Hematology

Healthy and unhealthy red blood cell detection in human blood smears using neural networks.

One of the most common diseases that affect human red blood cells (RBCs) is anaemia. To diagnose anaemia, the following methods are typically employed: an identification process that is based on measuring the level of haemoglobin and the classification of RBCs based on a microscopic examination in blood smears. This paper presents a proposed algorithm for detecting and counting three types of anae...

Multiple Linear Regression and Artificial Neural Network to Predict Blood Glucose in Overweight Patients.

BACKGROUND: Overweight individuals are at higher risk for developing type II diabetes than the general population. We conducted this study to analyze the correlation between blood glucose and biochemical parameters, and developed a blood glucose prediction model tailored to overweight patients.

Single-Port Laparoscopic Liver Resection: Largest Turkish Experience.

Single-port laparoscopic surgery has the advantage of a hidden scar and reduced abdominal wall trauma. Although single-port laparoscopic surgery is wi...

An updated method for the jugular catheterization of grower pigs for repeated blood sampling following an oral glucose tolerance test.

Jugular catheterization is a common procedure used under experimental conditions. However, there is considerable variation in the reported techniques,...

Exposure to fipronil elevates systolic blood pressure and disturbs related biomarkers in plasma of rats.

Recent reports show that fipronil affects non-target organisms, including environmental species populations and potentially humans. We aimed to examin...

Value of serum 1,5-anhydroglucitol measurements in childhood obesity in the continuum of diabetes.

PURPOSE: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity are currently increasing. Accordingly, the concept of "preventing diabetes" in ...

Development of a quantitative PCR for the detection of Rangelia vitalii.

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a SYBR Green qPCR assay to detect and quantify a fragment of the 18S rRNA gene of Rangelia vitalii i...

Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agents and Anemia in Patients with Non-dialytic Chronic Kidney Disease.

Anemia is common in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Though erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) have been strongly endorsed i...

Immediate Radical Cystectomy for Massive Bleeding of Bladder Cancer.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate feasibility and safety of our surgical strategy and clinical and oncological efficacy.

Direct blood culturing on solid medium outperforms an automated continuously monitored broth-based blood culture system in terms of time to identification and susceptibility testing.

Pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) should be available as soon as possible for patients with bloodstream infection...

Isolation and analysis of cell-free fetal DNA from maternal peripheral blood in Chinese women.

Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis is used to detect the genetic material of the fetus by isolating the cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) from maternal periph...

Hypotensive and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Activities of Eisenia fetida Extract in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.

Objectives. This study aimed to investigate the antihypertensive effects of an Eisenia fetida extract (EFE) and its possible mechanisms in spontaneous...

Asparaginase-associated concurrence of hyperlipidemia, hyperglobulinemia, and thrombocytosis was successfully treated by centrifuge/membrane hybrid double-filtration plasmapheresis.

Asparaginase-associated concurrence of hyperlipidemia, hyperglobulinemia, and thrombocytosis is a rare complication requiring aggressive lipoprotein a...

Immune tolerance induction in patients with severe hemophilia A with inhibitors.

BACKGROUND: Inhibitory antibodies to factor VIII (FVIII) are an important complication when managing patients with hemophilia A. Immune tolerance indu...

Serial change of C1 inhibitor in patients with sepsis--a preliminary report.

OBJECTIVE: C1 inhibitor (C1INH) regulates not only the complement system but also the plasma kallikrein-kinin, fibrinolytic, and coagulation systems. ...

An unsupervised learning method to identify reference intervals from a clinical database.

Reference intervals are critical for the interpretation of laboratory results. The development of reference intervals using traditional methods is tim...

Impact of renal impairment on platelet reactivity and clinical outcomes during chronic dual antiplatelet therapy following coronary stenting.

AIMS: Clinical utilization of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients with renal impairment (RI) following percutaneous coronary interventions (P...

Multidimensional approach to iron deficiency anemia in infants younger than two years old in Northeast Argentina. 2004-2005.

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is high among infants younger than two years old, especially in disadvantaged populations...

Reduced Transfusion During OLT by POC Coagulation Management and TEG Functional Fibrinogen: A Retrospective Observational Study.

UNLABELLED: Patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation are at high risk of bleeding complications. Several Authors have shown that thromboel...

Comparison of bleeding risks related to venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in laparoscopic vs open colorectal cancer surgery: a multicenter study in Japanese patients.

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism is the most common preventable cause of hospital death. The objective of this study was to clarify risk factors for...