background: endometriosis is defined as the existence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. diagnosis of endometriosis is a challenging theme. despite the broad search for innovative laboratory tests and advances in imaging technologies, there are still no easy, non-invasive diagnostic tests available. due to inflammatory process of endometriosis, still c-reactive protein (crp) level m...

objective:  to assess whether non-surgical periodontal treatment is associated with changes in serological markers of systemic inflammation. materials and methods: thirty-five systemically healthy subjects with severe generalized periodontitis meeting the inclusion criteria participated in a four-month single blind interventional trial of which thirty-two completed the study. periodontal parame...

background: increased serum high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) in asthma and its association with disease severity has been investigated in many studies. this study aimed to determine serum hs-crp status in asthma versus healthy controls and to examine its ability in predicting asthma control. methods: serum crp was measured by elisa method using a high sensitive crp kit. severity of as...

introduction : surgical removal of inferior third molar tooth is associated with post-operative complications such as pain, trismus and edema. decreasing the post-operative inflammation and edema is one of the important goals in drug administration. for management of post-operative pain, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) and opioids can be administered. c-reactive protein (crp) is o...

background & objective: there are many common infections and inflammations among people over the world. this demands an affordable and reliable test with high sensitivity/specificity to predict or confirm the diagnosis of such cases in routinely clinical practice. in the present study, we aimed to find any potential correlation between serum levels of ggt and crp- q and/or hs- crp and wbc c...

coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death and disability in adults. the association between acute coronary syndrom (acs) and elevated serum high sensitivity c-reactive protein (hscrp) suggests that chronic inflammation of the coronary arterial wall may play an important role. a number of drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease reduce serum crp. it* is therefore possible...

background: several changes in serum biochemical factors occur in acute myocardial infarction (ami). recently alterations in serum levels of homocysteine (hcy), sialic acid (sa) and high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) has been attended as risk factors and index for prediction. this study was aimed to show the alterations in these factors and their relationships in ami. methods: thirty fo...

background: tissue injuries may provoke neuro-hormonal response which in turn may lead to release of inflammatory cytokines. we hypothesize that block of afferent sensory pathways by infiltration of 0.5% bupivacaine in the scalp may decrease neuro-hormonal response in the neurosurgical patient. methods: after obtaining informed consent, forty asa physical statuses i, ii, or iii patients between...