Biochemical and Hematological Relationship with the Evaluation of Autonomic Dysfunction by Heart Rate Recovery in Patients with Asthma and Type 2 Diabetes.

There are several methods to assess the function of the autonomic nervous system. Among them, heart rate recovery (HRR) is an accepted, easy, low-cost technique. Different pathological conditions have been related to the development of autonomic dysfunction.

Changes in the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as predictors of outcome in pediatric patients with central nervous system tumors undergoing surgical resection.

Background: Changes in neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (ΔNLR) have been used as a clinical tool for stratification and prognosis of patients with solid tumors, there is scarce evidence of their clinical relevance in patients with tumors of the central nervous system who have also undergone surgical resection.

Objective: Determine if (ΔNLR) are associated with poor response to treatment and worse prognosis in pediatric patients with central nervous system tumors (CNST) who underwent surgical resection.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study; demographic, clinical, and hematological variables were evaluated, Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox proportional hazards regression model were performed to evaluate prognosis.

Evaluating of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width, Comorbidities and Electrocardiographic Ratios as Predictors of Prognosis in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare condition that impairs patients' quality of life and life expectancy. The development of noninvasive instruments may help elucidate the prognosis of this cardiorespiratory disease. We aimed to evaluate the utility of routinely performed noninvasive test results as prognostic markers in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Erratum to "Does Metformin Increase Paraoxonase Activity in Patients with the Metabolic Syndrome? Additional Data from the MEFISTO Study".

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Serum surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a prognostic marker of poor outcome in patients with A/H1N1 virus infection.

Introduction: Surfactant protein D (SP-D) plays an important role in the innate responses against pathogens and its production is altered in lung disorders.

Methods: We studied the circulating levels of SP-D in 37 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to the A/H1N1 virus infection and in 40 healthy controls. Cox logistic regression models were constructed to explore the association of SP-D levels and risk of death.

Does metformin increase paraoxonase activity in patients with the metabolic syndrome? Additional data from the MEFISTO study.

In a subanalysis on the metformin, arterial function, intima-media thickness, and nitroxidation in the metabolic syndrome (MEFISTO)(8) (an open-label fashion, with 1 year of 850 mg daily of metformin) subjects' samples, we measured the paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity in 39 patients that finished the study and relate values with high density lipoprotein (HDL). The comparative PON1 activities at the beginning and at the end of the study were 5.528 ± 0.