Characteristics and risk factors associated with critical illness in pediatric COVID-19 by Grace Fisler, Stephanie M. Izard, Sareen Shah, Deirdre Lewis, Mundeep K. Kainth, Stefan H. F. Hagmann, Joshua A. Belfer, Lance M. Feld, Fiore Mastroianni, Charlotte L. Kvasnovsky, Christine A. Capone, James Schneider, Todd Sweberg, Charles Schleien, Matthew D. Taylor, the Northwell COVID-19 Research Consortium

“…Presence of an underlying comorbidity was not associated with need for PICU admission (p = 0.227) or organ dysfunction (p = 0.87). Initial white blood cell count (WBC), platelet count, and ferritin were not associated with need for PICU admission. …”
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Acute physiological changes caused by complement activators and amphotericin B-containing liposomes in mice by Őrfi E, Mészáros T, Hennies M, Fülöp T, Dézsi L, Nardocci A, Rosivall L, Hamar P, Neun BW, Dobrovolskaia MA, Szebeni J, Szénási G

“…Materials and methods: Anesthetized NMRI mice were intravenously injected with liposomal amphotericin B (Abelcet and AmBisome; 30–300 mg phospholipid/kg), drug-free high cholesterol multilamellar vesicles (HC-MLV), and positive controls, cobra venom factor (CVF) and zymosan, followed by the measurement of blood pressure (BP), heart rate, white blood cell, and platelet counts and plasma thromboxane B2 (TXB2) levels. …”
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Hip fracture prognosis: could bioimpedance be an alternative to conventional nutritional assessment? Pronóstico de la fractura de cadera: ¿podría la bioimpedancia ser una alternati... by L. Schiper, D. Sadigursky, D. A. V. Rosario, S. P. Schiper, L. C. Passos, J. Faintuch

“…Reactance, urea and creatinine were different in patients suffering both early and late demise. Resistance, white blood cell count and osteoporosis were risk factors for early mortality only , and anemia exclusively for late mortality. …”
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Association of Baseline Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and Clinical Outcome of Endovascular Therapy in Patients with Diabetic Foot and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease by WU Wenxia, CHEN Guishan, LIU Xingzhou, YOU Lili, LIU Dan, YAN Li

“…Clinical characteristics were collected, including sex, age, diabetes duration, smoking, body mass index, prevalence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetic foot classification, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and blood test results containing white blood cell count, platelet count, lymphocyte count, neutrophil count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, albumin, creatinine, and estimated glomerular filtration rate. …”
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Common and Unique Factors and the Bidirectional Relationship Between Chronic Kidney Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver in Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Lee YJ, Wang CP, Hung WC, Tang WH, Chang YH, Hu DW, Lu YC, Yu TH, Wu CC, Chung FM, Hsu CC

“…Age, triglycerides, body mass index (BMI), UA, white blood cell (WBC) count, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) level, and smoking status had statistically significant direct effects on NAFLD, and the final model could explain 43% of the variability in NAFLD. …”
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Tanshinone I exerts cardiovascular protective effects in vivo and in vitro through inhibiting necroptosis via Akt/Nrf2 signaling pathway by Youqiong Zhuo, Renyikun Yuan, Xinxin Chen, Jia He, Yangling Chen, Chenwei Zhang, Kaili Sun, Shilin Yang, Zhenjie Liu, Hongwei Gao

“…In vivo experiment, TI made electrocardiograph (ECG) recovery better and lessened the degree of myocardial tissue damage. The counts of white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil (Neu), lymphocyte (Lym), and the release of TNF-α and IL-6 were reversed by TI treatment. …”
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Wound Infections of Snakebites from the Venomous <i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i> and <i>Viridovipera stejnegeri</i> in Taiwan: Bacteriology, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Pred... by Chih-Chuan Lin, Yen-Chia Chen, Zhong Ning Leonard Goh, Chen-Ken Seak, Joanna Chen-Yeen Seak, Gao Shi-Ying, Chen-June Seak, SPOT Investigators

