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Lippi G, Sanchis-Gomar F, Mattiuzzi C. Systematic literature review and critical analysis of RDW in patients with aortic pathologies. Curr Probl Cardiol 2024; 49:102476. [PMID: 38395117 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Diseases of the aorta, such as aortic aneurysm, dissection, and rupture, account for a large proportion of acute clinical emergencies. The red blood cell distribution width (RDW), which directly reflects anisocytosis (i.e., the heterogeneity of erythrocyte volumes), has emerged as a promising biomarker for many cardiovascular pathologies. Thus, we aimed to explore the implication of RDW in aortic pathologies. We searched Scopus and PubMed using the keywords "RDW" OR "red blood cell distribution width" AND "aortic aneurysm" OR "aortic dilatation" OR "aortic dissection" for identifying studies in which RDW values were measured in patients with these aortic diseases. Ten observational studies were finally included. In all studies, RDW value was increased in patients with aortic diseases. In the four studies in which sufficient RDW data were available for pooling, the weighted mean difference (WMD) of RDW in patients with or without complicated aortic pathologies was 0.575 (95 %CI, 0.254-0.896). RDW may be a valuable diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in patients with aortic pathologies.
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- Giuseppe Lippi
- Section of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
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- Medical Direction, Rovereto Hospital, Service of Clinical Governance and Medical Direction, Provincial Agency for Social and Sanitary Services (APSS), Trento, Italy
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Amer AS, Al Shambaky AY, Ameen SG, Sobih AK. Hematological indices in psoriatic enthesopathy: relation to clinical and ultrasound evaluation. Clin Rheumatol 2024:10.1007/s10067-024-06951-2. [PMID: 38584198 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-024-06951-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Enthesopathy is considered a crucial aspect of assessment and outcome in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is a critical tool for accurately detecting enthesitis. Recent research focuses on identifying simple biomarkers for detecting and monitoring psoriatic enthesopathy. Red cell distribution width (RDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are components of a complete blood count (CBC) and are reliable bio-inflammatory markers in various rheumatic diseases. AIM OF WORK To measure MPV, RDW, and NLR in psoriatic enthesopathy and determine their relationship to disease activity and MSUS findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study focused on 30 people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) as per CASPAR criteria, along with 20 control subjects. Enthesopathy was evaluated clinically using the Leeds Enthesitis Index (LEI). The modified Disease Activity Index of Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA28) was calculated, and RDW, MPV, NLR, CRP, and ESR were measured. Each enthesis in LEI was radiologically assessed using plain radiography and MSUS according to OMERACT definitions. RESULTS There was a significant relationship between clinical tenderness, the presence of enthesophytes on plain radiography, and MSUS findings at entheses sites (p < 0.001 for each). Psoriatic patients had higher levels of RDW and MPV (p < 0.001 and 0.01, respectively) than controls, with no significant differences in NLR (p = 0.189) between the two groups. RDW and MPV levels were positively correlated with the DAPSA28 score. CONCLUSION Monitoring PsA disease activity can be improved by considering RDW and MPV as reliable indicators and using them to screen for psoriatic enthesopathy with MSUS indices. Key points • Clinically identifying enthesitis in patients with PsA can be challenging. Imaging MSUS indices hold promise for objective analysis, but there is no consensus on which indices to use in clinical trials and daily practice. • Patients with psoriatic enthesopathy have higher RDW and MPV levels, which are positively correlated with DAPSA28 score. • RDW and MPV can be considered in the turn of improved screening of psoriatic enthesopathy with MSUS scores.
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- Arwa S Amer
- Rheumatology, Rehabilitation, and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Fareed Nada Street, Benha, Qalubiya Governorate, 13511, Arab Republic of Egypt.
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- Rheumatology, Rehabilitation, and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Fareed Nada Street, Benha, Qalubiya Governorate, 13511, Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Fareed Nada Street, Benha, Qalubiya Governorate, 13511, Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Fareed Nada Street, Benha, Qalubiya Governorate, 13511, Arab Republic of Egypt
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Schuetz P, Haenggi E, Wunderle C. Reply-letter to the editor - Red blood cell distribution width is an inflammatory but not a nutritional biomarker. Clin Nutr 2024; 43:1088-1089. [PMID: 38368149 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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- Philipp Schuetz
- Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland; Medical Faculty of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Stachel G, Jentzsch M, Oehring M, Antoniadis M, Schwind S, Noack T, Platzbecker U, Borger M, Laufs U, Lenk K. Red blood cell distribution width ( RDW) is associated with unfavorable functional outcome after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2024; 51:101383. [PMID: 38496258 PMCID: PMC10940133 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2024.101383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Background Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is calculated in every blood count test and reflects variability in erythrocyte size. High levels mirror dysregulated erythrocyte homeostasis and have been associated with clonal hematopoiesis as well as higher mortality in several conditions.We aimed to determine the impact of preprocedural RDW levels on functional outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Methods In this single-center retrospective study, we analyzed 176 consecutive patients receiving TAVI between 2017 and 2021. RDW upper limit of normal was < 15 %. Patients were stratified according to preprocedural RDW as having normal or elevated values. We assessed all-cause-mortality and a composite endpoint comprising cardiovascular/ valve-related mortality and cardiovascular, valve-related and heart failure hospitalization at 1 year. Results 43 patients (24.4 %) had RDW ≥ 15 %. There were significant baseline differences between groups (Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Predicted Risk of Mortality score 3.18 %[interquartile range 1.87-5.47] vs. 6.63 %[4.12-10.54] p < 0.001; hemoglobin 13.2 g/dL[11.8-14.1] vs. 10.4 g/dL[9.8-12.2], p < 0.001, RDW-normal vs. RDW-high, respectively). Age was not distinct (80.2 years [77.5-84.1] vs 81.2[71.3-84.7], p = 0.78). 1-year-all-cause mortality was not different (7.9 % vs. 9.4 %, p = 0.79). The RDW-high group showed markedly higher NT-proBNP levels after 1 year (647 ng/ml[283-1265] vs. 1893 ng/ml[744-5109], p = 0.005), and experienced more clinical endpoints (hazard ratio 2.57[1.28-5.16] for the composite endpoint, p = 0.006). RDW remained an independent predictor of the composite endpoint when accounting for all baseline differences in multivariable regression. Conclusion Elevated preprocedural RDW identifies patients at risk for impaired functional outcome after TAVI and may represent a useful low-cost parameter to guide intensity of outpatient surveillance strategies.
