Publications by authors named "A Cristescu"
Correlation between Neurotransmitters (Dopamine, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Serotonin), Prognostic Nutritional Index, Glasgow Prognostic Score, Systemic Inflammatory Response Markers, and TNM Staging in a Cohort of Colorectal Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients.
Int J Mol Sci
June 2024
Article Synopsis
- Neuroendocrine tumors (CR-NETs) are rare in the gastrointestinal tract but can arise in various epithelial organs, prompting research into the roles of serum dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and epinephrine in these tumors.
- The study analyzed 25 CR-NET patients and 60 colorectal cancer patients, finding that CR-NET patients had higher serum dopamine levels, especially in early TNM stages, suggesting dopamine's potential as a prognostic marker.
- Additionally, connections between serum dopamine, nutritional status (measured by the Prognostic Nutritional Index), and systemic inflammation indicate that these markers may assist in evaluating CR-NET patients' health and guiding treatment strategies.
For road safety, braking system performance has become a very important requirement for car vehicle manufacturers and passengers. To this end, vehicle designers must understand the characteristics of tribological behavior and the causes of their variation in properties. This paper analyzes the tribological behavior (at friction and wear) of the most recent material couples of the braking disk-pad system affected by their structural change through the implications on the braking system stability, reliability and suitable characterizations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAre the spectral Doppler indices of ovarian arteries indicative of antral follicular development and predictive of ovulatory responses and embryo yields in superovulated ewes?
Reprod Biol
December 2019
Nineteen ewes received 200 mg of pFSH administered in eight decreasing doses from Days 1 to 4, starting three days before CIDR® device removal. Ten ewes received an injection of 350 μg of estradiol benzoate at CIDR® device insertion (Group E) and nine animals served as controls (Group C). B-mode and spectral Doppler ultrasonographic examinations were performed daily throughout superovulatory treatment to enumerate ovarian antral follicles and to determine ovarian blood flow indices, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Neurenteric cysts defined as a cyst lined by endodermal-type epithelium are extremely rare. We report a rare case of an orbital neurenteric cyst.
Case Report: A 19-year-old female presented with an orbital cyst tumor that had cosmetic consequences.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the changes in body surface maps in patients with postinfarction heart failure (PIHF).
Materials And Methods: Body surface mapping was performed in 22 patients with PIHF and 20 age-matched healthy controls, using a 64-electrode vest. A card index was made for every patient and person of the control group, containing isopotential and isointegral maps.