Neutrophil CD64 - A potential biomarker in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections? - A literature review.

Complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIaIs) respresent a serious cause of morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and well-timed treatment can improve patients' outcome, whereas the delay in management often result in rapid progression to circulatory collapse, multiple organ failure, and death. Neutrophil CD64 antigen expression has been studied for several years as infectious and sepsis biomarker and has several characteristics that make it good for clinical employment.

Skin signs of systemic infections and neoplastic diseases.

In recent years, emphasis on the physical examination has made way for a plethora of laboratory tests and sophisticated imaging diagnostic techniques. In addition, we are witnessing an underestimation of dermatology as a specialty around the world, which is accepted as an ambulatory specialty on the border of cosmetology and beautification. However, recognizing specific cutaneous clinical signs can facilitate timely diagnosis of various systemic infections and neoplastic diseases.

Cardiac Biomarkers and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Hemodialysis Patients.

Background: Cardiac biomarkers are often elevated in dialysis patients showing the presence of left ventricular dysfunction. The aim of the study is to establish the plasma levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs TnT), precursor of B-natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs CRP) and their relation to the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients undergoing hemodialysis without signs of acute coronary syndrome or heart failure.

Material And Methods: We studied 48 patients - 26 men and 22 women.

The "different face" of esophageal cancer: cutaneous manifestation of visceral malignancies.

Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of neoplasm of the esophagus with global incidence. Its early symptoms are often nonspecific as the disease could be detected only when metastases in various organs are already presented. Esophageal metastases present an extremely small part from all cutaneous metastases as the real incidence of cutaneous metastases due to cancer of the esophagus account for 0.