scholarly journals Joint Measurements of Leukocyte Elastase and Myeloperoxidase Promote Identification of the State of Neutrophils in Diabetic Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
Michael Alexandrovski ◽  
Soimita Suciu ◽  
Jakob Alexandrovski
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Leukocyte Elastase

scholarly journals MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF CHRONIC ABACTERIAL PROSTATITIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
E. A. Chernogubova
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Pain ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain ◽  
Proteinase Inhibitors ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
The State ◽  
Natural Resistance ◽  
Pelvic Pain Syndrome ◽  
Leukocyte Elastase ◽  
Markers Of Inflammation

Introduction.Chronic prostatitis is the most common and difficult to diagnose androurologic disease. However, the etiology, pathogenesis and pathophysiology of chronic abacterial prostatitis are not well understood.Objective.Analysis of the role of the body’s proteolytic systems in inflammatory processes in the prostate, detection of markers of inflammation in the blood, prostate secretion in various forms of chronic abacterial prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CAP/CPPS).Materials and methods.The study included 52 patients with inflammatory (CAP/CPPS IIIA) and 46 patients with non - inflammatory (CAP/CPPS IIIB) forms of chronic abacterial prostatitis. We determined the activity of kallikrein, level of prekallikrein, inhibitory activity α1-proteinase inhibitor and α2- macroglobulin, total arginine-esterase activity, activity of leukocyte elastase and elastase-like activity in the blood serum and the prostate secret.Results.Disturbance of metabolic processes of inflammation development in chronic abacterial prostatitis occurs against the background of imbalance of the proteinase inhibitors system, uncontrolled enhancement of proteolytic processes in the prostate in conditions of weakening of natural resistance of the organism is the most significant factor in the development of CAP/CPPS.Conclusions.The analysis of the activity of proteolytic processes in the blood and prostate secretion can serve as an additional diagnostic criterion for chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.Disclosure: TInformation about sponsorship. The publication was prepared within the framework of the implementation of the State Task of the SSC RAS for 2018. The state registration of the project № 01201363192. The author declares no conflict of interest.

scholarly journals Analysis of Diabetes Mellitus-Related Amputations in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendel Jose Teixeira Costa ◽  
Nilson Penha-Silva ◽  
Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra ◽  
Ismar Paulo dos Santos ◽  
José Lucas Souza Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
The State ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Type 2 Dm ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Type 1 Dm

Background and objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) stands out among the most important public health problems worldwide since it represents a high burden on health systems and is associated with higher hospitalization rates, and a higher incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Amputations are among the most common complications, leading to disability and increasing care costs. This research aims to analyze the prevalence of DM-related amputations, comorbidities and associated risk factors in the diabetic population residing in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Materials and Methods: This is a quantitative, exploratory, cross-sectional study with a time series design and the use of secondary data registered and followed by the system of Registration and Monitoring of Hypertension and Diabetes—SisHiperdia. Results: The sample consisted of 64,196 diabetic patients, out of them, 3.9% had type 1 DM, 10.9% with type 2 DM, and 85.2% with DM coexisting with hypertension. Most were female (66.6%), aged 40 to 59 years (45.6%), and 60 years and older (45.2%). The prevalence of DM-related amputations in the analyzed sample was 1.2% in type 1 DM, 1.5% in type 2 DM, and 2.2% in concomitant DM and hypertension. Higher amputation rates were observed in males in the age group above 60 years in type 1 DM and type 2 DM and were slightly higher in the age groups up to 29 years in DM with hypertension. A higher prevalence of amputation was related to smoking, physical inactivity, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diabetic foot (DF) in all types of DM. Conclusions: The present study showed a significant prevalence of DM-related amputations. An increased prevalence was evidenced when correlated with smoking, physical inactivity, AMI, stroke, CKD, and DF with significant statistical associations, except for a sedentary lifestyle in type 1 DM.

scholarly journals Risk factor control in hypertensive and diabetic subjects attended by the Family Health Strategy in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil: the SERVIDIAH study

