scholarly journals Relationship of Meteorological and Air Pollution Parameters with Pneumonia in Elderly Patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suleyman Serdar Tasci ◽  
Cemil Kavalci ◽  
Afsin Emre Kayipmaz
Keyword(s):  
Blood Count ◽  
Meteorological Parameters ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Airborne Particles ◽  
Meteorological Variables ◽  
Nitrite Oxide ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Pm 10 ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background and Purpose. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between pneumonia and meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, precipitation, airborne particles, sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrite oxide (NO), and nitric oxide (NOX)) in patients with the diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department. Methods. Our study was performed retrospectively with patients over 65 years of age who were diagnosed with pneumonia. The meteorological variables in the days of diagnosing pneumonia were compared with the meteorological variables in the days without diagnosis of pneumonia. The sociodemographic characteristics, complete blood count of the patients, and meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, precipitation, airborne particles, SO2, CO, NO2, NO, and NOX) were investigated. Results. When the temperature was high and low, the number of days consulted due to pneumonia was related to low air temperature (p<0.05). During the periods when PM 10, NO, NO2, NOX, and CO levels were high, the number of days referred for pneumonia was increased (p<0.05). Conclusion. As a result, climatic (temperature, humidity, pressure levels, rain, etc.) and environmental factors (airborne particles, CO, NO, and NOX) were found to be effective in the number of patients admitted to the hospital due to pneumonia.

scholarly journals Hubungan pemeriksaan hitung darah lengkap pada anak dengan sepsis

e-CliniC ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill N. Pairunan ◽  
Ari L. Runtunuwu ◽  
Praevilia M. Salendu
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Blood Count ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Pediatric Sepsis ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: The objective of this research is to determine the relationship of complete blood count test in children with sepsis. This research was conducted using the method of analytic retrospective study with cross sectional by utilizing the medical records of patients with sepsis from year 2013 to year 2015 with total sample 43 children. From 43 children with sepsis there are 21 male and 22 female. The mean age in pediatric sepsis is 37,8 months. The mean hematocrit is 31,6%, the mean hemoglobin is 10,7 g/dL, the mean erythrocyte is 4,25x106/μl, the mean leukocytes is 19,7x103/μl, and the mean platelet is 319x103/μl. The conclusion from point biserial correlation analysis showed no relationship (P>0,05) between complete blood count test and sepsis in children.Keywords: sepsis, complete blood count testAbstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pemeriksaan hitung darah lengkap pada anak dengan sepsis. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode penelitian analitik retrospektif dengan pendekatan potong lintang (cross sectional) dengan memanfaatkan rekam medik pasien sepsis periode tahun 2013-tahun 2015. Dengan jumlah sampel 43 anak. Dari 43 jumlah penderita sepsis diantaranya terdapat 21 pasien laki-laki dan 22 pasien perempuan. Rerata umur sepsis pada pasien 37,8 bulan. Rerata hematokrit 31,6%, rerata hemoglobin 10,7g/dL, rerata eritrosit 4,25x106/μl, rerata lekosit 19,7x103/μl, dan rerata trombosit 319x103/μl. Kesimpulan dari hasil analisis korelasi point biserial menunjukan tidak terdapat hubungan (P>0,05) antara pemeriksaan hitung darah lengkap dan sepsis pada anak.Kata kunci: sepsis, pemeriksaan hitung darah lengkap

scholarly journals Frequency of non-motor symptoms in Peruvian patients with Parkinson's disease

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Cosentino ◽  
Yesenia Nuñez ◽  
Luis Torres
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Progressive Increase ◽  
Motor Symptoms ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Progression Of Disease ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Non Motor Symptoms

Introduction: Non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease are often not well recognized in clinical practice. Non-motor symptoms questionnaire (NMSQuest) is a simple instrument that allows patients or caregivers to report non-motor symptoms in a practical manner. Objective: We attempted to determine the prevalence of non-motor symptoms in three hundred Parkinson's disease outpatients. Results: The mean total non-motor symptoms was 12.41, ranging from 0 to 27 of a maximum of 30. At least one was present in 99.3% of patients. A progressive increase in mean total score was observed across each 5-year interval. Depression domain scored the most “positive” answers while urinary and anxiety /memory were secondly and thirdly most prevalent respectively. Conclusion: The large number of patients included in this study allowed evaluation of the occurrence of non-motor symptoms in early and advanced disease in addition to the relationship of these kinds of symptoms with progression of disease.

