Publications by authors named "E Hantzi"
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- The study assessed serum amyloid-A (SAA), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and apolipoprotein-A1 (Apo-A1) levels to identify and monitor neonatal sepsis.
- Data was collected from 113 septic neonates and 68 healthy controls, revealing significantly higher SAA levels and lower HDL-C and Apo-A1 levels in septic cases compared to controls.
- SAA was found to be a reliable biomarker for neonatal sepsis, especially in distinguishing between culture-positive and culture-negative cases, and its levels could also indicate clinical response over time.
Background: Early diagnosis and treatment of neonatal infection is important to prevent morbidity and mortality. The gastrointestinal tract-derived hormones ghrelin and peptide YY (PYY), which participate in the regulation of food intake and energy balance, may also play roles in the inflammatory response. Their involvement in neonatal infection is not known.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Retinol Binding Protein-4 (RBP-4), the action of which was initially thought to be only the transport of vitamin A, is a major circulating adipocytokine involved in the inflammation. We evaluated the serum RBP-4 levels in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and correlated them with transthyretin (TTR), inflammation markers, disease activity, and body mass index (BMI).
Design: In 41 children of mean age 11.
Deferasirox (Exjade) is a once-daily, oral iron chelator approved for the treatment of transfusional iron overload. This study was conducted to analyze changes in cystatin C concentration, an endogenous marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), in patients with thalassemia receiving daily deferasirox therapy over a period of at least 9 months. One hundred and fifty beta-thalassemia patients were treated with deferasirox at doses of 20-40 mg/kg/day for 9 consecutive months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair is an evolving technique associated with the well-known advantages of a minimally invasive approach. However, general anesthesia is routinely required for the procedure. Based on our previous experience in regional anesthesia for laparoscopic procedures, we designed a pilot study to assess the feasibility and safety of performing laparoscopic TAPP repair under spinal anesthesia.
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