scholarly journals Evaluation of CA-125 Biomarker in Acute Appendicitis Patients: Correlation with Clinical Symptoms and Lab Results

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Ahmadinejad ◽  
Seyed A. Hashemi ◽  
Alireza Shirzadi ◽  
Ali Soltanian ◽  
Jafar Ashrafi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Appendicitis ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Iliac Fossa ◽  
Ca 125 ◽  
Contour Plot ◽  
Diagnostic Significance ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic significance of CA 125 in Acute Appendicitis (AA) along with the changes in its levels about clinical symptoms and lab findings. Methods: Patients referred at the emergency department of Madani hospital with the suspicion of AA and right iliac fossa pain were enrolled in this study. Preoperative CA 125 levels along with C-reactive Protein (CRP) and complete blood count were obtained. Lab findings, signs and symptoms were recorded for all the patients. Statistical analysis was conducted based on CA 125 < 16.4 U/mL and ≥ 16.4 U/mL using the logistic regression model, where variables such as fever, anorexia, CRP and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) were added to the model. Results: Of 207 patients with the mean age of 26.55 ± 0.967 years, 48.8% of them were males and 51.20% were females. 122 of the total patients had CA 125 ≥ 16.4 U/mL. Anorexia was significantly associated with increased levels of CA 125. CA 125 was 2.14 times higher in patients presenting anorexia. However, ESR, CRP and fever were not associated with the elevation of CA 125. Based on the contour plot, it was deduced that leukocytosis at its lowest and erythrocyte sedimentation rate at its highest levels is associated with the maximum concentration of serum CA 125. Conclusion: Based on the findings from this study, CA 125 cannot be considered as a reliable diagnostic variable for acute appendicitis. Levels of CA 125 may vary with the severity of AA.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN NILAI HEMATOKRIT DAN LAJU ENDAP DARAH PADA ANAK DENGAN INFEKSI VIRUS DENGUE DI MANADO

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sitti S. P. Kamuh ◽  
Arthur E. Mongan ◽  
Maya F. Memah
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Dengue Virus ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Dengue Virus Infection ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation

Abstract: Dengue is a major public health problem that can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical countries around the world. Spectrum of clinical manifestations of dengue virus infection varies greatly. In addition to clinical symptoms, the diagnosis of dengue virus infection need to be supported by blood tests such as hematocrit and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. This study aimed to determine the hematocrit value and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in children with dengue virus infection in Manado. This study used a cross-sectional design and was conducted from Desember 2014 to January 2015 at GMIM Pancaran Kasih, Advent, and Robert Wolter Mongisidi hospitals in Manado. There were 37 patients that fulfilled the inclusion criteria, consisted of 17 males and 20 females. The results showed that of 37 patients, there were 36 with hematocrit within normal limits. Moreover, of 37 patients only 6 patients performed the ESR examination; only 1 child had a rapid ESR result (> 15mm/h). Conclusion: In this study, most of the pediatric patients with dengue virus infection in Manado had normal hematocrit. Of 6 patients who had performed ESR test, only 1 had rapid ESR.Keywords: dengue, hematocrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rateAbstrak: Dengue merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang utama dan dapat ditemui diseluruh daerah tropis dan subtropis di seluruh dunia. Spektrum manifestasi klinis infeksi virus dengue sangat bervariasi. Selain gejala klinis, diagnosis infeksi virus dengue perlu ditunjang hasil uji darah di laboratorium antara lain hematokrit dan laju endap darah (LED). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai hematokrit dan LED pada anak dengan infeksi virus dengue di Manado. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain potong lintang, dilakukan pada bulan Desember 2014 sampai Januari 2015 di RSU GMIM Pancaran Kasih Manado, RS Advent Manado, dan RSAD Robert Wolter Mongisidi Teling17 anak laki-laki dan 20 anak perempuan. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan 36 dari 37 pasien mempunyai hematokrit normal. Dasri 37 pasien, hanya 6 anak yang menjalani pemeriksaan LED; hanya 1 anak dengan LED cepat (> 15mm/jam). Simpulan: Pada studi ini, sebagian besar pasien anak dengan infeksi virus dengue di Manado mempunyai nilai hematokrit normal. Dari 6 pasien yang dilakukan pemeriksaan LED, 1 anak mempunyai hasil LED cepat.Kata kunci: dengue, hematrokrit, laju endap darah.

