Conclusions: Serum procalcitonin levels show a rapid increase in children with sepsis, even in infants <12 month old, and they have a better prognostic value than C-reactive protein or neutrophil ...

Body Revival, crafted from nine research-backed natural Ingredients, including Ashwagandha, Manjishtha, Indian Bael, works on ...

Objectives The significance of neutrophilic inflammation in obstructive airway disease remains controversial. Recent studies have demonstrated presence of an active neutrophil population in systemic ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is present in >10% of all people admitted to critical care and is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Despite more than half a century since its ...

A 58-year-old male patient presented to the dermatology clinic at West China Hospital of Sichuan University (Chengdu, Sichuan ...

As noted above, stellate cell activation is the central event in hepatic fibrosis. Activation consists of 2 major phases: (1) initiation (also called apreinflammatory stage) and (2) perpetuation ...

Study of the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) began about four decades ago with the discovery of HLA-DRB1. Since the beginning of this century, a number of non-HLA risk loci have been identified ...

They may be increased in the blood when cancer is present. Several have been studied alone or in combination or panels. Examples include C-reactive protein (CRP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and ...