“…The prognostic factors for the secondary bacterial infection of snakebites were white blood cell counts, the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, and the need for hospital admission. …”
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Assessing inpatient antibiotic use during COVID-19 surges with or without infectious diseases consultation by Nicole Tommasi, Shira Doron, Gabriela Andujar-Vazquez, Maureen Campion

“…We collected data regarding vital signs, white blood cell count (WBC), length of stay (LOS), steroid use, IDC, and AU (defined as percentage of patients receiving at least 1 antibiotic dose), with a separate category for antibiotics commonly used for bacterial pneumonia (ampicillin-sulbactam, azithromycin, cefepime, cefpodoxime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, doxycycline, piperacillin-tazobactam, vancomycin). …”
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Identification of prognostic factors and nomogram model for patients with advanced lung cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors by Xiuqiong Chen, Zhaona Li, Jing Zhou, Qianhui Wei, Xinyue Wang, Richeng Jiang

“…Results Univariate analysis of all collected baseline factors showed that age, clinical stage, white blood cell (WBC), lymphocyte (LYM), monocyte (MON), eosinophils (AEC), hemoglobin (HB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), albumin (ALB) and treatment line were significantly associated with PFS after immunotherapy. …”
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Short-term outcomes of reduced-port laparoscopic surgery versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for total gastrectomy: a single-institute experience by Wenhao Teng, Jingfu Liu, Wenju Liu, Jianping Jiang, Meimei Chen, Weidong Zang

“…However, compared with the CLS group, the RLS group had a significantly shorter total length of incision (5.6 ± 1.0 cm vs. 7.1 ± 0.7 cm, P = 0.000); shorter time to first ambulation (24.9 ± 5.9 h vs. 27.6 ± 5.0 h, P = 0.009), flatus (3.0 ± 0.8 d vs. 3.5 ± 1.0 d, P = 0.022) and oral intake (4.0 ± 1.6 d vs. 6.1 ± 5.1 d, P = 0.011); lower white blood cell count on the third day after the operation (9.8 ± 4.0*109/L vs. 11.6 ± 4.7*109/L, P = 0.037); and lower visual analogue scale score on postoperative days 1 and 3(3.0 ± 0.7 vs. 3.3 ± 0.7, P = 0.044 and 0.6 ± 0.7 vs. 1.6 ± 0.6, P = 0.000 respectively). …”
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Development and Validation of a Robust and Interpretable Early Triaging Support System for Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Predictive Algorithm Modeling and Interpretation Stu... by Sangwon Baek, Yeon joo Jeong, Yun-Hyeon Kim, Jin Young Kim, Jin Hwan Kim, Eun Young Kim, Jae-Kwang Lim, Jungok Kim, Zero Kim, Kyunga Kim, Myung Jin Chung

“…The features predictive of severity included lactate dehydrogenase, age, absolute lymphocyte count, dyspnea, respiratory rate, diabetes mellitus, c-reactive protein, absolute neutrophil count, platelet count, white blood cell count, and saturation of peripheral oxygen. …”
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Symptoms compatible with long COVID in an Italian pediatric cohort of Tourette patients with and without SARS‑CoV‑2 infection: a short-term follow-up assessment by Adriana Prato, Angela Maria Salerno, Federica Saia, Nicoletta Maugeri, Alice Zanini, Miriam Scerbo, Rita Barone, Renata Rizzo

“…Markers of systemic inflammation including C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), ferritin, iron, electrolytes, white blood cell counts, platelet cell counts levels, markers of liver, kidney and thyroid function were analyzed. …”
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Abstract Number ‐ 225: COVID‐19 As A Potential Inducer Of Antiphospholipid Syndrome In A Patient With Acute Ischemic Stroke by Sheetal Hegde, Siegfried Hirczy, Mehari Gebreyohanns

