Relation between Soluble CD14 Levels, Inflammation, Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.

Background And Aim: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by persistent lowgrade inflammation. Soluble CD14 (sCD14) is involved in many pathological conditions, including inflammation and atherosclerosis. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between sCD14 levels, subclinical atherosclerosis (SCA), inflammation and mortality in Egyptian hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Median Nerve Affection in Hypertensive Patients with and without Diabetes High-Resolution Ultrasound Assessment.

Purpose: Diabetes is a documented risk factor for peripheral neuropathy. It was reported that associated hypertension could increase this risk. The present study aimed to assess the effect of hypertension and diabetes on median nerve using high-resolution ultrasound.

Lymph node involvement in clinically apparent early ovarian cancer: a prospective study.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify the lymph node involvement in apparently early ovarian cancer (OC) Materials and Methods: Patients with clinically apparent early OC who underwent staging surgery between August 2012 and August 2015 were prospectively identified. Patients' characteristics and tumor histopathology were evaluated.

Results: Twenty consecutive patients were operated for grossly apparent early ovarian carcinoma.

A prospective randomized trial comparing Foley catheter, oxytocin, and combination Foley catheter-oxytocin for labour induction with unfavourable cervix.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of transcervical Foley catheter with and without oxytocin versus oxytocin alone for labour induction with unfavourable cervix. This trial enrolled 108 women with singleton pregnancies presented for labour induction with unfavourable cervix. Patients were randomly assigned to receive Foley catheter alone (I), Foley catheter plus oxytocin (II) or oxytocin alone (III).

Amniotic fluid index and estimated fetal weight for prediction of fetal macrosomia: a prospective observational study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the value of combining the estimated fetal weight (EFW) and amniotic fluid index (AFI) measured in term patients early in labor with intact membranes for prediction of macrosomia.

Methods: In a single center, prospective observational study, 600 patients in the first stage of labor before rupture of membranes in whom ultrasonography was performed to measure AFI and EFW, and these data were analyzed statistically to evaluate prediction of fetal macrosomia.

Results: Macrosomia occurred in 64 cases (10.