Evaluation of serum presepsin, procalcitonin, copeptin, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein for differentiating bacterial infection from disease activity in Egyptian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objectives: Several biological markers have been studied for the differentiation of infection from disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with discrepant results. We aimed to evaluate the role of serum presepsin, hs-CRP, procalcitonin (PCT), and copeptin (CPP) in differentiating bacterial infections from disease activity in SLE patients.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional observational study in which 94 Egyptian patients were recruited from June 2017 to January 2018.

Obesity and Waist Circumference are Possible Risk Factors for Thyroid Cancer: Correlation with Different Ultrasonography Criteria.

Background: Obesity has an important role in the pathogenesis of cancer; however, there are no clear mechanisms explaining the association between obesity and risk of thyroid cancer (TC).

Methods: It is a cross-sectional study including 184 patients with benign thyroid nodules (BN) and 19 patients with TC. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist/hip (W/H) ratio were assessed and correlated to relevant clinico-pathological features of the patients, different ultra-sonographic (U/S) criteria and risk of malignancy.

Risk index for early infections following living donor liver transplantation.

Introduction: Post-operative infections in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. This study aims to develop a practical and efficient prognostic index for early identification and possible prediction of post-transplant infections using risk factors identified by multivariate analysis.

Material And Methods: One hundred patients with post-hepatitic cirrhosis, HCV positive, genotype 4, Child B/C or MELD score 13-25 undergoing LDLT were included.