Right iliac fossa mass with high erythrocyte sedimentation rate in an Asian woman

Gut ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1344-1344
Author(s):  
M Desai ◽  
S Addison ◽  
B Miller ◽  
D Morton ◽  
P Taniere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Iliac Fossa ◽  
Asian Woman ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
High Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

A STUDY OF CLINICAL, SUBCLINICAL FEATURES AND THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF SECUKINUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Linh Nguyen Mai Ha ◽  
Van Nguyen Hoang Thanh
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Ankylosing Spondylitis ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Therapeutic Efficacy ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Spinal Pain ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Ground Distance

Objectives: To study clinical, subclinical features and to evaluate therapeutic efficacy of Secukinumab in patients with active Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). Patients and methods: Descriptive, comparative, retrospective and prospective study, combination with treatment intervention in patients diagnosis with AS, following to modified ACR-1984 criteria (New York criteria) who are inpatient or outpatient in the Department of General Internal Medicine - Endocrinology of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and in the Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology of Hue Central Hospital from May 2018 to August 2019. Results: The study recruited of 38 patients, (76.3% males) with mean age of 29.76 ± 9.75 years old. The age of onset was about 23 years old and the percentage of patients who were diagnosed AS under 30 years old was 73.7%. The majority of patients were hospitalized with severe pain (92.1%), in which 86.8% of patients sufferred from spinal pain, 71.1% of patients showed peripheral joint pain, commonly seen in hip joints (44.7%). Other common symptoms were lumbar Schober (about 3 cm), hand to ground distance (about 20 cm), median BASDAI score: 4.15 ± 1.01, median ASDAS-CRP: 3.81 ± 0.94, increasing CRP (81.58%), increasing erythrocyte sedimentation rate (81.6%), the percentage of HLA-B27 (+): 81.25% (for patients who have received this test). For patients treated with Fraizeron, in general, there were changes in patient global assessment, noctural back pain, peripheral swelling, lumbar Schober, hand to ground distance, BASDAI, ASDAS-CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP. These changes were positive with p < 0.05. When we assessed the safety of Secukinumab, we did not record any clinical or subclinical undesirable effects. Conclusion: At week 16, Secukinumab has been effectively shown to improve clinical symptoms as well as subclinical symptoms in patients with AS. It is also considered safe for use in these patients. Key words: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Secukinumab

scholarly journals A Descriptive Study on Hematological Changes in Brucellosis Infected Individuals

2021 ◽  
pp. 390-395
Author(s):  
Hameedullah Safi ◽  
Waheedullah Noori
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Hematological Parameters ◽  
Salmonella Typhi ◽  
Presenting Symptoms ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Hematological Changes

Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic organism that causes diseases in both animals and humans. Human contact with infected domestic animals is often a transmission route of Brucellosis infection. This infection affects hematological parameters of the patients. We carried this study to determine the changes in various hematological parameters in our study subjects. Patients and Methodology: This study was carried out in Nangarhar regional hospital and safi medical complex on 45 Afghani people from December 2018 up to December 2020. The study design was prospective. A total of 45 patients (Cases) with confirmed diagnosis of Brucellosis on the basis of serology enrolled in the study. Complete blood count and Erythrocyte sedimentation rate studies are also performed. Considered hematological parameters includes Hemoglobin (Hb), White Blood Cell count (WBC), Platelet count (PLT) and ESR.  As well interview was done with each patient and a questionnaire was used. The collected data was analyzed with Microsoft excel program Autosum statistics. Results. A total of 45 patients were enrolled. The mean age±SD of the patients under the study were (28.74±15.22) years. The most common hematological changes observed were; anemia (57.7%), thrombocytopenia (24%), leucocytosis (13.3%), pancytopenia (24.4%), lymphocytopenia (31.1%), lymphocytosis (55.5%) & leucopenia (40%). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate were elevated in about 66% of patients. Fever and headache were the most common presenting symptoms (73%) and (82%) respectively. Night sweats in (40%), joint pain (53%), muscle pain (53%) and lymphadenopathy in 46% of patients. Conclusion: This result of this study shows that Brucellosis commonly affects people of low socioeconomical states, female sex, uneducated, those consuming contaminated dairy products, peoples living in rural areas and those having consuming or contact with animal. Salmonella typhi causes changes in the hematological parameters due to involvement of bone marrow.

scholarly journals Role of Loop Ileostomy in the Management of Ulcerative Colitis Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed N. Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Medical Therapy ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Blood Count ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Loop Ileostomy ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Fulminant Ulcerative Colitis

