Gluthathione peroxidase (GPX) level as a marker of menopausal complaints severity degree amount paramedics women working at H. Adam Malik Hospital in Medan, Indonesia

Maturitas ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-236
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fidel Ganis Siregar ◽  
Renny Anggraini ◽  
Ichwanul Adenin ◽  
Deri Edianto ◽  
Risman Felix Kaban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gluthathione Peroxidase ◽  
Severity Degree

scholarly journals COVID-19 Lockdown Effect on Not Institutionalized Patients with Dementia and Caregivers

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 893
Author(s):  
Rita Moretti ◽  
Paola Caruso ◽  
Mauro Giuffré ◽  
Claudio Tiribelli
Keyword(s):  
Medical Condition ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
Old Patients ◽  
Subcortical Vascular Dementia ◽  
Behavior Disturbances ◽  
Institutionalized Patients ◽  
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SARS-COV-2 is a severe medical condition. Old patients are very vulnerable, but they have been studied only as institutionalized patients. During the lock-down, little attention is dedicated to old, demented patients who lived at home. This study wants to examine their behavioral reactions by video-phone follow-up. We conducted a longitudinal study in subcortical vascular dementia (sVAD) patients. We enrolled 221 sVAD, not institutionalized patients. We divided sVAD patients into low-medium grade sVAD (A) and severe sVAD (B), based on neuroimaging severity degree and executive alterations. At baseline, at the end of lock-down, and two months later, global behavioral symptoms were recorded for each patient. We found significantly higher scores of general behavioral deterioration, anxiety, delusions, hallucinations and apathy after controlling for sVAD severity. The direct consequence was a drastic increment of psychotropic drugs prescribed and employed during the lock-down. Moreover, caregivers’ stress has been evaluated, together with their anxiety and depression levels. During the lock-down, their scores increased and reflected a severe worsening of their behavior. Our data demonstrate that social isolation induces a severe perception of loneliness and abandonment; these fears can exacerbate behavior disturbances in old-aged frail persons. Thus, these can be considered as indirect victims of SARS-COV-2.

scholarly journals Dysregulation of lipid metabolism and pathological inflammation in patients with COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Caterino ◽  
Monica Gelzo ◽  
Stefano Sol ◽  
Roberta Fedele ◽  
Anna Annunziata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Entry ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Virus Propagation ◽  
Lipidomic Analysis ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Patient Profiles ◽  
Cellular Pathways ◽  
Severity Degree

AbstractIn recent months, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread throughout the world. COVID-19 patients show mild, moderate or severe symptoms with the latter ones requiring access to specialized intensive care. SARS-CoV-2 infections, pathogenesis and progression have not been clearly elucidated yet, thus forcing the development of many complementary approaches to identify candidate cellular pathways involved in disease progression. Host lipids play a critical role in the virus life, being the double-membrane vesicles a key factor in coronavirus replication. Moreover, lipid biogenesis pathways affect receptor-mediated virus entry at the endosomal cell surface and modulate virus propagation. In this study, targeted lipidomic analysis coupled with proinflammatory cytokines and alarmins measurement were carried out in serum of COVID-19 patients characterized by different severity degree. Serum IL-26, a cytokine involved in IL-17 pathway, TSLP and adiponectin were measured and correlated to lipid COVID-19 patient profiles. These results could be important for the classification of the COVID-19 disease and the identification of therapeutic targets.

scholarly journals Activity of kallikrein-kinin system at patients with asiderotic anemia

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
N. N. Zhilkova
Keyword(s):  
Disease Duration ◽  
Proteinase Inhibitors ◽  
Stable State ◽  
Continuous Treatment ◽  
Kinin System ◽  
Α2 Macroglobulin ◽  
Short Disease Duration ◽  
Severity Of The Disease ◽  
Kallikrein Kinin System ◽  
Severity Degree

The aim of investigation is to study the state of kallikrein-kinin system (KKS) and proteinase inhibitors at patients with asiderotic anemia prior to and after the treatment. 58 patients with asiderotic anemia prior to the treatment and in dynamics after 3 weeks have been examined. KKS state has been estimated by kallikrein, prekallikrein, proteinase α1-inhibitor (Pα1I) and α2-macroglobulin (α2-MG) levels in blood plasma having been investigated by Paskhina’s et al.chromatographic method and by Nartikova’s and Paskhina’s unified enzymatic method.Patients with asiderotic anemia had the rise of KKS activity. Its change differences depending on the disease duration have been revealed. At short disease duration a regulated KKS activation and its stable state have been marked. After the treatment at patients with medium severity degree it happens a normalization of all KKS parameters, at patients with serious anemia the high activity of Pα1I persists. The continuous treatment of anemia has led to the development of pathological type activation that had persisted at patients after the treatment.It has been revealed that the degree of KKS activation intensity and its renewal after the implemented treatment depended on the duration and severity of the disease.

