Background: The vascular response to recurrent tissue hypoxia and reperfusion following red blood cell sickling causes acute chest syndrome and chronic lung disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of chronic lung lesions and possible risk factors in sickle cell patients in lagos, Nigeria.Methods: From July 2012 to April 2013, Pulmonary function test (PFT) and chest-x-ray...

results sickle cells were observed among 20% of subjects with the dilution of 1:50 and 70% of subjects with the dilution of 1:100. mean percentage of sickle red cells with dilutions of 1:50, 1:100 and 1:200 were 3.75%, 25.75% and 43.0%, respectively. conclusions it is suggested that c. fistula may protect rbc against sickling, in hypoxic conditions, in individuals with hbs gene defect. objectiv...

It is known that zeolite, tested in animal feeds in recent years, has a positive effect on fish growth and many physiological parameters. For this purpose, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was fed with feeds containing zeolite at different rates (1%, 3%, and 5%) for three months in the present study. Fish growth parameters (live weight gain, specific growth rate, feed conversion rate, condit...

Alpha thalassemia (α-thal) is relatively common worldwide. Most carriers are defective in either one or two alpha globin genes out of four functional ones, with deletions being more common than point mutations. The hematologic features are very important for the selection of the appropriate molecular tests while determining the genotype. The aim of this study was to compare hematologic features...

Abstract Background Beta thalassemia is a preventable disease. Iran has about 20,000Patients who are homozygote for β-thalassaemia and 3,750,000 carriers. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of beta thalassemia minor among men who underwent premarital screening in Quchana city in Khorasan Razavi region of Iran Materials and Methods This research is a descriptive cross-sect...

Background: Coronary artery bypass surgery is one of the surgeries in which high blood transfusions are needed. About 20% of all surgical operations require a blood transfusion. Packed cell administration increases perioperative morbidity and mortality. In the United States, from every 1000 people, one has undergone a coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and it is estimated that around 800,000...

the present study investigated the effects of acute toxicity of malathion on behavioral and haematological parameters in the cyprinid capoeta damascina . the specimens were collected from the kordan river, karaj, iran in august, 2014 and were exposed to different concentrations of malathion at the laboratory (24, 48, 72 mg l ‑1 ) based on 96h-lc (10; 30; 50; 90) which was 6.08 (5.22-7.18) mg l ...

Environmental pollution plays a destructive role in the daily life of industrialized communities and due to their negative impact on the society they are always under close investigation.  Besides well-known pollutants substantial, all major international health organizations consider noise pollution as an important health problem.In this study, we have used an animal model to study the effects...

a 6 week study was conducted to assess the effects of wood betony (wb), stachys lavandulifolia extract on growth performance, hematological and biochemical parameters of common carp, cyprinus carpio. different levels of the wb extract (0, 2, 4 and 8 % weight per weight, w/w, 0wb, 2wb, 4wb and 8wb) in the diet were used. the results showed that final weight and weight gain were significantly imp...

Abbreviations: OTA: Ochratoxin-A; hr: Hour; ppm: Parts-Per Million; b.wt.: Body Weight; RBC: Red Blood Cell; Hb: Hemoglobin; PCV: Packed Cell Volume; TLC: Total Leukocyte Count; DLC: Differential Leukocyte Count; MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume; MCH: Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin; MCHC: Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration; BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen; ALP: Alkaline Phosphatase; ALT: Alanine Trans...