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- Georg Stachel
- Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV - Cardiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I - Hematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV - Cardiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV - Cardiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I - Hematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- University Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I - Hematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- University Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV - Cardiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV - Cardiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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Haenggi E, Kaegi-Braun N, Wunderle C, Tribolet P, Mueller B, Stanga Z, Schuetz P. Red blood cell distribution width ( RDW) - A new nutritional biomarker to assess nutritional risk and response to nutritional therapy? Clin Nutr 2024; 43:575-585. [PMID: 38242035 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been proposed as a surrogate marker for acute and chronic diseases and may be influenced by nutritional deficits. We assessed the prognostic value of RDW regarding clinical outcomes and nutritional treatment response among medical inpatients at nutritional risk. METHODS This is a secondary analysis of EFFORT, a randomized, controlled, prospective, multicenter trial investigating the effects of nutritional support in patients at nutritional risk in eight Swiss hospitals. We examined the association between RDW and mortality in regression analysis. RESULTS Among 1,244 included patients (median age 75 years, 46.6 % female), high RDW (≥15 %) levels were found in 38 % of patients (n = 473) with a significant association of higher malnutrition risk [OR 1.48 (95%CI 1.1 to 1.98); p = 0.009]. Patients with high RDW had a more than doubling in short-term (30 days) mortality risk [adjusted HR 2.12 (95%CI 1.44 to 3.12); p < 0.001] and a signficant increase in long-term (5 years) mortality risk [adjusted HR 1.73 (95%CI 1.49 to 2.01); p < 0.001]. Among patients with high RDW, nutritional support reduced morality within 30 days [adjusted OR 0.56 (95%CI 0.33 to 0.96); p = 0.035], while the effect of the nutritional intervention in patients with low RDW was markedly smaller. CONCLUSIONS Among medical patients at nutritional risk, RDW correlated with several nutritional parameters and was a strong prognostic marker for adverse clinical outcomes at short- and long-term, respectively. Patients with high baseline RDW levels also showed a strong benefit from the nutritional intervention. Further research is needed to understand whether monitoring of RDW over time severs as a nutritional biomarker to assess effectiveness of nutritional treatment in the long run. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02517476.
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- Eliane Haenggi
- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
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- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
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- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
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- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Department of Health Professions, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3008 Bern, Switzerland; Department of Nutritional Sciences and Research Platform Active Ageing, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine & Metabolism, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Nan W, Li S, Wan J, Peng Z. Association of mean RDW values and changes in RDW with in-hospital mortality in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP): Evidence from MIMIC-IV database. Int J Lab Hematol 2024; 46:99-106. [PMID: 37864327 DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.14192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a hospital-acquired infection with high mortality, and remains a challenge for clinical treatment. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) was associated with worse outcomes in several diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mean RDW values, changes in RDW (delta RDW), and in-hospital mortality among patients with VAP. METHODS In the present study, we enrolled 1266 VAP patients from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. All patients were categorized into low group, medium group, and high group according to tertiles of mean RDW values. The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital mortality. Univariate logistic regression analysis, multivariate logistic regression analysis, and restricted cubic spline (RCS) curve were performed to determine the association between mean RDW values and in-hospital mortality in VAP. Moreover, RCS curve was plotted to explore the dose-response relationship between delta RDW and in-hospital mortality in VAP. RESULTS Among the VAP patients included in the study, the in-hospital mortality was 20.85% with 264 non-survivors and 1002 survivors. The non-survivors exhibited significantly higher mean RDW values and delta RDW values compared to survivors. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that mean RDW values were positively associated with in-hospital mortality in VAP after adjusting for relevant covariates. The RCS curve demonstrated a dose-response relationship between mean RDW and the mortality in VAP. Moreover, a linear relationship was observed between delta RDW and in-hospital mortality in VAP. CONCLUSION Higher mean RDW values were significantly associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality in VAP. Additionally, a linear relationship was found between delta RDW values and in-hospital mortality. These findings suggest that RDW can be used to identify high-risk patients with poorer outcomes in VAP.
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- Wenbin Nan
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Emergency Medicine and Difficult Diseases Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Geriatric Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Emergency Medicine and Difficult Diseases Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Emergency Medicine and Difficult Diseases Institute, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Samson SM, Anandhi C, Sharmila Ramar R. Umbilical cord blood hematological parameters in predicting early onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) - a prospective cohort study. J Perinat Med 2024; 52:102-107. [PMID: 37856248 DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2023-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In low and middle income countries, there is a need for affordable and accurate biomarkers to identify neonates at risk of early onset neonatal sepsis (EOS). Cord blood hematological parameters if reliable and accurate for the detection of EOS are cost effective and can reduce the need for repeated venipuncture in the neonate. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, the umbilical cord parameters of newborns with gestational age >34 weeks were collected. These neonates were followed up for 72 h and septic screen was employed in those babies who had risk factors or developed clinical features of sepsis. The cord blood parameters of the normal newborn and those who had sepsis were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 513 neonates were enrolled for the study, 32 required septic screening of whom 13 neonates were found to meet the criteria for sepsis: either blood culture positive or sepsis screen positive with clinical features. Cord blood parameters were analyzed using independent t test. Red cell distribution width (RDW) and band cells were statistically significant (p 0.007 and 0.009 respectively) between the septic and normal neonates. Increased RDW had a sensitivity of 61.54 %, specificity of 54.60 %. Increased band cells with a cut off of >15 cells had a sensitivity of 7.7 % with specificity of 100 % with higher numbers in septic neonates. Increased RDW and band cells in combination had sensitivity of 61.54 % and specificity of 54.6 %. CONCLUSIONS RDW and band cell can be potential markers of EOS in cord blood but require further study in a larger population.
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- Smrithi Marie Samson
- Department of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidhyapeet University, Pondicherry, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidhyapeet University, Pondicherry, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidhyapeet University, Pondicherry, India
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Rahchamani M, Sedghi M, Hakimi A, Nejatianfar M, Javaheri T, Tavakoli R, Ahmadi R, Makarem M, Azmi‐Naei N, Zahmatkesh Sangani S, Kamandi N, Soleimanian A, Shavaleh R, Foogerdi M, Rahmani K. Prognostic value of red blood cell distribution width and D-Dimer in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2024; 7:e1936. [PMID: 37997648 PMCID: PMC10809198 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The significant role of red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and D-Dimer as prognostic factors in patients with some blood malignancies has been reported recently. AIM We designed and performed a meta-analysis to investigate the prognostic roles of RDW and D-Dimer in subjects with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). MATERIALS AND METHODS We systematically reviewed PubMed-Medline, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Web of Science Core Collection, and Google Scholar up to the present to look for publications on prognostic effects of RDW and D-Dimer in DLBCL patients. For investigation of the associations between RDW and D-Dimer with the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of the DLBCL cases, hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was used. RESULTS We included 13 eligible studies in the present meta-analysis. The results of pooled analysis showed that increased levels of RDW was related to poor OS (HR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.62-2.48, p value <.01, I2 = 0%) and poor PFS (HR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.24-1.85, p value <.01, I2 = 16%) among the DLBCL patients. Similarly, a significant relationship was found between increased D-Dimer and poor OS (HR = 2.30, 95% CI: 1.03-5.14, p value <.05, I2 = 95%) of the DLBCL patients as well. In addition, there was no significant heterogeneity in OS (p value H = 0.65) and PFS (p value H = 0.31) related to RDW among studies included in the meta-analysis. CONCLUSION Our finding clearly confirmed that elevated RDW levels and D-Dimer were associated with adverse OS and PFS in DLBCL.
