Clinical biochemistry
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Clinical biochemistry · Dec 2014
Initial blood lactate correlates with carboxyhemoglobin and clinical severity in carbon monoxide poisoned patients.
The aim of this study was to assess the role of blood lactate levels at admission in carbon monoxide (CO)-poisoned patients for establishing severity of poisoning and short term prognosis. ⋯ Initial blood lactate level may be useful for risk stratification of CO-poisoned patients, especially for predicting hospitalization.
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Clinical biochemistry · Dec 2014
Red blood cell distribution width and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio are positively correlated with disease activity in primary Sjögren's syndrome.
The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are increased in various inflammation related diseases, but their clinical significance in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) has not been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical significance of RDW and NLR in pSS patients. ⋯ RDW and NLR may prove to be useful indices to estimate pSS disease activity.