Objective. To study the levels of cytokines (γ-interferon, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α)) and hormones (cortisol, prolactin, estradiol, progesterone, testosterone) in blood serum women reproductive age with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Materials methods. We studied γ-interferon, α, cortisol, testosterone 18-45 years old newly diagnosed TB (n = 47) compared same indices without no previous 35)...

Recent efforts have provided convincing evidence for the use of fish scale cortisol concentration in assessment long-term stress fishes. However, alone is not sufficient to fully describe this state stress. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) an androgen with actions that oppose those cortisol. The means by which DHEA negates effects occurs part via changes metabolism cortisone. quantitation cortisol...

Changes in plasma cortisol concentration and serum glucose concentration were measured in a group of 10 patients given intrathecal morphine 0.8 mg before cholecystectomy and the results compared with those from a control group of 10 patients receiving papaveretum i.v. during the operative procedure. Intrathecal morphine had no effect upon the hyperglycaemic response to surgery, but attenuated t...

Serum levels of progesterone, cortisol and phenytoin as well as the excretion of 17-OHCS were determined in 45 male epileptics before and during 24 months of the therapy. A significant decrease of the hormones was found in untreated patients. Phenytoin administration caused further decrease of cortisol and its metabolite 17-OHCS levels and a compensation of progesterone serum concentration.

OBJECTIVE To study the relation between severity of pneumonia and serum cortisol level in a cohort of Egyptian patients. METHODS All consecutive adult patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted to Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt between March 2008 and December 2008 were considered for study inclusion. Exclusion criteria were patients with HIV infection, impaired i...

the effects of dietary nucleotide (nt) were evaluated on some serum biochemical parameters and acute stress responses of the catfish (pangasianodon hypophthalmus). five experimental diets including 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1% nt were supplied to catfish fry for 10 weeks. at the end of the experiment, fish fed the control and 1% nt diets were subjected to handling and crowding stress. the results...

BACKGROUND A syndrome of relative adrenal insufficiency has been identified in septic humans, and is associated with hypotension and death. Relative adrenal insufficiency is generally associated with basal serum cortisol concentration within or above the reference range and a blunted cortisol response to adrenocorticotropic hormone administration. It is unknown whether relative adrenal insuffic...

Measuring salivary cortisol is both convenient and non-invasive for patients; however, its usefulness as a marker for monitoring medical therapy has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of multiple salivary cortisol measurements in patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS) during medical therapy. Six patients with CS (three with cortisol-secreting adrenocortical...

To investigate pituitary-adrenal function in acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria, we performed an overnight dexamethasone suppression test in 13 Vietnamese adults with acute malaria and 6 healthy controls. After blood samples were taken for serum cortisol and plasma ACTH at 23.00 hours on the admission day, 1 mg dexamethasone was given and further samples were taken at 08.00, 16.00 and 23.00...

Serum concentration of FSH, LH, testosterone, prolactin,ACTH,cortisol, TSH, T ,T and resin Tuptake were measured in 146 men who were exposed to vesicants used by Iraqi regime, few days to 4 weeks prior to test'ing, Clinical and laboratory findings had confirmed that mustards had been used. Mean serum concentrations of FSH, LH, TSH and prolactin were not signi­ficantly different from normals. Fr...