introduction: sudden sensorineural hearing-loss (ssnhl) patients constitute approximately 2–3% of referrals to ear, nose and throat (ent) clinics. several predisposing factors have been proposed for this condition; one of which is vascular disorders and perfusion compromise. in this research the atherosclerotic changes and their known risk factors are studied in ssnhl patients.   materials and ...

sepsis is a significant health problem with an estimated 750,000 new cases in the usa annually. it is also the third leading cause of death in developed countries, equaling the number of fatalities from acute myocardial infarction. the high sepsis-related mortalities mean there is an urgent need to improve the diagnosis and management of sepsis patients. the aim of this study was the evaluation...

methods in this study, 150 children diagnosed with liver disease and ascites upon admission to nemazee teaching hospital (shiraz, iran) were examined. patients were divided into spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and sterile ascetic fluid groups according to the pmn count ≥ 250/mm3 in the ascetic fluids. routine laboratory tests were conducted and quantitative c-reactive protein (crp) levels wer...

abstract   background : cancer has not been elucidated in colerectal site. c-reactive protein (crp) is a product synthesized in hepatocytes and has been reported to be up-regulated by such proinflammatory cytokines as interleukin-1 (il-1), interleukin-6 (il-6), and tumor necrosis factor (tnf). the significance of a preoperative serum elevation was evaluated using crp as a predictive indicator f...

objective(s) homocysteine, hs-crp and fibrinogen are three novel cardiovascular risk factors. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of a single bout of circuit resistance exercise on homocysteine, hs-crp and fibrinogen levels in healthy and inactive men. materials and methods the subjects were randomly divided into the experimental group (n= 14) and the control group (n= 9). circuit t...

background and objective: brucellosis is a main transmittable zoonotic disease, which is endemic, and a common health burden in iran. adenosine deaminase (ada) is an essential enzyme which is involved in purine metabolism and its role in immune system is very important. the aim of this study was to determine serum changes of ada and c-reactive protein (crp) levels in patients with brucellosis. ...

conclusions crp, a well-known acute phase reactant that increases rapidly in various inflammatory processes, can be accepted as a strong predictor in classifying different grades of the disease, and treatment can be reliably planned according to this classification. results mean crp levels of groups were found to be significantly different, 18.96 mg/l in group i, 133.51 mg/l in group ii, and 23...

conclusions considering that no significant difference was found in the proven vitamin a side effects, due to the increase in crp, frequent clinical and biochemical controls are required along with vitamin a supplementation. patients and methods this study was a double blind randomized clinical trial. in the main study, vitamin a (as retinyl palmitate) was given to 35 multiple sclerosis (ms) pa...

the aim of this study was to investigate c-reactive protein (crp) level in preeclampsia (pe) and its association with the severity of the disease. this cross-sectional study included 43 women with mild pe, 43 women with severe pe, and 43 healthy pregnant. they were selected in the third trimester of pregnancy in the afzalipour hospital, kerman, iran, from march 2006 to march 2007. mean diastoli...