To the Editor: Some hematologic markers, such as the neutrophil-tolymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and mean platelet volume (MPV), have gained popularity as possible predictive factors in oncologic and nononcologic inflammatory processes [1-3]. We have read the letter about our recently published report, “Predictive Role of Hematologic Parameters in Testicular Torsion” [4]....

The results of laboratory tests have little practical utility unless clinical studies have ascribed various states of health and disease to intervals of values. Several factors affect hematologic values, including race, environment, time of sampling, test method, blood collection site, gestational age and maternal factors. Since these factors vary in various populations, they can cause differen...

introduction: most of the hematologic malignancies are heterogenous with regard to morphology, immunophenotype, and genetic rearrangements. multiple recurrent chromosomal aberrations have been identified by conventional cytogenetic analysis, which is now widely recognized as one of the most important diagnostic and prognostic determinants in these patients. patients and methods: bone marrow sam...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is frequent among patients with hematologic malignancies and unapparent routes of infection may be important in this setting. Moreover, the impact of this infection on the outcome of the hematologic disease needs to be better defined. DESIGN AND METHODS To define sources and clinical courses of HCV infection, an epidemiologic study w...

Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction (severe sepsis) results from a systemic proinflammatory and procoagulant response to infection. Organ dysfunction in the patient with sepsis is associated with increased mortality. Although most organs have discrete anatomical boundaries and carry out unified functions, the hematologic system is poorly circumscribed and serves several unrelated functions. Thi...

The complete blood count (CBC), serum chemistry profile, and urinalysis are the cornerstones of clinical laboratory assessment. It is important to perform all the tests concurrently on presentation, particularly in sick patients. Interpreting one test or one group of tests without the others is prone to diagnostic errors. It is not our intention to provide veterinarians with every interpretatio...

Bacterial infections are important aspects that need to be rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment with antibiotics. Bacterial infection can cause severe clinical conditions especially premature infants, diabetes mellitus, renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis, hepatic cirrhosis, hematologic or non-hematologic malignancies, immune deficiency syndrome. Therefore, many laboratory tests...

This one year prospective multicentre study was designed to determine the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. It was carried out in primary health care centres and three reference hospitals, located in the 'Maresme' region (Barcelona, Spain) serving a population of 39,733 subjects over 13 years of age. Patients suspected of having contracted community-acquired pneumonia were vi...