C-reactive protein/albumin ratio as a novel predictor for nutritional status of geriatric patients.

Background And Aims: The C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) is a novel parameter that has been reported as a significant prognostic marker in some diseases. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the predictive value of this ratio with regard to nutritional status in geriatric patients.

Methods And Results: A total of 154 geriatric patients (age ≥65 years) who consecutively presented to the internal medicine outpatient clinic were included in this cross-sectional study.

Predictive role of FAR ratio in COVID-19 patients.

Objective: No effective treatment has yet been found for SARS-Cov-2, which caused a pandemic outbreak in 2019. It is crucial to detect the progression of COVID-19 in patients as early as possible. Fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR) has been used as a new inflammatory marker.

Evaluation of cardiac parameters between survivors and nonsurvivors of COVID-19 patients.

Objective: The present study compares the cardiac parameters of the survivor and nonsurvivor patients with COVID-19 infection.

Methods: This study was conducted in 379 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 disease. Information of 21 nonsurvivor and 358 survivor patients with COVID-19 was obtained from the hospital information management system and analyzed retrospectively.

Prealbumin: A New Biomarker for Predicting Prognosis in Patients with Severe COVID-19.

Objective: To analyse whether prealbumin could be a new biomarker for predicting mortality in severe COVID-19 patients.

Study Design: An observation study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Intensive care units (ICU) of Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey, from October 2020 to December 2020.

Psoas muscle mass, nutritional status, inflammation, and their relationship with prognosis in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Introduction: some factors have been shown to be associated with survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Recently, some studies suggested that malnutrition, muscle mass, and inflammation might have an effect on survival in patients with pancreatic malignancy. Objectives: to investigate the association between psoas muscle mass, inflammation, nutritional status at the time of diagnosis, and survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Serum calprotectin as a novel biomarker for severity of COVID-19 disease.

Background: Some biomarkers have been reported to be related to the prognosis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There are sparse data regarding the prognostic value of serum calprotectin in COVID-19 patients.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum calprotectin level and clinical severity of COVID-19 disease in hospitalized patients.

Relationship between serum osteopontin levels and the severity of COVID-19 infection.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute inflammatory respiratory disease. Osteopontin (OPN) is a glycoprotein expressed in various cell types, such as bone, immune, smooth muscle, epithelial and endothelial cells. It also acts as a regulator of immune response.