Hematology

ANA-Negative Presentation of SLE in Man with Severe Autoimmune Neutropenia.

. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, inflammatory, connective tissue disease that commonly affects the joints and a variety of organs due to an overactivation of the body's immune system. There is wide heterogeneity in presentation of SLE patients, including lung, central nervous system, skin, kidney, and hematologic manifestations. . We report a case of atypical manifestation of SLE...

Caloric restriction and IGF-I administration promote rabbit fecundity: Possible interrelationships and mechanisms of action.

The aim of these in vivo and in vitro studies was to examine the influence of caloric restriction (CR), and the administration of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I), on rabbit fecundity and to understand the interrelationships between CR and IGF-I, as well as the endocrine and intracellular mechanisms of their effects. Female rabbits were subjected to 50% CR, injections of IGF-I (20 μg/animal/day)...

Effect of energy balance profiles on metabolic and reproductive response in Holstein and Swedish Red cows.

This study examined the effect of two feeding levels during the antepartum and postpartum period on reproductive performance and blood metabolites (gl...

Chronic Kidney Disease Is an Independent Risk Factor for Transfusion, Cardiovascular Complication, and Thirty-Day Readmission in Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty (MIS-TKA). We h...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of prophylactic tranexamic acid treatment in major benign uterine surgery.

BACKGROUND: The value of tranexamic acid (TA) treatment as bleeding prophylaxis in major uterine surgery is unclear.

High serum ferritin is associated with worse outcome of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

BACKGROUND: Studies in patients with decompensated cirrhosis showed a correlation between serum ferritin levels and patients' prognosis. Besides, red ...

Fetal nucleated red blood cell analysis for non-invasive prenatal diagnostics using a nanostructure microchip.

Cell-free DNA has been widely used in non-invasive prenatal diagnostics (NIPD) nowadays. Compared to these incomplete and multi-source DNA fragments, ...

Plasma Transfusion in Patients With Cirrhosis in China: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.

Patients with cirrhosis used to be associated with frequent use of blood components because of their complex disorder of hemostasis and bleeding compl...

Machine-learning approach identifies a pattern of gene expression in peripheral blood that can accurately detect ischaemic stroke.

Early and accurate diagnosis of stroke improves the probability of positive outcome. The objective of this study was to identify a pattern of gene exp...

GC-MS Metabolomics Identifies Metabolite Alterations That Precede Subclinical Mastitis in the Blood of Transition Dairy Cows.

The objectives of this study were to determine alterations in the serum metabolites related to amino acid (AA), carbohydrate, and lipid metabolism in ...

An intelligent prognostic system for analyzing patients with paraquat poisoning using arterial blood gas indexes.

The arterial blood gas (ABG) test is used to assess gas exchange in the lung, and the acid-base level in the blood. However, it is still unclear wheth...

A cable-driven soft robot surgical system for cardiothoracic endoscopic surgery: preclinical tests in animals.

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive surgery attracts more and more attention because of the advantages of minimal trauma, less bleeding and pain and low co...

Safety assessment in rats and dogs of Acoustic Cluster Therapy, a novel concept for ultrasound mediated, targeted drug delivery.

Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT) represents a novel concept for targeted drug delivery. Ultrasound is applied to activate intravenously administered fre...

Tessellated permanent magnet circuits for flow-through, open gradient separations of weakly magnetic materials.

Emerging microfluidic-based cell assays favor label-free red blood cell (RBC) depletion. Magnetic separation of RBC is possible because of the paramag...

The Variability of Translocator Protein Signal in Brain and Blood of Genotyped Healthy Humans Using In Vivo I-CLINDE SPECT Imaging: A Test-Retest Study.

I-CLINDE is a radiotracer developed for SPECT and targets the 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO). TSPO is upregulated in glial cells and used as a mea...

Automatic detection and classification of leukocytes using convolutional neural networks.

The detection and classification of white blood cells (WBCs, also known as Leukocytes) is a hot issue because of its important applications in disease...

Incidence of severe renal dysfunction among individuals taking warfarin and implications for non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to assess incidence and risk factors for severe renal dysfunction in patients requiring oral anticoagulation ...

Machine Learning Based Single-Frame Super-Resolution Processing for Lensless Blood Cell Counting.

A lensless blood cell counting system integrating microfluidic channel and a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor is a promisin...

Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Single-Surgeon Initial Experience.

Minimally invasive surgery has gained increasing acceptance over the last few years, which has expanded to pancreaticoduodenectomy. Laparoscopic pancr...

Hyaluronic Acid Versus Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Prospective, Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Effects on Intra-articular Biology for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

BACKGROUND: The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) has demonstrated mixed clinical outcomes in randomized cont...