Dental Disease, Fibrinogen and White Cell Count; Links with Myocardial Infarction?

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kweider ◽  
G.D.O. Lowe ◽  
G.D. Murray ◽  
D.F. Kinane ◽  
D.A. McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Fibrinogen Level ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Dental Disease ◽  
Blood Cell Count ◽  
Periodontal Tissues

Plasma fibrinogen and white blood cell count were compared in fifty patients aged 25–50 years with periodontal disease and in fifty age-matched controls with relatively healthy periodontal tissues. Patients had significantly higher levels of fibrinogen and white cell count, and dental indices correlated significantly with these two cardiovascular risk factors on multivariate analyses. We suggest that inflammatory dental disease may be a determinant of fibrinogen level and white cell count in the general population, and that fibrinogen and white cell count may be two mediators of the link between dental disease and myocardial infarction.

The Effects of Acupuncture on White Cell Counts

1974 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 383-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie L. Brown ◽  
George A. Ulett ◽  
John A. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Cell Count ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
Needle Insertion ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Acupuncture Points ◽  
Blood Cell Count ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Stimulation Of ◽  
Site Stimulation

The anticipation of acupuncture, simple insertion of needles or the electrical stimulation of needles at both classical acupuncture points and "false" points, all produce an increase in white blood cell count. Electrostimulation produced the greatest, expectation of needle insertion the least, increase in white cell count. Though needles remain to place, the white cell count returns to basal level within one hour. Preliminary data on peripheral skin temperature as affected by stimulation of acupuncture points and non-points, suggests a higher temperature on the side of stimulation. For acupuncture site stimulation, the temperature differential appears to be more persistent than is true when non-sites are stimulated. Subjects reported needle insertion at acupuncture points as less painful than at non-points. Feelings of numbness were produced by stimulation of both classical and false acupuncture points.

2.P.282 White cell count and cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly. The Val Vibrata Aging Project

1997 ◽  
Vol 134 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
G. Zuliani ◽  
E. Palmieri ◽  
S. Volpato ◽  
F. Costantini ◽  
A. Mezzetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
White Cell

Neutropenia in Children

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 108-112
Author(s):  
Frank A. Oski
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Blood Cell Count ◽  
Granulocyte Count ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Neutrophilic Leukocytes ◽  
The Absolute

Neutropenia, a decrease in the number of circulating neutrophilic leukocytes, often provides a diagnostic challenge to the pediatrician. When the pediatrician is unable to ascertain the cause of the neutropenia, pediatric hematologists are also frequently frustrated in their attempts to uncover a satisfactory explanation for the finding. The total white cell count and the absolute granulocyte count vary as a function of age as depicted in Table 1. The while blood cell count and the absolute granulocyte count are characteristically increased in the normal newborn and both rapidly decrease during the first week of life. After the first year of life, the normal neutrophil count generally ranges between 1,500 to 8,000/cu mm. Although neutropenia is conventionally defined as the presence of an absolute granulocyte count (neutrophilic leukocytes and band forms) of less than 1,500 cu mm, an increase in the incidence of infections is rarely observed until the absolute granulocyte count remains persistently below 1,000/cu mm. The black population and possibly Yemenite Jews characteristically have lower total white cell counts than age-matched control subjects. Approximately 30% to 40% of black male adults have a total white blood cell count of less than 5,000/cu mm as compared with only 7% of white males.2 Presumably the same difference in distribution of white cell counts exists in the pediatric population as well.

Leucocytes and Thrombosis

1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (03) ◽  
pp. 541-546
Author(s):  
D. C Banks ◽  
J. R. A Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Platelet Count ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Recent Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Marked Elevation ◽  
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia ◽  
The Mean

SummaryNormal white cell adhesiveness was found in a group of patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenia in whom the mean platelet count was 34,000 per cu. mm.Marked elevation of white cell adhesiveness was observed after splenectomy. This did not correlate with changes in the white cell count but did parallel the increase in platelet count and adhesiveness.White cell adhesiveness was increased in patients with a recent myocardial infarction. As it was also increased in patients with other acute illnesses and was normal in patients with old myocardial infarcts, the test is not of diagnostic value in thrombotic disease.

White Cell Count and Recurrent Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction—An Effect of Myocardial Capillary Plugging?

1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (s11) ◽  
pp. 32P-32P ◽  
Author(s):  
G.D.O. Lowe ◽  
S.G. Machado ◽  
W.F. Krol ◽  
C.D. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Coronary Events

scholarly journals Estimation of risk factors of early postoperative mortality in elderly patients who are subjected to emergency operations of the gastrointestinal tract

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Ivan Pesic ◽  
Milan Radojkovic ◽  
Milica Nestorovic ◽  
Vanja Pecic
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Surgical Interventions

Introduction/Objective. The elderly (age ? 65 years) comprise an increasing proportion of patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures nowadays. The objective of the paper was to determine the intra-hospital mortality rate in elderly patients undergoing emergency gastrointestinal surgical procedures. Methods. 914 elderly patients (> 65 years old) were examined, divided into two groups: emergency and elective surgery patients, treated for diseases (benign and malignant) of the stomach, duodenum, small intestine and colon. The patients were divided into four age groups and five American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) groups, taking into account the presence of chronic diseases, the values of some laboratory parameters, administering transfusion, and the occurrence of surgical complications during hospitalization. Results. The mortality rate among elderly patients was 17.8%. The univariate analysis in EGS patients revealed that gastro-duodenal surgical interventions (p < 0.001), ASA ? 3 score (p < 0.001), heart, lung, kidney diseases, and postoperative complications (p < 0.001), as well as the white cell count > 10,000/mm3 (p = 0.043) were independent risk factors for mortality. In the multivariate analysis, in EGS patients, the significant risk factors for mortality were gastric surgical interventions (p = 0.001), ASA score of 4 (p < 0.001), heart and kidney disease (p ? 0.001), and white cell count > 10,000/mm3 (p = 0.039). Conclusion. The characterization of independent validated risk indicators for mortality in those patients is essential and may lead to an efficient specific workup, which constitutes a necessary step towards developing a dedicated score for elderly patients.

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