Postgraduate medicine
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Postgraduate medicine · Jan 2023
Comparative StudyComparison of pediatric patients with idiopathic uveitis, and uveitis due to juvenile idiopathic arthritis and Behçet's disease.
The aim of this study is to compare the demographic, clinical features, treatment results and outcomes in pediatric patients with idiopathic uveitis and uveitis due to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and Behçet's disease (BD). ⋯ Uveitis accompanying rheumatologic diseases may have asymptomatic and insidious course but have higher ESR as an important notice.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jan 2023
Correlation analysis between the static and the changed neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and in-hospital mortality in critical patients with acute heart failure.
Association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on admission and poor prognosis in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) has been well established. However, the relationship between dynamic changes in NLR and in-hospital mortality in AHF patients has not been studied. Our purpose was to determine if an early change in NLR within the first week after AHF patients was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) was associated with in-hospital mortality. ⋯ Baseline NLR was associated with poor prognosis in critical patients with AHF. Early rises in NLR were linked to higher in-hospital mortality, which suggests that keeping track of how NLR early changes might help identify short-term prognosis of critical patients with AHF.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jan 2023
Congenital malformations of the urinary system as visceral markers of undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia.
The relevance of this study is conditioned by the need for urgent search and implementation of effective methods of treatment of urinary system diseases in people of different ages, as well as addressing issues of quality treatment of connective tissue diseases in general and its dysplasia in particular. The aim of the article is to identify congenital defects as visceral markers of connective tissue dysplasia. ⋯ It was concluded that the presence of a malformation of the urinary system, which is acquired by a child from birth, can be considered as a visceral manifestation of undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jan 2023
Associations of serum calcium/magnesium ratios with coronary artery disease in diabetes: a cross-sectional study.
The early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetes mellitus is a major clinical difficulty. The purpose of this paper is to find out a convenient and economical index to help to screen for patients with CAD in diabetes mellitus. ⋯ The Ca/Mg ratio is a good predictor of the risk of CAD in diabetes, higher than the cutoff, the prevalence rate was significantly increased.PLA IN LANGUAGE SUMMARYCAD brings great pain and burden to patient. However, CAD is asymptomatic in quiet a few cases of type 2 diabetes until myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death occurs. In this study, we explored the association between CAD and various serum factor. We found that the Ca/Mg ratio is of excellent value in screening CAD, especially in diabetes. Moreover, we found that the cutoff of Ca/Mg ratio was 2.55 in diabetic population and the prevalence rate of CAD was 18.5% below the cutoff, 46.9% higher than the cutoff. The Ca/Mg ratio will provide good prediction of the risk of CAD and make early detection easier in diabetes.