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- Maryam Rahchamani
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of MedicineTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, Yadegar‐e‐Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahr‐e‐Ray BranchIslamic Azad UniversityTehranIran
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- Department of Clinical BiochemistryMashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhadIran
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- Department of Research and DevelopmentOrganic Chemistry Hila Pharmaceutical CoMashhadIran
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- Department of Genetics, Young Research and Elites ClubIslamic Azad University, Mashhad BranchMashhadIran
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- Department of RadiologyArak University of Medical SciencesArakIran
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- Cellular and MolecularIslamic Azad University of MashhadMashhadIran
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- Health Vice‐ChancellorTorbat‐e Jam Faculty of Medical SciencesTorbat‐e JamIran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public HealthShahroud University of Medical SciencesShahroudIran
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- Faculty of MedicineMashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhadIran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public HealthIran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of MedicineBirgand University of Medical SciencesBirjandIran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public HealthIran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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Pan J, Sun J, Goncalves I, Kessler M, Hao Y, Engström G. Red cell distribution width and its polygenic score in relation to mortality and cardiometabolic outcomes. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1294218. [PMID: 38054099 PMCID: PMC10694461 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1294218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Introduction Elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) has been associated with a range of health outcomes. This study aims to examine prognostic and etiological roles of RDW levels, both phenotypic and genetic predisposition, in predicting cardiovascular outcomes, diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and mortality. Methods We studied 27,141 middle-aged adults from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study (MDCS) with a mean follow up of 21 years. RDW was measured with a hematology analyzer on whole blood samples. Polygenic scores for RDW (PGS-RDW) were constructed for each participant using genetic data in MDCS and published summary statistics from genome-wide association study of RDW (n = 408,112). Cox proportional hazards regression was used to assess associations between RDW, PGS-RDW and cardiovascular outcomes, diabetes, CKD and mortality, respectively. Results PGS-RDW was significantly associated with RDW (Pearson's correlation coefficient = 0.133, p < 0.001). RDW was significantly associated with incidence of stroke (hazard ratio (HR) per 1 standard deviation = 1.06, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02-1.10, p = 0.003), atrial fibrillation (HR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.06-1.12, p < 0.001), heart failure (HR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.08-1.19, p < 0.001), venous thromboembolism (HR = 1.21, 95% CI: 1.15-1.28, p < 0.001), diabetes (HR = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.84-0.90, p < 0.001), CKD (HR = 1.08, 95% CI: 1.03-1.13, p = 0.004) and all-cause mortality (HR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.16-1.20, p < 0.001). However, PGS-RDW was significantly associated with incidence of diabetes (HR = 0.96, 95% CI: 0.94-0.99, p = 0.01), but not with any other tested outcomes. Discussion RDW is associated with mortality and incidence of cardiovascular diseases, but a significant association between genetically determined RDW and incident cardiovascular diseases were not observed. However, both RDW and PGS-RDW were inversely associated with incidence of diabetes, suggesting a putative causal relationship. The relationship with incidence of diabetes needs to be further studied.
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- Jingxue Pan
- Division of Child Healthcare, Department of Paediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Child Healthcare, Department of Paediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
- Regeneron Genetics Center, Tarrytown, NY, United States
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Giannaki A, Georgatzakou HΤ, Fortis SP, Anastasiadi AT, Pavlou EG, Nomikou EG, Drandaki MP, Kotsiafti A, Xydaki A, Fountzoula C, Papageorgiou EG, Tzounakas VL, Kriebardis AG. Stratification of β Sβ + Compound Heterozygotes Based on L-Glutamine Administration and RDW: Focusing on Disease Severity. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1982. [PMID: 38001835 PMCID: PMC10669421 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12111982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is heterogeneous in terms of manifestation severity, even more so when in compound heterozygosity with beta-thalassemia. The aim of the present study was to stratify βSβ+ patient blood samples in a severity-dependent manner. Blood from thirty-two patients with HbS/β-thalassemia compound heterozygosity was examined for several parameters (e.g., hemostasis, inflammation, redox equilibrium) against healthy controls. Additionally, SCD patients were a posteriori (a) categorized based on the L-glutamine dose and (b) clustered into high-/low-RDW subgroups. The patient cohort was characterized by anemia, inflammation, and elevated coagulation. Higher-dose administration of L-glutamine was associated with decreased markers of inflammation and oxidation (e.g., intracellular reactive oxygen species) and an altered coagulation profile. The higher-RDW group was characterized by increased hemolysis, elevated markers of inflammation and stress erythropoiesis, and oxidative phenomena (e.g., membrane-bound hemoglobin). Moreover, the levels of hemostasis parameters (e.g., D-Dimers) were greater compared to the lower-RDW subgroup. The administration of higher doses of L-glutamine along with hydroxyurea seems to attenuate several features in SCD patients, probably by enhancing antioxidant power. Moreover, anisocytosis may alter erythrocytes' coagulation processes and hemolytic propensity. This results in the disruption of the redox and pro-/anti-inflammatory equilibria, creating a positive feedback loop by inducing stress erythropoiesis and, thus, the occurrence of a mixed erythrocyte population.
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- Aimilia Giannaki
- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
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- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
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- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
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- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
- Blood Bank and Hemophilia Unit, Hippokration Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece;
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- Blood Bank and Hemophilia Unit, Hippokration Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece;
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- Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Unit, Expertise Center of Hemoglobinopathies and Their Complications, Hippokration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece; (M.P.D.); (A.K.); (A.X.)
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- Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Unit, Expertise Center of Hemoglobinopathies and Their Complications, Hippokration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece; (M.P.D.); (A.K.); (A.X.)
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- Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Unit, Expertise Center of Hemoglobinopathies and Their Complications, Hippokration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece; (M.P.D.); (A.K.); (A.X.)
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- Laboratory of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Cosmetic Science (ChemBiochemCosm), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Reliability and Quality Control in Laboratory Hematology (HemQcR), Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica (UniWA), 12243 Egaleo, Greece; (A.G.); (H.T.G.); (S.P.F.); (A.T.A.); (E.G.P.); (E.G.P.)
