European review for medical and pharmacological sciences
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci · Mar 2016
Value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting post-pericardiotomy syndrome after cardiac surgery.
Post-pericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) occurs in 10-40% of patients after cardiac surgery. PPS is considered an autoimmune phenomenon. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a novel inflammatory marker that is associated with various cardiovascular diseases. Studies have reported that the NLR increases in certain autoimmune diseases. This study examined whether the NLR is helpful to predict the occurrence of PPS after elective on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. ⋯ The postoperative NLR may be useful to predict the development of PPS in patients undergoing on-pump CABG.
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci · Mar 2016
A study on the role of apoptotic human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in bleomycin-induced acute lung injury in rat models.
We sought to determine whether normal human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and apoptotic human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells play any role in the lung repair following bleomycin-induced lung injury in rat models. ⋯ Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation may have a bright future in the clinical setting for the treatment of ALI/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Apoptotic human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells may have more effective than normal human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of acute lung injury.