Surgical stress causes changes in the composition of white blood cells (WBCs). Ketorolac is believed to have analgesic effects and to reduce the stress response and may therefore improve postoperative outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of preoperative ketorolac on the WBC subsets in patients who had laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. Fifty patients who had laparoscopi...

BACKGROUND Stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and long-term morbidity. The aim of the present study was to determine the ability of baseline serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and white blood cell count (WBC) values in predicting the outcome of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). METHODS This study consisted of patients with first AIS referred to Poursina Hospital, Rasht, Iran. Severity of...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the predictive ability of total white blood cell (WBC) count and its subtypes for risk of death or myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND An elevated WBC count has been associated with cardiovascular risk, but which leukocyte subtypes carry this risk is uncertain. METHODS Consecutive patients without acute MI who were assessed angiographically for coronary ...

BACKGROUND Although inflammation is involved in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), the association of white blood cell (WBC) count and differential with AF has not been thoroughly examined in large cohorts with extended follow-up. METHODS We studied 14,500 men and women (25% blacks, 55% women, mean age 54) free of AF at baseline (1987-89) from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the mobilization of peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells by combining docetaxel with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in breast cancer patients. METHODS A total of 57 breast cancer patients were treated with docetaxel 120 mg/m(2). When the white blood cell (WBC) count decreased to 1.0×10(9)/L, patients were given G-CSF 5 ...

Diagnosis of various blood related diseases adopts differential WBC count which plays an important and vital role. Counting the cells manually is a tedious task and, time consuming. Hence many automatic techniques have been developed which gives a faster and more accurate ways to count the blood cells. This paper describes the various techniques for WBC segmentation the basic steps involved are...

BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and white blood cells (WBCs) are inflammatory markers used to diagnose severe bacterial infections. We evaluated the diagnostic role of these markers and compared their accuracy for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) associated with chronic severe hepatitis B (CSHB). METHODS PCT and CRP concentrations, WBC count, and other hematol...

recent studies suggested the role of white blood cells (wbcs) in the pathogenesis and complications of type 2 diabetes. increased wbc counts predict mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd). in this study alterations in wbc subpopulations in diabetic patients with non-dialysis dependent ckd are investigated. this was a cross-sectional study  on 376 participants, including   272 d...

In semen, granulocytes are major producers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can damage sperm. The diagnosis of leukocytospermia is usually based on the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of 1 x 10(6) white blood cells per milliliter, but controversy remains over the minimum leukocyte level that impairs fertility. The goals of this study were to clarity the relationship between le...

Relationships between work-related psychological and physical stress responses and counts of white blood cells (WBCs), neutrophils, and lymphocytes were investigated in 101 daytime workers. Counts of WBCs and neutrophils were positively associated with smoking and inversely correlated with high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels. Additionally, general fatigue score as measured by the ...