Background: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic continues to spread, it is important predict clinical classification of COVID-19 and evaluate progression lung injury. Objectives: To investigate predictive factors outcome moderate-stage maximal extent Patients Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis 97 patients with diagnosed in our hospital. We divided into two groups a...

Introduction The evidence of an inflammatory status at onset psychosis supports the adjunction anti-inflammatory agent to antipsychotic (AP). Some negative results these clinical trials lead us wonder about power AP. Objectives Would action associated agents be negligible compared potential AP? Methods We conducted a prospective study. included patients hospitalized for acute relapse schizophre...

background: diabetes causes the increased concentration of circulatory cytokines as a result of inflammation. considering that pomegranate juice (pj) is known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of pj consumption on markers of inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes (t2d). materials and methods: in a randomized, doub...

Study Objectives. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and other clinical tools including high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in patients with stable non-CF bronchiectasis. Design. A within-subject correlational study of a group of patients with stable non-CF bronchiectasis, who were recruited from our outpatie...

INTRODUCTION The high-sensitive C-reactive protein (HS-CRP) assay is being increasingly used as a marker for cardiac risk assessment and as a prognostic tool in heart disease. In current study, we assessed the relationship between serum level of HS-CRP and extension of myocardial involvement in acute myocardial infarction. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 50 patients with the final diagnos...

OBJECTIVES A growing body of clinical and laboratory evidence indicates that inflammation plays a crucial role in atherosclerosis. In the present study, we compared the effects of clopidogrel and prasugrel on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS The present randomized, double-blind clinical trial included 120 pat...

Elevated natriuretic peptides provide strong prognostic information in patients with heart failure (HF). The role of novel biomarkers in HF needs to be established. Our objective was to evaluate the prognostic power of novel biomarkers, incremental to the N-terminal portion of the natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in chronic HF. Concentrations of circulating NT-proBNP, growth differentiation fact...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (PWVCF); augmentation index (AI); and high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP) with metabolic syndrome (MetS), and to determine the influence of ethnicity on PWVCF and AI, and the association between high hs-CRP and increased PWV, and AI in MetS. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted at Universiti K...

INTRODUCTION The presence of malnutrition has been associated with inflammation and oxidative stress (OS) in patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD). OBJECTIVE To assess the association between nutritional status markers, such as body fat (BF), markers of inflammation and of OS in patients on HD. METHODS Cross-sectional study performed with 40 patients on HD. The nutritional status was evalua...

Background: Tempeh is a fermented soybean containing isoflavones that shows good benefits again obesity. Co-fermentation of tempeh using Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG could increase the bioavailability isoflavones.Objective: This study aimed to determine effect co-fermented (tLGG) on body weight (B.W.), Lee Index, high sensitivity C Reactive Protein (hs-CRP), and lipid profile obese rats. Total fl...