a wide clinical manifestation from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening failure. This study aimed determine the relationship between survival and demographic data, comorbidity status, laboratory parameters of disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients requiring intensive care. Material methods: We retrospectively analy...

objective: to determine the diagnostic value of serum white blood cell (wbc) count, fever (>38˚c) and wbc rise (>10%) for bacterial meningitis in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi). m et h o d : this cross-sectional study was conducted in shahid rajaei hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences during a 1-year period from 2013 to 2014. we included consecutivel...

BACKGROUND Asthma is an obstructive airway disease characterized by airway inflammation. OBJECTIVE To measure systemic inflammation in asthma patients, and to assess the effect of treatment on systemic inflammation. METHODS In 30 newly diagnosed non-randomized adult asthma patients we measured systemic inflammation markers (serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, total leukocyte count, a...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease, and leukocyte levels are associated with future risk of ischemic cardiac disease. OBJECTIVE To investigate the hypothesis that relative elevations in leukocyte count in a stroke-free population predict future ischemic stroke (IS). METHODS A population-based prospective cohort study was performed in a multiethnic urban population. Stroke...

Results of a cross-sectional study of ventilatory lung function (VLF) in a group of 307 working men showed that the leukocyte count in peripheral blood is more closely associated with the relative position (percentile) of a person in the frequency distribution of VLF than is smoking intensity. Leukocyte count is significantly (and inversely) correlated with VLF in nonsmokers as well as in smoke...

By .1. U. P r um R,* Ml)., ILEEN KEMP, BA., U. E. CARTWRIGHT, MI)., AND M. M. \VINTROIIF:, M.l)., PHI). C nAN(;ES have been noted! in the blood following removal of the spleen in normal animals and in human subjects, but the mechanism involved in the production of these changes remains obscure. Both anemia and polycythemia, as well as morphologic and physiologic alterations in the red cells suc...

BACKGROUND Isolated systolic hypertension (ISHT) is a subtype of hypertension (HT) that often exhibits wide pulse pressure, and pulse pressure has a strong predictive value for future adverse cardiovascular events. Previous studies have shown the effects of leukocyte count on the prognosis of ischaemic heart disease and HT. AIM Thus, in this cross-sectional study, we analysed the relationship...

BACKGROUND Acute hyperglycaemia in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) risk among both diabetic and non-diabetic patients although the mechanisms underlying this association are not clearly understood. Acute hyperglycaemia in patients with ACS may be associated with increased systemic inflammation. Leukocytes are the major cellular media...