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Pepe J, Colangelo L, De Martino V, Occhiuto M, Iervolino D, Pasqualetti P, Minisola S, Cipriani C. Study of the link between hemotopoietic and skeletal systems in patients attending a referral center for osteoporosis. J Endocrinol Invest 2023; 46:2391-2397. [PMID: 37061647 PMCID: PMC10558366 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02095-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the link between hematopoietic and skeletal tissues in patients with fragility fractures. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of women older than 40 years who attended the Bone Disease Unit of "Sapienza" University of Rome for their first visit for osteoporosis from January 2020 to June 2022. RESULTS Fragility fractures were found in 61.8% of the sample. In particular, vertebral fractures in 35.5%, femoral fractures in 6.3%, Colles fractures in 16.5% and non-vertebral non-hip in 42.5%. Fractured patients were significantly older compared to non-fractured, had lower mean values of lumbar spine (p = 0.01), and femoral neck BMD (p = 0.007). A red blood cell distribution width (RDW) value higher than 15% was observed four times more in those with fractures compared to non-fractured patients (8.9% vs 2%, p = 0.01) and was associated with vertebral fracture after adjusting for age, BMI, menopause, nutritional status, smoking, osteoporosis and anemia (OR = 4.1, 95% CI 1.6-11.4, p = 0.003). Hematocrit was negatively associated with hip fracture also adjusting for age, BMI, menopause, nutritional status, smoking, osteoporosis (p = 0.025). CONCLUSION Our study demonstrates that RDW values were significantly associated with vertebral fracture and hematocrit with hip fracture. Since both parameters are included in the initial evaluation of patients with suspected bone fragility, our results should push doctors to look at these values with no incremental cost for national health services.
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- J Pepe
- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Medical Statistics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Medical Statistics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Medical Statistics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy
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Trevisani LFM, Kulcsar IF, Kulcsar MAV, Dedivitis RA, Kowalski LP, Matos LL. Prognostic Value of Hematological Parameters in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5245. [PMID: 37958419 PMCID: PMC10649982 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15215245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains a significant public health concern. The variables utilized to determine appropriate treatment for this disease also represent its most unfavorable prognostic factors, with these parameters solely determined by the neoplasm and its behavior. However, a lack of well-established indices is evident in the literature that specifically relate to the patient and indicate a worse prognosis. OBJECTIVE To assess the prognostic impact of hematological indices in patients with OSCC. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) who underwent curative-intent treatment. Treatment encompassed surgery, followed by adjuvant therapy, as necessary. Laboratory tests were conducted immediately prior to surgery, and demographic information was obtained from medical records. RESULTS The cohort comprised 600 patients, with 73.5% being male subjects. Adjuvant treatment was recommended for 60.3% of patients. Throughout the follow-up period, 48.8% of participants died. Univariate analysis indicated that perineural invasion, angiolymphatic invasion, pT4 tumors, lymph node metastases, extranodal extravasation, RDW > 14.3%, NLR (neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio) > 3.38, PLR (platelet-lymphocyte ratio) > 167.3, and SII (systemic inflammatory/immune response index) > 416.1 were factors associated with increased mortality. These threshold values were established through ROC curve analysis. In the multivariate analysis, angiolymphatic invasion (HR = 1.43; 95% CI: 1.076-1.925; p = 0.014), pT4a/b tumors (HR = 1.761; 95% CI: 1.327-2.337; p < 0.001), extranodal extravasation (HR = 1.420; 95% CI: 1.047-1.926; p = 0.024), and RDW (HR = 1.541; 95% CI: 1.153-2.056; p = 0.003) were identified as independent risk factors for decreased overall survival. CONCLUSIONS RDW > 14.3% was proven to be a reliable parameter for assessing overall survival in patients with OSCC. Further studies are required to evaluate the clinical applicability of other hematological indices.
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- Lorenzo Fernandes Moça Trevisani
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Anestesiologia, Ciências Cirúrgicas e Medicina Perioperatória, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil;
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- Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (Icesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil;
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- Head and Neck Surgery Department, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (Icesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil;
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- Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil;
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- Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil;
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- Head and Neck Surgery Department, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (Icesp), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil;
- Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-000, Brazil
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Theile P, Müller J, Daniels R, Kluge S, Roedl K. Association between Red Cell Distribution Width and Outcomes of Nonagenarians Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit-A Retrospective Cohort Study. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:3279. [PMID: 37892099 PMCID: PMC10605993 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13203279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The red cell distribution width (RDW) measures the heterogeneity of the erythrocyte volume. Different clinical conditions are associated with increased RDW, and high levels (>14.5%) have been described as a predictive marker for unfavorable outcomes and mortality in critically ill patients. However, there is a lack of data on very elderly critically ill patients. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the association of RDW with outcomes in critically ill patients ≥ 90 years. A retrospective analysis was conducted for all consecutive critically ill patients ≥ 90 years who were admitted to the Department of Intensive Care Medicine of the Medical University Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany) with available RDW on admission. Clinical course and laboratory were analyzed for all patients with eligible RDW. High RDW was defined as (>14.5%). We clinically assessed factors associated with mortality. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis was performed to determine the prognostic impact of RDW on 28-day mortality. During a 12-year period, we identified 863 critically ill patients ≥ 90 years old with valid RDW values and complete clinical data. In total, 32% (n = 275) died within 28 days, and 68% (n = 579) survived for 28 days. Median RDW levels on ICU admission were significantly higher in non-survivors compared with survivors (15.6% vs. 14.8%, p < 0.001). Overall, 38% (n = 327) had low, and 62% (n = 536) had high RDW. The proportion of high RDW (>14.5%) was significantly higher in non-survivors (73% vs. 57%, p < 0.001). Patients with low RDW presented with a lower Charlson Comorbidity Index (p = 0.014), and their severity of illness on admission was lower (SAPS II: 35 vs. 38 points, p < 0.001). In total, 32% (n = 104) in the low and 35% (n = 190) in the high RDW group were mechanically ventilated (p = 0.273). The use of vasopressors (35% vs. 49%, p < 0.001) and renal replacement therapy (1% vs. 5%, p = 0.007) was significantly higher in the high RDW group. Cox regression analysis demonstrated that high RDW was significantly associated with 28-day mortality [crude HR 1.768, 95% CI (1.355-2.305); p < 0.001]. This association remained significant after adjusting for multiple confounders [adjusted HR 1.372, 95% CI (1.045-1.802); p = 0.023]. High RDW was significantly associated with mortality in critically ill patients ≥ 90 years. RDW is a useful simple parameter for risk stratification and may aid guidance for the therapy in very elderly critically ill patients.