Background: Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by relapsing and remitting episodes of inflammation limited to the mucosal layer of the colon.Loop ileostomy might be helpful in the management of the disease. Objective: To evaluate the role of loop ileostomy in the management of ulcerative colitis.  Methods: Between Januarys 2008 and January 2018, patients with fulminant ulcerative colitis resistant to medical therapy had been referred to our surgical unit and were included in our study. Assessment of the patients’ medical status (serum electrolytes, total serum protein, complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, general stool exam,and abdominal ultrasound and x-rays) and psychological statuswere done and then preoperative status correction followed by defunctioning loop ileostomy operated upon them and followed postoperatively in hospital for the response fortwo weeks of hospitalization. Results: Twenty patients were included in the study, two patients died postoperatively due to comorbidities and pulmonary embolism. Eighteen of twenty patients had a gradual improvement clinically (mucus diarrhea with/without blood, weight gain, fever, psychological and edema) and in hematological and biochemicalvalues (complete blood count, serum albumin protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and electrolytes) within two weeks. Conclusion: Defunctioning loop ileostomy is a simple,less morbidprocedure if compared to other medical treatments which can change the complication features of fulminant ulcerative colitis towards either continue in medical therapy or towards definitive curative surgery and cost effective as it decrease the need for expensive medications.

Comparison of K2 and K3 EDTA Anticoagulant on Complete Blood Count and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Harida Zahraini ◽  
Yulia Nadar Indrasari ◽  
Hartono Kahar
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Blood Count ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The use of anticoagulants is one of the important pre-analytic factors in hematological tests. Both dipotassium (K2) andtripotassium (K3) Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid (EDTA) are widely used anticoagulants. International CouncilStandardization of Hematology (ICSH) and several researchers recommend the use of K2 EDTA due to its less hyperosmolareffect on blood cells compared to K3 EDTA. This study aimed to compare the results of Complete Blood Count (CBC) andErythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) using anticoagulant K2 EDTA and K3 EDTA. This study was an analytic observationalstudy with a cross-sectional design conducted from April to December 2018. The subject of the study were 103 healthyadults selected by consecutive sampling. Blood samples were collected in both anticoagulant tubes with a volume of 3 mLeach. Samples were tested twice, in the first 0 hours and the next 6 hours using Sysmex XN 1000 and Alifax Roller 20 LC.Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, paired T-test and Wilcoxon rank test were used for statistical analysis. The agreement testbetween both anticoagulants was carried out using the Bland Altman plot for parameters with a significant difference. Therewas a significant difference between both anticoagulants for the parameters of hemoglobin, hematocrit MCV, MCHC, RDW,PDW, MPV, PLC-R, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in both the first and second tests. The agreement test using the BlandAltman plot showed that the difference in these parameters was within the Limit of Agreement (LOA) range of 95%. Thisstudy showed that there were differences in some parameters of complete blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation ratebetween the two anticoagulants (K2 K3 EDTA), but these differences were within the LOA range.

scholarly journals Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in COVID-19 Infections

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Youshu Yuan ◽  
Shucheng Zhang ◽  
Can Jin ◽  
Linlin Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Sedimentation Rate ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Age Gap ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Critical Patients

AbstractObjectivesTo compare the clinical characteristics between the rapid cohort and the normal cohort of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in COVID-19 infections, analyze the variables with significant differences, and explore the influencing factors of rapid ESR.MethodsSelected a total of 80 patients with ESR detection during hospitalization were measured in 146 patients who received medical observation in concentrated isolation hospital in Guizhou province in China, collected and compared demographic information, epidemiological data, clinical symptoms, laboratory test data and CT image data during the observation between rapid cohort and normal group of ESR.ResultsBy comparison, the proportion of male in the rapid cohort was higher than female. The average age was more than 35 years old, with a large age gap. The proportion of severe and critical patients was more than 26.53% (13/49). However, in the normal cohort the proportion of female was more than male, and the average age was about 8 years lower than the rapid cohort, and the age gap was smaller. The proportion of severe and critical patients was 12.90%, which was less than half of the rapid group. In the two groups, the proportion of clustered cases accounted for more than 50%, and the average number of patients in one family was more than 3. The most common clinical symptoms were cough, sputum, fever, sore throat and weakness of limbs. There were significant differences in ALT, γ-GT and C-reactive protein between the rapid and normal cohort (P<0.05), but no statistically significant in other indicators. Hemoglobin and C-reactive protein have a significant effect on erythrocyte sedimentation rate.ConclusionsIn this study, we found that ESR is related to Hemoglobin and C-reactive protein. (Funded by Science and Technology Department of Guizhou Province; Chinese ClinicalTrials.gov number, ChiCTR2000033346. opens in new tab.)

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