Publications by authors named "Ghada M El Kassas"
Vitamin D Status in Neonatal Pulmonary Infections: Relationship to Inflammatory Indicators.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
December 2019
Aim: The study aimed to evaluate serum vitamin D concentrations among neonates with pneumonia.
Methods: This case-control study enrolled 33 neonates with pneumonia in addition to 30 healthy controls. CBC, CRP, Serum vitamin D and Pentraxin 3 levels were measured for all participants.
Pentraxin 3: A Potential Novel Predictor for Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
August 2019
Background: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a serious neonatal problem which has a high mortality rate even with advanced modes of mechanical ventilation. Pentraxin 3 is one of the long pentraxins, which plays an essential role in regulation of cell proliferation and angiogenesis.
Aim: This study aims to assess serum pentraxin 3 levels in neonates with pulmonary arterial hypertension and compare them in those who have other congenital heart diseases and healthy neonates.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess hearing in β-thalassemia major patients undergoing iron chelation therapy using pure-tone audiometry (PTA) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE).
- The research included 48 patients aged 6-18 who had been treated with deferoxamine for at least three years, with results showing no significant differences in ototoxicity detection between PTA and DPOAE tests.
- The findings indicated a correlation between higher serum ferritin levels and increased age, contributing to a higher incidence of hearing loss, thus highlighting the need for regular hearing evaluations in these patients.
Serum Apelin and Obesity-Related Complications in Egyptian Children.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
August 2018
Background: The rapidly increasing prevalence of childhood obesity became a major burden on health worldwide, giving an alarm to clinicians and researchers. Adipocytes act as an active endocrine organ by releasing plenty of bioactive mediators (adipokines) that play a major role in regulating metabolic processes. Apelin is a recently identified adipokine that is expressed in adipocytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Obesity is a multifactorial disease, associated with metabolic disorders and chronic low-grade inflammation. Procalcitonin (PCT) is well known as a biomarker of infection, and systemic inflammation. Recently, it has potential as a marker for chronic low-grade inflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerum Apelin: A New Marker of Early Atherosclerosis in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
April 2018
Introduction: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases in children that may be complicated by micro or macrovascular complications. Measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) allows the early detection of atherosclerotic alterations of blood vessels that may complicate T1DM.
Subjects And Methods: This study is a case-control study.