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- Pauline Theile
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (P.T.); (J.M.); (R.D.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (P.T.); (J.M.); (R.D.); (S.K.)
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Tabea Hospital, 22587 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (P.T.); (J.M.); (R.D.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (P.T.); (J.M.); (R.D.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (P.T.); (J.M.); (R.D.); (S.K.)
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Li Z, Yang L, Xu Q, Wu F. Relation between red blood cell distribution width and 30-day in-hospital mortality of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. BMC Infect Dis 2023; 23:696. [PMID: 37853360 PMCID: PMC10585831 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08692-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an association between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and the prognosis of pneumonia-associated diseases. However, prognostic value of RDW in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has yet to be investigated. This study aimed to explore the association between RDW and in-hospital mortality in VAP patients and explore predictive value of RDW for VAP patients. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included 1,543 VAP patients from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database 2008-2019. The primary outcome was considered to 30-day in-hospital mortality of VAP patients in this study. Non-high RDW level group was defined as <15 %, and high RDW level group as ≥15%. The possible confounding factors were screened by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression. Univariate and multivariate COX regression analyses were used for the assessment on the association of RDW and 30-day in-hospital mortality in VAP patients. We also performed subgroup analyses. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of RDW and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score and simplified acute physiology score II (SAPS II) were performed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. RESULTS The 30-day in-hospital mortality of VAP patients was approximately 19.05%. After adjusting all confounding factors, high RDW was associated with 30-day in-hospital mortality among VAP patients by using non-high RDW as the reference [hazard ratio (HR) =1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.01-1.63]. Additionally, the relationship was also robust in several populations, such as patients were younger than 60 years, or had not a history of congestive heart failure, or had a history of sepsis, or had not received renal replacement therapy, or had a duration of mechanical ventilation for more than 7 days. The result of ROC indicated that RDW had a better prognostic value in predicting 30-day in-hospital mortality for VAP patients than SOFA score and SAPS II score. CONCLUSION High RDW level is associated with an increased 30-day in-hospital mortality. The RDW is a promising biomarker in predicting 30-day in-hospital mortality for patients admitted to the ICU, regardless of VAP.
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- Zhonghua Li
- Department of Infection Management, Jiangsu Province, Taicang First People's Hospital, 58 South Changsheng Road, Taicang 215400, Taicang, No, P. R. China.
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- Department of Infection Management, Jiangsu Province, Taicang First People's Hospital, 58 South Changsheng Road, Taicang 215400, Taicang, No, P. R. China
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- Department of Infection Management, Jiangsu Province, Taicang First People's Hospital, 58 South Changsheng Road, Taicang 215400, Taicang, No, P. R. China
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- Department of Infection Management, Jiangsu Province, Taicang First People's Hospital, 58 South Changsheng Road, Taicang 215400, Taicang, No, P. R. China
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Dounavi ME, Mak E, Swann P, Low A, Muniz-Terrera G, McKeever A, Pope M, Williams GB, Wells K, Lawlor B, Naci L, Malhotra P, Mackay C, Koychev I, Ritchie K, Su L, Ritchie CW, O’Brien JT. Differential association of cerebral blood flow and anisocytosis in APOE ε4 carriers at midlife. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2023; 43:1672-1684. [PMID: 37132287 PMCID: PMC10581239 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x231173587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cerebral hemodynamic alterations have been observed in apolipoprotein ε4 (APOE4) carriers at midlife, however the physiological underpinnings of this observation are poorly understood. Our goal was to investigate cerebral blood flow (CBF) and its spatial coefficient of variation (CoV) in relation to APOE4 and a measure of erythrocyte anisocytosis (red blood cell distribution width - RDW) in a middle-aged cohort. Data from 563 participants in the PREVENT-Dementia study scanned with 3 T MRI cross-sectionally were analysed. Voxel-wise and region-of-interest analyses within nine vascular regions were run to detect areas of altered perfusion. Within the vascular regions, interaction terms between APOE4 and RDW in predicting CBF were examined. Areas of hyperperfusion in APOE4 carriers were detected mainly in frontotemporal regions. The APOE4 allele differentially moderated the association between RDW and CBF, an association which was more prominent in the distal vascular territories (p - [0.01, 0.05]). The CoV was not different between the considered groups. We provide novel evidence that in midlife, RDW and CBF are differentially associated in APOE4 carriers and non-carriers. This association is consistent with a differential hemodynamic response to hematological alterations in APOE4 carriers.
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- Maria-Eleni Dounavi
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Division of Brain Science, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Alghamdi M. Red Blood Cell Distribution Width: A Potential Inexpensive Marker for Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases; Scoping Review. Open Access Rheumatol 2023; 15:173-180. [PMID: 37719317 PMCID: PMC10505028 DOI: 10.2147/oarrr.s424168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Background Rheumatic diseases encompass a diverse group of autoimmune disorders that affect the joints and connective tissues. The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been widely investigated as an inflammatory marker. This scoping review aimed to explore the potential utility of RDW as an inexpensive marker for disease activity in patients with rheumatic diseases. By summarizing the available evidence, we aimed to determine whether RDW can serve as a reliable and accessible indicator of disease activity in these patients. Methods A comprehensive search was systematically performed across electronic databases, encompassing PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science. Studies have explored the relationship between RDW and disease activity in rheumatic diseases. Data extraction focused on the study characteristics, methodologies, and findings related to RDW as a disease activity marker. Results After removing duplicates, the initial search yielded 25 relevant studies. These studies encompassed a variety of rheumatic diseases, with rheumatoid arthritis being the most frequently studied condition. The association between RDW and disease activity was assessed by using various disease activity indices and clinical parameters. While some studies have reported a significant correlation between elevated RDW and disease activity, others have yielded inconclusive results. Conclusion From this review, we concluded that RDW is an inexpensive potential marker for the evaluation of disease activity in rheumatic diseases. RDW is promising as an inexpensive and readily available marker; however, its clinical utility in assessing disease activity in rheumatic conditions warrants more rigorous investigation through well-designed prospective studies.
