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Background and Rationale:
T cells play a critical role in antiviral immunity, their level was dramatically reduced in COVID-19 patients. There is a negative correlation between T cell numbers and cytokines serum level in COVID-19 patients. In those patients, there is up-regulation of inflammatory
1. Patients The study included 30 patients with chronic kidney failure on dialysis treatment at the Center for Nephrology and Dialysis of the Clinical Center Kragujevac. Inclusion criteria were: regular dialysis treatment for more than 3 months, 3 times a week and hemoglobin values lower than 110g /
Screening:
All potentially eligible patients at the participating institution will be approached for study consent prior to study transfusion. Enrolled patients will also be asked for consent to the storage of their samples for future research on Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTI). Illiterate
Screening:
All potentially eligible patients at the participating institution will be approached for study consent prior to study transfusion. Enrolled patients will be asked for consent to the storage of their samples for a future project in TTI Project. Illiterate patients can be consented by an
Ischemic stroke constitutes about 80-85% of all stroke cases and is caused by the interruption of cerebral blood flow due to a blood clot. Because of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and its oxidative metabolite activity, the brain is highly sensitive to oxidative stress. This characteristic
Endometriosis is a benign gynaecological disorder with malignant biological characteristics and is defined by the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. Ectopic endometrial cells can spread to pelvic organs such as rectum, bladder, and ovaries. The pathophysiology of
Background and rationale
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis often suffer from anemia. The anemia is primarily caused by insufficient production by the failing kidneys of the erythroid stimulating hormone - erythropoietin (Epo). Oxidative stress may be another reason for
The purpose of our study is to compare liver injury with dexmedetomidine. The enrolled patients were randomized into two group. In the study group, dexmedetomidine, diluted in 0.9% sodium chloride with the concentration of 4 ug ml-1 is administered with an loading dose of 0.5ug kg-1 of 10 min, and
Interventions:
Forty patients were enrolled in total. The first 20 patients (hyperoxia group) underwent a 2-hour period of normobaric hyperoxia (FiO2 1.0), according to the protocol applied in. No variation in the FiO2 was applied for the other 20 patients (control group). All patients were enrolled
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of Alcoholic hepatitis is made by the following criteria (12)
I. Chronic active alcohol abuse - >80 grams in males and > 60 grams in females for > 5 years for developing Alcoholic Cirrhosis (13) Alcohol use will be evaluated with the AUDIT score (EASL guidelines (14) II.
Severe alcoholic hepatitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of (AH) is made by the following criteria11
I.Chronic active alcohol abuse - > 80 grams in males and > 20 grams in females. II. Duration of jaundice < 3 months III. Serum Bilirubin >5 mg/dl
Elective liver resection is performed mainly for benign and malignant liver tumors. The malignant tumors may arise primarily within the liver (hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma) or represent metastases from malignancies of other organs. During hepatic resection, the risk of severe
Inclusion Criteria Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (2 of 3 of the cardinal symptoms, tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity) Mini Mental State Examination > 24 Anti-parkinsonian medications stable for one month Hoehn and Yahr II-IV
Exclusion Criteria Atypical parkinsonism History of seizure, drug addiction
Safety/Primary Outcome Parameters:
- Incidence, nature and severity of adverse events
- Incidence, nature and severity of clinical laboratory test abnormalities
Efficacy/Secondary Outcome Parameters:
- Clinical remission defined as an endoscopy score of ≤ 1, a rectal bleeding score of 0, and an