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1195-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annick Fontbonne ◽  
Eduarda Ângela Pessoa Cesse ◽  
Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa ◽  
Wayner Vieira de Souza ◽  
Vera Lúcia de Vasconcelos Chaves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The State ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Hba1c Levels

The SERVIDIAH study (Evaluation of Health Services for Diabetic and Hypertensive Subjects) was conducted in 2010 in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. A multi-stage random sample of 785 hypertensive and 823 diabetic patients was drawn from 208 Family Health Strategy (FHS) units selected throughout 35 municipalities. Patients underwent a structured interview and weight, height, blood pressure and HbA1c levels (for diabetic patients) were measured. Mean age was approximately 60 years, and women were overrepresented in the sample (70%). 43.7% of hypertensive subjects and 25.8% of diabetic subjects achieved adequate blood pressure control and 30.5% of diabetic subjects had HbA1c levels below 7%. Despite 70% of the patients being overweight or obese, few had adhered to a weight-loss diet. The study of this representative sample of hypertensive and diabetic patients attended by the FHS in the State of Pernambuco shows that improvements in the management of hypertension and diabetes are needed in order to prevent the occurrence of serious and costly complications, especially given the context of increasing incidence of these two conditions.

Practical Picture Processing

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 338-339
Author(s):  
T. A. Welton
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Coherence Length ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Coherent Radiation ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Spread ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Picture Processing ◽  
Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

Intramuscular Nerve and Neuromuscular Junction Alteration In Extraocular Muscles of Diabetic Mice

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
Bruce R. Pachter
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Extraocular Muscles ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Oculomotor Palsy ◽  
Third Nerve Palsy ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
Intramuscular Nerve ◽  
Oculomotor Nerves

Diabetes mellitus is one of the commonest causes of neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy is a heterogeneous group of neuropathic disorders to which patients with diabetes mellitus are susceptible; more than one kind of neuropathy can frequently occur in the same individual. Abnormalities are also known to occur in nearly every anatomic subdivision of the eye in diabetic patients. Oculomotor palsy appears to be common in diabetes mellitus for their occurrence in isolation to suggest diabetes. Nerves to the external ocular muscles are most commonly affected, particularly the oculomotor or third cranial nerve. The third nerve palsy of diabetes is characteristic, being of sudden onset, accompanied by orbital and retro-orbital pain, often associated with complete involvement of the external ocular muscles innervated by the nerve. While the human and experimental animal literature is replete with studies on the peripheral nerves in diabetes mellitus, there is but a paucity of reported studies dealing with the oculomotor nerves and their associated extraocular muscles (EOMs).

A Comparison Between Sterological Point Counting and Digitizing Tablets

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 666-667
Author(s):  
John M. Basgen ◽  
Eileen N. Ellis ◽  
S. Michael Mauer ◽  
Michael W. Steffes
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Kidney Tissue ◽  
Volume Density ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Normal Kidney ◽  
Point Counting ◽  
Normal Kidney Tissue ◽  
Biopsy Specimens ◽  
Mitochondrial Volume ◽  
Kidney Lesions

To determine the efficiency of methods of quantitation of the volume density of components within kidney biopsies, techniques involving a semi-automatic digitizing tablet and stereological point counting were compared.Volume density (Vv) is a parameter reflecting the volume of a component to the volume that contains the component, e.g., the fraction of cell volume that is made up of mitochondrial volume. The units of Vv are μm3 /μm3.Kidney biopsies from 15 patients were used. Five were donor biopsies performed at the time of kidney transplantation (patients 1-5, TABLE 1) and were considered normal kidney tissue. The remaining biopsies were obtained from diabetic patients with a spectrum of diabetic kidney lesions. The biopsy specimens were fixed and embedded according to routine electron microscogy protocols. Three glomeruli from each patient were selected randomly for electron microscopy. An average of 12 unbiased and systematic micrographs were obtained from each glomerulus and printed at a final magnification of x18,000.

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