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- Mushabab Alghamdi
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Conway R, Byrne D, O’Riordan D, Silke B. Red Cell Distribution Width as a Prognostic Indicator in Acute Medical Admissions. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5424. [PMID: 37629466 PMCID: PMC10455471 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12165424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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The red cell distribution width (RDW) is the coefficient of variation of the mean corpuscular volume (MCV). We sought to evaluate RDW as a predictor of outcomes following acute medical admission. We studied 10 years of acute medical admissions (2002-2011) with subsequent follow-up to 2021. RDW was converted to a categorical variable, Q1 < 12.9 fl, Q2-Q4 ≥ 12.9 and <15.7 fL and Q5 ≥ 15.7 fL. The predictive value of RDW for 30-day in-hospital and long-term mortality was evaluated with logistic and Cox regression modelling. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) were calculated and loss of life years estimated. There were 62,184 admissions in 35,140 patients. The 30-day in-hospital mortality (n = 3646) occurred in 5.9% of admissions. An additional 15,086 (42.9%) deaths occurred by December 2021. Admission RDW independently predicted 30-day in-hospital mortality aOR 1.93 (95%CI 1.79, 2.07). Admission RDW independently predicted long-term mortality aOR 1.04 (95%CI 1.02, 1.05). Median survival post-admission was 189 months. For those with admission RDW in Q5, observed survival half-life was 133 months-this represents a shortfall of 5.7 life years (33.9%). In conclusion, admission RDW independently predicts 30-day in-hospital and long-term mortality.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, D08 NHY1 Dublin, Ireland
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Mazzaschi G, Lazzarin A, Santoni M, Trentini F, Giorgi UD, Brighi N, Tommasi C, Puglisi S, Caffo O, Kinspergher S, Mennitto A, Cattrini C, Verzoni E, Rametta A, Stellato M, Malgeri A, Roviello G, Silini EM, Rescigno P, Rebuzzi SE, Fornarini G, Quaini F, Giudice GC, Banna GL, Buti S. Integrating Red Blood Cell Features and Hemoglobin Levels in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Pazopanib or Cabozantinib: An Easily Exploitable Prognostic Score. Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 2023; 15:20. [PMID: 37743233 DOI: 10.31083/j.fbe1503020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized the metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) therapeutic landscape. Nevertheless, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) axis still play a key role. The aim of the present study was to explore the prognostic performance of an integrated blood score, based on hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and red cell distribution width (RDW), in mRCC patients treated with anti-VEGF TKIs. The primary endpoint was to correlate Hb, MCV, and RDW with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Our multicenter retrospective observational study involved mRCC patients treated with pazopanib or cabozantinib from January 2012 to December 2020 in nine Italian centers. Clinical records and laboratory data, including Hb levels, MCV, and RDW, were collected at baseline. Descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. RESULTS We enrolled 301 mRCC patients of which 179 (59%) underwent pazopanib, and 122 (41%) cabozantinib. We considered baseline Hb ≥12 g/dL, MCV >87 fL, and RDW ≤16% as good prognostic factors; hence, developing a multiparametric score capable of delineating 4 different categories. The number of good prognostic factors was associated with significantly longer PFS and OS (p < 0.001 for both). Therefore, we developed a red blood cell-based score by stratifying cases into two groups (2-3 versus 0-1, good factors). The impact on PFS and OS was even more striking (median PFS (mPFS): 16.3 vs 7.9 months; median OS (mOS): 33.7 vs 14.1 months)), regardless of the TKI agent. When challenged with univariate and multivariate analysis, the blood score maintained its high prognostic significance in terms of OS (multivariate analysis HR for OS: 0.53, 95% CI 0.39-0.75; p < 0.001, respectively), while the impact on PFS resulted in borderline significance. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses demonstrate the prognostic role of a multiparametric score based on easily exploitable blood parameters, such as Hb concentration, MCV, and RDW. The red blood cell-based score may underlie the upregulation of the HIF-1α pathway and VEGF axis, thereby identifying a selected population who is likely to benefit from TKI therapy.
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- Giulia Mazzaschi
- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori'', 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori'', 47014 Meldola, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit 1, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16122 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, 38100 Trento, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Pathology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, 17012 Savona, Italy
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (Di.M.I.), University of Genova, 16166 Genova, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit 1, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16122 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, PO6 3LY Cosham, Portsmouth, UK
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
- Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), 43126 Parma, Italy
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Ngadikun, Pradjatmo H, Nugroho KA, Pasala M, Prasetyastuti. Analysis of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Order in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. J Cancer 2023; 14:2173-2180. [PMID: 37576394 PMCID: PMC10414036 DOI: 10.7150/jca.82941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate order (ESRO), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), red cell distribution width (RDW), and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are hematological parameters that reflect the presence of biomarkers in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). This study evaluated the best haematological parameter in order to distinguish between EOC patients and healthy individuals. There were a total of 33 patients with EOC as subjects treated in Dr. Sardjito hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and 32 volunteer subjects as controls. Curves of receiver operation, area under the curve, specificity, and sensitivity were estimated. To demonstrate EOC's presence, the ESRO was better than the hematological parameters of RDW, PLR, and NLR (AUC = 0.9245, 0.9010, 0.8351, and 0.7457, respectively; sensitivity and specificity = 83.3 and 90.6; 88.9 and 87.5; 100.0 and 68.8; and 94.4 and 53.1, respectively) at the cut-off points 1,125, 44.2, 163.2, and 2,551. Hence, ESRO is a better parameter to indicate the presence of EOC compared to RDW, PLR and NLR.
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- Ngadikun
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Physics Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Master Student of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Scalco R, de Oliveira GN, da Rosa Curcio B, Wooten M, Magdesian KG, Hidai ST, Pandit P, Aleman M. Red blood cell distribution width to platelet ratio in neonatal foals with sepsis. J Vet Intern Med 2023; 37:1552-1560. [PMID: 37306395 PMCID: PMC10365058 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Rapid and accurate markers to aid diagnosis of sepsis are needed in neonatal foals. The CBC variable red blood cell distribution width (RDW) to platelet ratio (RPR) is associated with inflammatory response and linked to poor outcomes of sepsis in human patients. HYPOTHESIS Explore the correlation of RPR with sepsis in neonatal foals and evaluate RPR predictive and prognostic value. ANIMALS Three hundred seventeen hospitalized neonatal foals ≤7 days of age that had a CBC and physical exam performed at admission between 2012 and 2021. METHODS Retrospective case-control study. Clinical records were used to calculate sepsis scores and define groups. Red blood cell distribution width to platelet ratio was calculated and compared between groups (septic vs nonseptic) based on Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. A multivariate logistic regression model to predict sepsis was created. The cutoff for RPR was obtained based on the maximal Youden Index. The Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test were used to estimate survival curves and compare survival rates based on RPR. RESULTS Red blood cell distribution width to platelet ratio was significantly higher in septic foals (Median = 0.099, confidence interval [CI] [0.093; 0.108]) than in sick nonseptic (0.085, CI [0.083; 0.089]) and healthy foals (0.081, CI [0.077; 0.086]; P < .0001). Red blood cell distribution width to platelet ratio was able to predict sepsis with high accuracy (AUC = 82.1%). The optimal RPR cutoff for sepsis was 0.09. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Red blood cell distribution width to platelet ratio calculation is practical, inexpensive, and based on CBC-derived data. Calculation of RPR along with CBC can aid in the diagnosis of sepsis and estimation of outcome.