“…Hemoglobin was 6.9 for which 1 unit of packed red blood cells was transfused. White blood cell count was 9.02. Platelet count was 761. …”
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A nomogram prognostic model for early hepatocellular carcinoma with diabetes mellitus after primary liver resection based on the admission characteristics by Menghan Zhang, Qi Wang, Gongming Zhang, Guangming Li, Ronghua Jin, Ronghua Jin, Huichun Xing, Huichun Xing

“…Random Forrest model and Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that drinking, tumor number, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, white blood cell count and international normalized ratio at admission were identified as independent prognostic factors for early HCC patients who underwent liver resection combined with DM. …”
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The association between parenteral nutrition and pancreatic injury in adult patients: a retrospective observational study by Xiao-min Zhang, Yi-quan Zhou, Yan-ping Wan, Hao-jie Li, Zhi-qi Chen, An-qi Song, Mo-lian Tang, Renying Xu, Wei Cai

“…Age, sex, body weight, height, diagnosis of diseases, history of diseases, surgery, white blood cell, c-reactive protein, liver and renal function, fasting blood glucose, lipid profile, and daily energy supplied by PN and enteral nutrition were abstracted from medical records. …”
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Supplementation of syringic acid-rich Phrynium pubinerve leaves imparts protection against allergic inflammatory responses by downregulating iNOS, COX-2, and NF-κB expressions by Md Arman Islam, Md Samiul Huq Atanu, Md Afjalus Siraj, Rabindra Nath Acharyya, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Shrabanti Dev, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Asish Kumar Das

“…TDI-induced allergic model in mice was carried out to determine different allergy-like symptoms, and differential white blood cell (WBC) counts in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. …”
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A Novel Prognostic Score Based on Artificial Intelligence in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Long-Term Follow-Up Analysis by Xiaoli Liu, Xinhui Wang, Lihua Yu, Yixin Hou, Yuyong Jiang, Xianbo Wang, Junyan Han, Zhiyun Yang

“…Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that age, white blood cell count, creatinine, total bilirubin, γ-GGT, LDH, tumor size ≥ 5 cm, tumor number ≥ 2, portal vein tumor thrombus, and AFP ≥ 400 ng/ml were independent risk factors for long-term survival in HCC. …”
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Leukocytosis and C-Reactive Protein May Predict Development of Secondary Cerebral Vasospasm in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Ieva Buce-Satoba, Daina Rozkalne, Biruta Mamaja, Gaida Krumina, Agnese Ozolina

“…The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the association between inflammatory parameters, white blood cell (WBC) count, and C-reactive protein plasma levels (CRP) and the occurrence of secondary CV in patients with aSAH. …”
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Day-by-Day Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated With Neurological Functional Outcome After Acute Ischemic Stroke by Changqiang Yang, Kai Liu, Yue Song, Shenzhen Gong, Runyu Ye, Zhipeng Zhang, Xiaoping Chen

“…In addition, After adjustment for multiple confounding factors, including age, gender, risk factors, stroke features, baseline severity, recanalized therapy, hemorrhagic transformation, pulmonary infection, white blood cell, estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and mean BP, day-by-day BP variability was significantly correlated with an unfavorable outcome in the top vs. bottom quartile of systolic BPV (OR = 3.33, 95% CI: 1.41–7.85, P = 0.006 for SD; OR = 2.27, 95% CI: 1.04–4.94, P = 0.037 for CV) during 3-month follow-up. …”
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Baseline characteristics from a 3-year longitudinal study to phenotype subjects with COPD: the FOOTPRINTS study by James D. Crapo, Abhya Gupta, David A. Lynch, Alice M. Turner, Robert M. Mroz, Wim Janssens, Andrea Ludwig-Sengpiel, Harald Koegler, Anastasia Eleftheraki, Frank Risse, Claudia Diefenbach

“…The soluble inflammatory biomarkers white blood cell count, fibrinogen, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and plasma surfactant protein were higher in GOLD 1–3 groups than in the EwAL group. …”
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