scholarly journals Relationship of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Duration with The Occurrence of Erectile Dysfunction at Puskesmas Denpasar Barat I

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Alexander Petra Sihite ◽  
I Gusti Ngurah Pramesemara ◽  
I Wayan Surudarma
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Erectile Dysfunction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Type 2 Dm ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that characterized by high blood sugar levels. This condition is often not noticed immediately and usually patient starting to realize it when complications have been occurred. A long-term complication of type 2 DM that occurred in men is erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is a condition when a person is unable to achieve or maintain an erection for sexual intercourse. One factor that influence the occurrence of ED and its severity in type 2 DM patients is the duration of the disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of type 2 DM duration and the occurrence of ED. Methods: This study is an observational analytic cross-sectional study conducted at the Puskesmas (Public Health Center) Denpasar Barat I. The research data was obtained through medical record data and fill the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) questionnaire on 36 type 2 DM patients aged around 40-60 years. The statistical analysis used was Fisher's exact test. Results: The results showed that of the 36 samples, 19 (52.8%) samples had type 2 DM <24 months and 17 (47.2%) samples had type 2 DM >24 months. It was found that 5 (13.9%) samples did not experience ED while the rest experienced ED with different severity. There was a significant relationship between the type 2 DM duration and the occurrence of erectile dysfunction at Puskesmas Denpasar Barat I (p = 0.022). Conclusion: Study has found that type 2 DM patients with the longer duration (>24 months)  have a higher occurrence of ED and tended to be more severe compared to those with shorter duration (<24 months). Further studies should be performed with higher number of patients and more controlled risk factor so it will be more accurate in determining the relationship between the duration of type 2 DM and ED.

Concomitant Rash and Blood Dyscrasias in Geriatric Psychiatry Patients Treated with Carbamazepine

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 884-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall Cates ◽  
Richard Powers
Keyword(s):  
Blood Count ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Geriatric Psychiatry ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Carbamazepine Therapy ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Rashes and blood dyscrasias are disconcerting adverse effects associated with carbamazepine therapy. Rashes are quite common, as are mild blood dyscrasias, such as mild leukopenias. Fortunately, severe rashes and blood dyscrasias are rare. There are few reports on the relationship between carbamazepine-induced rashes and blood dyscrasias, including a prospective study in which rash appeared concomitantly with leukopenia and/or thrombocytopenia in 10 patients, two case reports in which simultaneous rash and agranulocytosis occurred, and two case reports in which rashes served as harbingers of fatal aplastic anemia. CASE REPORTS: We report two cases of concomitant rashes and blood dyscrasias in geriatric psychiatry patients receiving carbamazepine therapy for bipolar disorder. One patient was found to have a severe leukopenia within several days after rash onset. The other patient was discovered to have a severe leukopenia and thrombocytopenia within about a month after rash onset. DISCUSSION: Current hematologic monitoring guidelines for carbamazepine rely heavily on the recognition of signs and symptoms of blood dyscrasias by clinicians and patients. We believe that our cases support the suggestion that patients who develop rashes receive more vigilant monitoring of the complete blood count, should carbamazepine therapy be continued. Given the currently available case reports and the fact that the incidence of drug-induced blood dyscrasias increases with advanced age, this recommendation may be particularly relevant for geriatric patients. CONCLUSIONS: Further study is required to establish whether carbamazepine-induced concomitant rashes and blood dyscrasias are valid associations insofar as monitoring is concerned.

The Relationship Between the Gensini Score and Complete Blood Count Parameters in Coronary Artery Disease

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammet Raşit Sayın ◽  
Mehmet Ali Çetiner ◽  
Turgut Karabağ ◽  
Sait Meut Doğan ◽  
Mustafa Aydın ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Blood Count ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Gensini Score ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Prevalence of comorbid pathology in patients with vibration disease caused by exposure to local vibration

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (10) ◽  
pp. 1079-1085
Author(s):  
Marina V. Kuleshova ◽  
Vladimir A. Pankov ◽  
Natalya V. Slivnitsyna
Keyword(s):  
Mastoid Process ◽  
Local Vibration ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Vibration Disease ◽  
Clinical Syndromes ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sensory Polyneuropathy