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- Rebeca Scalco
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
- Present address:
Department of Pathology & Laboratory MedicineSchool of Medicine, University of CaliforniaSacramentoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinics, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversidade Federal de Pelotas‐RSPelotasBrazil
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
- Present address:
Faculty of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics, One Health Institute, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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Wu H, Li C, Liu S, Yao S, Song Z, Ren D, Wang P. Is Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio or Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Associated with Risk of Mortality in Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis. Infect Drug Resist 2023; 16:3861-3870. [PMID: 37346369 PMCID: PMC10281279 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s413126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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Purpose Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and red blood cell distribution width (RDW) are novel biomarkers to indicate the inflammatory/immune response, and demonstrated to be effective in diagnosis, severity evaluation, and prognosis in a variety of chronic or acute conditions. This study aims to examine whether NLR, PLR and EDW are independently associated with mortality in necrotizing fasciitis (NF). Methods This study retrospectively enrolled patients diagnosed with NF and based on vitality status during hospitalization or within 30 days after discharge, survival and non-survival groups were defined. For distinctly comparing NLR, PLR, RDW and others, we enrolled the matched healthy controls of the same age and sex as the survivors of NF in a 1:1 ratio, which constituted the healthy control group. Comparisons were made between three groups. Variables tested with a P value < 0.10 were further entered into the multivariate logistic regression model to identify their independent association with mortality. Results A total of 281 subjects were included, including 127 healthy controls, 127 survivors, and 27 nonsurvivors with NF, respectively, indicating a mortality rate of 17.5%. ROC analysis showed that the optimal cutoff value for NLR, PLR and RDW was 11.1, 196.0 and 15.5%, respectively, and was tested as significant only for the first two (P < 0.001, = 0.004). Multivariate logistic analysis showed that NLR ≥ 11.1 (OR, 2.51) and PLR ≥ 196.0 (OR, 2.09) were independently associated with an increased risk of mortality in NF patients, together with age ((OR, 1.28, for each 10-year increment), comorbid diabetes mellitus (OR, 2.69) and liver disease (OR, 1.86), and elevated creatinine level (OR, 1.21 for each 10 umol/L elevation). Conclusion Elevated NLR and PLR are significant and independent predictors of mortality and can be considered for use when evaluating patients at risk of mortality.
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- Haotian Wu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Imaging Medicine, General Hospital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010017, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China
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Saad E, Maamoun B, Nimer A. Increased Red Blood Cell Distribution Predicts Severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation. J Pers Med 2023; 13:jpm13050843. [PMID: 37241013 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13050843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Increased red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported to be related to underlying chronic inflammation. Our aim is to investigate the relationship of different complete blood count (CBC) parameters such as hemoglobin level, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean platelet volume (MPV) or RDW with COPD exacerbation severity. METHODS In the present retrospective analysis, consecutive patients admitted with the diagnosis of "COPD Exacerbation" between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2015 were evaluated. RESULTS The study population included 804 patients with COPD exacerbation. The maximal partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood (PaCO2) during hospital stay was significantly higher in patients with high MCV (p < 0.001), and in patients with a high RDW (p < 0.001). The hospitalization duration was significantly longer in patients with high RDW (p < 0.001) and in patients with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (p < 0.001). CRP levels strongly correlated to RDW (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrated that different CBC parameters, such as MCV and RDW, are in correlation with the severity of acute exacerbation of COPD reflected by the PaCO2 level and the duration of hospitalization. Furthermore, we also found a positive correlation between RDW and CRP levels. This finding supports the hypothesis that RDW is a good biomarker of acute inflammation.
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- Elias Saad
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safad 1311502, Israel
- Department of Medicine, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safad 1311502, Israel
- Department of Medicine, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safad 1311502, Israel
- Department of Medicine, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 2210001, Israel
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Zhang Q, Mao W, He X, Yuan M. High red cell distribution width-to-platelet ratio indicates adverse outcomes for hepatitis B virus-associated decompensated cirrhosis. Biomark Med 2023; 17:189-196. [PMID: 37158064 DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2023-0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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Background: This work was designed to determine the association between red cell distribution width-to-platelet ratio (RPR) and 30-day prognosis in hepatitis B virus-associated decompensated cirrhosis (HBV-DC) patients. Methods: A total of 168 HBV-DC patients were included. Independent risk factors for poor prognosis were determined by logistic regression analyses. Results: A total of 21 (12.5%) patients died within 30 days. RPR was higher in nonsurvivors than in survivors. Multivariate analysis identified RPR and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score as independent prognostic predictors, and the predictive value of RPR was similar to that of the MELD score. Moreover, combining RPR with the MELD score further improved the predictive value for mortality. Conclusion: RPR has potential as a reliable tool for the prediction of poor prognosis in HBV-DC patients.
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- Qiu Zhang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shengzhou People's Hospital, Shengzhou Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shengzhou, 312400, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shengzhou People's Hospital, Shengzhou Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shengzhou, 312400, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shengzhou People's Hospital, Shengzhou Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shengzhou, 312400, China
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Lu X, Huang X, Xue M, Zhong Z, Wang R, Zhang W, Wang L, Qiao Y, Ling F, Zhang Q, Zhang Y. Prognostic significance of increased preoperative red cell distribution width ( RDW) and changes in RDW for colorectal cancer. Cancer Med 2023. [PMID: 37143237 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Increased preoperative red cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with poor prognosis in several cancers, but the relationships between preoperative RDW and changes in RDW (ΔRDW) and colorectal cancer (CRC) prognosis remain unclear. Our study aimed to demonstrate the prognostic significance of increased preoperative RDW and ΔRDW for CRC. METHODS In this retrospective analysis, we enrolled 833 patients who underwent CRC surgery between 2015 and 2019 at the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, China. ΔRDW in our study was defined as RDW at 1 month after discharge minus preoperative RDW. According to receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, we used cut-off values of 13.5% for RDW, 0.9% for ΔRDW. The cumulative survival rate was determined using the Kaplan-Meier method, and significant differences were evaluated by the log-rank test. Multivariable Cox regression model was applied to clarify the independent risk factors for overall survival (OS), which were used to construct a nomogram prediction model. The competing risk method was also applied, and we analyzed only patients with early-stage disease (stage 0-II) for sensitivity analysis. RESULTS Multivariable Cox regression analysis demonstrated that age, RDW, ΔRDW, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, CEA, CA19-9, ASA, TNM stage, and pathological type were independent factors for OS in CRC patients (all p < 0.05). These prognostic factors were used to establish and verify the OS nomogram. Poorer OS was linked to higher RDW (HR = 1.52; 95% CI, 1.11-2.08; p < 0.01) and ΔRDW (HR = 1.65; 95% CI, 1.19-2.28; p < 0.01) in all-stage patients, and was only linked to higher RDW in early-stage patients. In competing risk model, H-RDW and H-ΔRDW were confirmed to be independent risk factors for CSS in CRC patients. CONCLUSIONS High preoperative RDW and ΔRDW are both risk factors for OS and CSS in CRC.
