Relationship of immature granulocytes with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.

Aim: To determine whether the IG count (#) and IG percentage (%) are associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: This retrospective study included 65 RA patients and 65 healthy controls. Clinical and demographic characteristics of controls and RA patients (at active period and when the patients achieved remission) were obtained from medical records.

Frequency of fibrosis in patients with incidentally detected hepatosteatosis.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to elucidate fibrosis in patients who visited our outpatient clinic with complaints such as abdominal pain and dyspepsia and who had fatty liver by ultrasound imaging.

Methods: A total of 119 patients who were admitted to the gastroenterology outpatient clinic of our institution with incidentally detected hepatosteatosis on ultrasound imaging were included in the study. Patients with hepatosteatosis were examined for fibrosis with the FibroScan-502-touch (Echosens, Paris, France) elastic tissue ultrasonography device.

Serum NT-proBNP levels are associated with cognitive functions in hemodialysis patients.

It has been demonstrated that NT-proBNP and macrophage inhibitor cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF-15) are associated with cognitive functions in patients without renal disease. In the present study, we examined the association of these two molecules with cognitive functions in hemodialysis patients for the first time in the literature. A total of 94 patients were enrolled.

Does neutrophyl to lymphocyte ratio really predict chronic kidney disease progression?

Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an inflammatory process. In addition to increased morbidity and mortality, inflammation also contributes to the progression of CKD. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker of inflammation.