Assessment Of Serum Vitamin D Level In Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: To estimate vitamin D levelsin children with type 1 diabetes, and to evaluate itsrole in the pathogenesis and progress of the disease.

Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Paediatric Department of Kafrelsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, from November 2019 to August 2021, and comprised children of either gender aged 3-18 years who were either inpatients or visiting the paediatric outpatient clinic. The subjects were enrolled into 3 groups.

Ascitic Fluid Calprotectin And Ratio Of Calprotectin To Total Protein In Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic role of ascitic fluid calprotectin and its ratio to total protein in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis cases.

Method: The prospective study was conducted at Kafrelsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, from November 2019 to December 2020, and comprised cirrhotic patients of either gender with ascites. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis was performed for all patients and ascetic fluid calprotectin was measured.

Serum Visfatin as a Diagnostic Marker of Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Background And Aims: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have been reported to be caused by a complex interplay of immunological, infectious, and genetic factors. Previous studies have suggested that adipokines play a role in IBD by inducing proinflammatory cytokines. We aimed to evaluate the role of visfatin in the diagnosis algorithm of active IBD.