Can quantitative surface antigen levels and systemic immune-inflammation index be predictive as a new indicator for the initiation of treatment in chronic hepatitis b?

Objectives: The natural history of chronic HBV infection (CHB) is generally divided into four phases: HBeAg-positive chronic HBV infection (EPCI) and -hepatitis (EPCH), HBeAg-negative chronic HBV infection (ENCI) and -hepatitis (ENCH). This study aimed to investigate changes in serum quantitative surface antigen (qHBsAg), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) in a large number of CHB patients.

Method: Three hundred seventy-two CHB patients who underwent liver biopsy between January 2015 and February 2020 were evaluated.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding is beneficial in patients with advanced dementia.

Background And Objectives: We aimed to show the long-term results of patients who received percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes and to evaluate the usefulness of this method in advanced dementia patients, which is considered to be of controversial benefit in the literature. Therefore, we compared three groups of patients: advanced dementia patients fed via PEG, stroke patients fed via PEG and advanced dementia patients not fed via PEG.

Methods And Study Design: In total, 305 files of patients who underwent PEG implantation were screened retrospectively, and 283 were analyzed.

Effect of low-molecular-weight heparin on survival in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

This retrospective analysis aimed to identify whether low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWH) might improve survival in patients receiving chemotherapeutic treatment for advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Two hundred forty-three patients who had received chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma were identified from a prospectively maintained database. Of these, 30 patients had to be excluded from analysis due to insufficient documentation.