introduction: in a prospective study, we aimed to assess the value of enhanced rdw to predict sepsis and evaluate factors affecting length of icu stay and in-hospital mortality among sepsis patients. material and method: after exclusion of 27 patients, we included 160 adult patients with suspicious sepsis admitted at university affiliated hospital with 33 icu-beds from 2010 to 2012. nighty pati...

objective: elevated nucleated red blood cell (nrbc) count is introduced as a potential marker of intra-uterine growth restriction (iugr). to investigate the probable association regardless of any known underlying disease, we aimed to study disturbances in nrbc count in infants experiencing idiopathic iugr. materials and methods: twenty three infants regarded iugr without any known cause were ch...

The purpose of this study was to determine acceptability of the nucleated red blood cells counts (NRBC) as early prognostic parameter for adverse outcome in preterm neonates born from pregnancies complicated with severe preeclampsia. We analysed 77 premature newborns who were born from pregnancies with severe preeclampsia during eight years (2004-2011) in our tertiary center. Women with other p...

By JAN FOGH A NUMBER OF AUTHORS’-4 have observed that the response to erythropoietin ( ESF ) in the erythremic mouse assay is substantially enhanced when the ESF dose is administered in fractions. Fogh5 demonstrated that the response to 1.0 IRP units of ESF, determined by #{176}9Fe incorporation into RBC or by the number of reticulocytes in the blood, is increased one to four days after a previ...

BACKGROUND Bone marrow aspirates contain primarily red blood cells. To achieve efficient cell transplantation for regeneration, the red blood cells need to be removed from the aspirates. Cell isolation is typically performed using density gradient centrifugation. However, this method entails issues of clinical safety and convenience. This study describes an efficient method to concentrate bone ...

The distribution of monocarboxylate transporter (MCT) isoforms 1 and 4, which mediate the plasmalemmal transport of l-lactic and pyruvic acids, has been identified in the placentae of rats and rabbits at different ages of gestation. Groups of three pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats and New Zealand White rabbits were sacrificed on gestation days (GD) 11, 14, 18, or 20 and on GD 13, 18, or 28, respect...

The cell in Image BCI-01 is a nucleated red blood cell (RBC). Although nucleated RBCs do not normally appear in the peripheral blood of an adult, it is not unexpected in this patient’s condition owing to hematopoietic bone marrow stress. Nucleated RBCs are immature erythrocytes that still retain their nucleus. The cell in this image is typical of those most often seen in the peripheral blood of...