Introduction. Vibration as a factor of production is one of the leading that influences negatively on workers in various sectors of the economy. In available literature there no adequate information on the comorbid pathology in hand-arm vibration disease (HAVD) patients. The purpose of the study is to analyze the prevalence of somatic pathology in HAVD patients. Material and methods. The analysis of comorbidity of HAVD patients according in-depth medical data is carried out. The degree of relationship between work-related health disorders is assessed. The results are presented by average values, intensive and extensive indices, the relationship of work-related health disorders is confirmed by the calculation of the relative risk. Results. The main syndrome in the clinical picture of HAVD is autonomous-sensory polyneuropathy of the upper extremities, which is recorded in all patients, while some patients have a combination of two or more clinical syndromes of HAVD. A significant prevalence of diseases of the musculoskeletal and circulatory systems, eyes and its adnexa, ear and mastoid process, digestive, genitourinary system, and respiratory systems was revealed. Number of patients who have diseases of endocrine (up to 25.0%, p <0.01), digestive (up to 43.8%, p <0.01), urogenital (up to 37.5%, p <0.01), respiratory (up to 37.5%, p <0.05) and the circulatory (up to 52.9%, p <0.05) systems grows up with an increase of the experience dose of local vibration. Conclusion. The results of the study can serve as the basis for the implementation of measures for primary and secondary prevention of occupational diseases caused by local vibration, aimed at preventing the development of health disorders.

scholarly journals Analysing the Severity of Coronavirus Infection in Air Pollution: Evidence-Based Study From Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulnoor Ali Jazem Ghanim
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
The Body ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Pm 10 ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract COVID-19 has been considered as one of the major global pandemic which has caused different health problems by affecting the majority of the population throughout the world. Several studies have evolved the concerns of air pollution being considered as a major risk factor causing respiratory infection that are carried out by microorganisms which further affects the immunity system of the body. The present study involves the relationship between the air pollutants and COVID-19 total infection along with estimation of death rates in the several regions of Saudi Arabia. The major goal of this study comprises the analysis of the relationship between air pollutants concentration such as (PM10, NO2, CO, SO2 and O3) and COVID-19 wide outbreak, concerning the transmission, number of patients, critical cases and death rates . The results show that the estimation of COVID-19 cases were highest in number recorded in the most polluted regions, the mortality rate and critical cases were also more distinct in these regions more than other regions in Saudi Arabia. The finding of this study shows a positive correlation between mean PM 10, NO2, CO and SO2 pollutants. The results represent the significant relationship between air pollution resulting from high concentration of NO2 and COVID-19 infection and deaths. Null hypothesis of the relation between other pollutants and COVID-19 infection couldn’t be rejected. The study also indicates significant correlation between mean NO2 and CO and total number of critical cases, and negative correlations were obtained between Mean O3 and total number of cases, total deaths and critical case per cumulative days.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on deaths from respiratory diseases: Panel Data evidence from Chile.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Barria Sandoval ◽  
Angie Mendez ◽  
Guillermo Ferreia ◽  
Maria Cecilia Toffoletto
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Variable Number ◽  
Meteorological Variables ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The COVID-19 pandemic has left other pathologies commonly present in the population in a secondary context. Therefore, it is necessary to study the evolution of these diseases in the presence or absence of COVID-19. Objectives: The present study had the following objectives: 1. To evaluate the relationship between the COVID-19 epidemic and the possible decrease in deaths from respiratory diseases in Chile. 2 Study the relationship between meteorological variables and severity of COVID-19 with respect to deaths from respiratory diseases from January 2018 to February 2021. Methods: The variable number of deaths due to respiratory diseases in Chile was analyzed considering the monthly records of meteorological variables (temperature, precipitation and humidity) in each Region of Chile and severity of COVID-19, to evaluate the mortality trend before and after the pandemic. For this, different Non-Observable Heterogeneity Models for Panel Data were used. Results: Our findings show that among the variables that affect the mortality rate from respiratory diseases, there are the number of deaths from COVID-19 that has a negative effect, the number of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care unit (ICU) that has a positive effect and the minimum temperature with a negative effect. These results are supported by the application of the panel regression with one-way random-effects models. Conclusion: This study revealed that there is an unexpected reduction in deaths from respiratory diseases in Chile in the post-pandemic period. Therefore, it can be concluded that this variable decreased with the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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