scholarly journals Phonological Disorder: Severity Degree and Tritonal Mean of Hearing Threshold

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kariny Silva ◽  
Diana Bartz ◽  
Gabriela Silva ◽  
Laura Zahr ◽  
Letícia Ribas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Threshold ◽  
Severity Degree

Oxidative damage of canine erythrocytes after treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (06) ◽  
pp. 407-413
Author(s):  
Julia Lieser ◽  
Claudia Schwedes ◽  
Maria Walter ◽  
Judith Langenstein ◽  
Andreas Moritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Hemoglobin Concentration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Severe Illness ◽  
Heinz Bodies ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gluthathione Peroxidase ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

Abstract Objective To investigate oxidative erythrocyte damage in dogs treated with different non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Material and methods Case-controlled prospective observational study using blood obtained from dogs presenting for lameness examinations or standard surgical procedures to a private referral clinic. Sampling was performed from April 2018 to July 2019. Groups comprised dogs receiving either metamizole (dipyrone) (22 dogs), carprofen (20 dogs) or meloxicam (20 dogs) for a minimum of 10 days. Dogs with gastrointestinal hemorrhage were excluded from the study. A complete hematological, as well as a basic biochemical profile were performed in every dog. Pappenheim stained blood smears were evaluated for eccentrocytes and brilliant cresyl blue stained smears for Heinz bodies. EDTA blood was frozen at –80°C immediately after sampling for measurement of superoxide dismutase and gluthathione peroxidase activity at an external laboratory. Hemoglobin concentration, superoxide dismutase and gluthathione peroxidase activities, reticulocyte count, eccentrocyte and Heinz body numbers were determined prospectively as key parameters for further statistical assessment with Kruskal-Wallis test and Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. Results Dogs receiving metamizole showed a significant increase in eccentrocyte (median 14.5/500 cells vs. 0/500 cells in the other groups, p < 0.0001) and reticulocyte number (median 191.4 × 109/l vs. 31.6–37.9 × 109/l, p < 0.0001) and a significant decrease in hemoglobin concentration (median 8.4 mmol/l vs. 10.1–10.5 mmol/l, p < 0.0003). No significant difference in superoxide dismutase and gluthathione peroxidase activities was observed between dogs receiving metamizole and the other groups. Heinz bodies were not found in any of the dogs. Conclusion Treatment with metamizole for 10 or more days resulted in decreased hemoglobin concentration, eccentrocytosis and reticulocytosis in dogs in this study. This might be a sign of increased oxidative damage caused by this drug. Clinical significance Prolonged metamizole therapy should be evaluated critically in patients already affected by severe illness or underlying anaemia.

scholarly journals An Interpretable Computer-Aided Diagnosis Method for Periodontitis From Panoramic Radiographs

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyang Li ◽  
Juexiao Zhou ◽  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Yangyang She ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computational Models ◽  
Alveolar Bone ◽  
Calibration Method ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Panoramic Radiographs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Severity Degree

Periodontitis is a prevalent and irreversible chronic inflammatory disease both in developed and developing countries, and affects about 20–50% of the global population. The tool for automatically diagnosing periodontitis is highly demanded to screen at-risk people for periodontitis and its early detection could prevent the onset of tooth loss, especially in local communities and health care settings with limited dental professionals. In the medical field, doctors need to understand and trust the decisions made by computational models and developing interpretable models is crucial for disease diagnosis. Based on these considerations, we propose an interpretable method called Deetal-Perio to predict the severity degree of periodontitis in dental panoramic radiographs. In our method, alveolar bone loss (ABL), the clinical hallmark for periodontitis diagnosis, could be interpreted as the key feature. To calculate ABL, we also propose a method for teeth numbering and segmentation. First, Deetal-Perio segments and indexes the individual tooth via Mask R-CNN combined with a novel calibration method. Next, Deetal-Perio segments the contour of the alveolar bone and calculates a ratio for individual tooth to represent ABL. Finally, Deetal-Perio predicts the severity degree of periodontitis given the ratios of all the teeth. The Macro F1-score and accuracy of the periodontitis prediction task in our method reach 0.894 and 0.896, respectively, on Suzhou data set, and 0.820 and 0.824, respectively on Zhongshan data set. The entire architecture could not only outperform state-of-the-art methods and show robustness on two data sets in both periodontitis prediction, and teeth numbering and segmentation tasks, but also be interpretable for doctors to understand the reason why Deetal-Perio works so well.

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