A study of clinical profile in different serological diagnostic parameters of dengue fever
Background and Objectives: Dengue fever a mosquito borne viral infection poses an serious situation due to lack of antiviral drugs or vaccine.[1] Worldwide, an estimated 2.5 billion people are at risk of infection.[2] It is estimated that more than 50 ...
Rohit Morlawar, V A Kothiwale
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Assessment of GFR by four methods in adults in Ashanti, Ghana : the need for an eGFR equation for lean African populations [PDF]
Background. Equations for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) have not been validated in Sub-Saharan African populations, and data on GFR are few. Methods.
Frank B. Micah +24 more
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Estimation of reference intervals from small samples: an example using canine plasma creatinine [PDF]
Background: According to international recommendations, reference intervals should be determined from at least 120 reference individuals, which often are impossible to achieve in veterinary clinical pathology, especially for wild animals.
Geffré, Anne +5 more
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Correlation of Serum Uric Acid and Serum Uric Acid/Creatinine Ratio Levels with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Late Pregnancy [PDF]
Background The disorder of serum uric acid metabolism during pregnancy is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, while few studies have analyzed and compared the correlation of serum uric acid and serum uric acid/creatinine ratio levels with adverse
ZHAO Ru, HAN Chen, HUANG Zeyu, WANG Qian, HU Jun, GE Zhijuan, BI Yan, SHEN Shanmei
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Objectives: Identifying simple biomarkers to determine muscle atrophy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients remains a critical research gap. Since creatinine is mainly a product from intramuscular creatine metabolism, we tested the hypothesis ...
Willian das Neves +3 more
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Comparison of NONMEM and pmetrics analysis for aminoglycosides in adult patients with cystic fibrosis [PDF]
The aim of this study was to compare the performance of parametric and nonparametric approaches in population pharmacokinetic analysis for cystic fibrosis patients. The study involved a retrospective analysis of a database of aminoglycoside concentration
Thomson, Alison
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A comparison of definitions of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with normal serum creatinine
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is the third leading cause of acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients. The prevalence of CIN is reported to range from 0% to 50%, depending not only on patient condition and the procedure used but also the ...
Mohammad Reza Khatami +4 more
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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases with hyperglycemia characteristics that can lead to kidney complications. One of them is Diabetic Nephropathy which is a complication of microvascular damage and its monitoring is done by checking ...
Tri Prasetyorini +3 more
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Relation between mild renal dysfunction and outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]
Background: Risk stratification algorithms for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) do not include a weighting for preoperative mild renal impairment defined as a serum creatinine 130 to 199 micromol/L (1.47 to 2.25 mg/dL), which may impact mortality ...
Bonser, Robert +22 more
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Background and aims Vascular calcification (VC) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Renal dysfunction is closely related to VC.
Feifei Zhang +7 more
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