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- Xian Lu
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Moisa E, Dutu M, Corneci D, Grintescu IM, Negoita S. Hematological Parameters and Procalcitonin as Discriminants between Bacterial Pneumonia-Induced Sepsis and Viral Sepsis Secondary to COVID-19: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065146. [PMID: 36982221 PMCID: PMC10049727 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Bacterial and viral sepsis induce alterations of all hematological parameters and procalcitonin is used as a biomarker of infection and disease severity. Our aim was to study the hematological patterns associated with pulmonary sepsis triggered by bacteria and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-type-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to identify the discriminants between them. We performed a retrospective, observational study including 124 patients with bacterial sepsis and 138 patients with viral sepsis. Discriminative ability of hematological parameters and procalcitonin between sepsis types was tested using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Sensitivity (Sn%), specificity (Sp%), positive and negative likelihood ratios were calculated for the identified cut-off values. Patients with bacterial sepsis were older than patients with viral sepsis (p < 0.001), with no differences regarding gender. Subsequently to ROC analysis, procalcitonin had excellent discriminative ability for bacterial sepsis diagnosis with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.92 (cut-off value of >1.49 ng/mL; Sn = 76.6%, Sp = 94.2%), followed by RDW% with an AUC = 0.87 (cut-off value >14.8%; Sn = 80.7%, Sp = 85.5%). Leukocytes, monocytes and neutrophils had good discriminative ability with AUCs between 0.76-0.78 (p < 0.001), while other hematological parameters had fair or no discriminative ability. Lastly, procalcitonin value was strongly correlated with disease severity in both types of sepsis (p < 0.001). Procalcitonin and RDW% had the best discriminative ability between bacterial and viral sepsis, followed by leukocytes, monocytes and neutrophils. Procalcitonin is a marker of disease severity regardless of sepsis type.
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- Emanuel Moisa
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
- Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Elias University Emergency Hospital, 011461 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
- Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Dr. Carol Davila Central Military Emergency University Hospital, 010825 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
- Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Dr. Carol Davila Central Military Emergency University Hospital, 010825 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
- Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, 014461 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
- Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Elias University Emergency Hospital, 011461 Bucharest, Romania
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Sarioglu E, Vural F, Ertürk Coşkun AD. The relationship of endometrial pathologies with endometrial thickness and inflammatory markers in breast cancers using tamoxifen. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2023; 307:565-571. [PMID: 35650257 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-022-06608-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Some proliferative and neoplastic changes can be seen in the endometrium of breast cancers using tamoxifen adjuvant therapy (TMX-BC). Identifying risk groups is crucial, but methods and frequency of endometrial follow-up are still controversial. This study aimed to investigate the clinical, ultrasonographic, and inflammatory factors to differentiate pathological endometrium in TMX-BC. METHODS This study retrospectively analyzed endometrial biopsy results of TMX-BC (n 361). Normal endometrium (Group I, n 237) and pathological endometrium (Group II, n 124) were compared for clinical, ultrasonographic, and inflammatory features. Neutrophil and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (NLR; PLR), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), red blood cell distribution width (RDW), and lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR) were the inflammatory markers. RESULTS The majority of TMX-BC with endometrial biopsy were asymptomatic (72.6%) and had normal endometrium (65.7%). Pathologic endometrium included endometrial polyp (31.9%), endometrial hyperplasia (1.7%), and endometrial cancer (0.8%). The duration of tamoxifen, cancer stage, vaginal bleeding, and menopause was similar in Group I and Group II (p > 0.05). Group II had increased endometrial thickness (11.22 ± 5.44 mm) compared to Group I (8.51 ± 3.43 mm). Group II had higher RDW and PDW than Group I (p < 0.05). Endometrial thickness ≥ 10 mm had significant diagnostic potential in postmenopausal women (AUC 0.676, p 0.000, CI 0.5-0.7), but not in premenopause. CONCLUSION PDW and RDW may be promising markers for pathological endometrium differentiation, but these preliminary findings should be validated by clinical studies. Measurement of endometrial thickness in asymptomatic patients may predict high-risk women with pathological endometrium in postmenopausal women. Further studies are needed in premenopausal women and those using tamoxifen for more than 5 years.
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- Esma Sarioglu
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Medical Faculty, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Tıbbiye cad. No: 40, Üsküdar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Medical Faculty, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Tıbbiye cad. No: 40, Üsküdar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Medical Faculty, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Tıbbiye cad. No: 40, Üsküdar, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey
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Dehghani S, Pourhosein E, Hamidieh AA, Mansouri Z, Tirgar N, Namdar F, Ramezannezhad P, Jafarian A, Latifi M. Is there any relationship between red blood cell distribution width and prognosis of brain death? Caspian J Intern Med 2023; 14:37-42. [PMID: 36741490 PMCID: PMC9878916 DOI: 10.22088/cjim.14.1.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that RDW (red blood cell distribution width) may independently predict clinically important outcomes in many populations. However, the role of RDW has not been elucidated in brain death. We conducted this study with the aim of evaluating the predictive value of RDW in brain death. Methods A retrospective study of seventy-seven of brain death cases during 36 months were evaluated at university hospitals, affiliated in Tehran, Iran. Demographical data include age, sex, BMI and cause of brain death, also laboratory results (red blood cell distribution, mean corpuscular volume, hemoglobin) collected by checklists from patient records. Having the three RDW measurements (days of hospital admission, day of brain death, and day of cardiac arrest) required. Results Time interval from hospital admission until brain death was 5.27±4.07. The mean age of brain death cases was 32.65±16.53. The mean RDW values on days of hospital admission, the day of brain death, and the day of cardiac arrest were 14.53±1.98, 15.12±1.93 and 15.18±2.07, respectively. Results of the repeated-measures ANOVA test reveal that RDW level was constantly higher in the traumatic patient group compared to the non-traumatic ones (P=0.008). Conclusion The frequency of brain death was high in patients with high RDW values. RDW might be a prognostic biomarker for brain death. More prospective studies with large sample size and long follow-up period should be carried out to determine the prognostic significance of RDW and brain death in future.
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- Sanaz Dehghani
- Organ Procurement Unit, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Iranian Tissue Bank & Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Organ Procurement Unit, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Tissue Bank & Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Pediatric Cell Therapy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Organ Procurement Unit, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Organ Procurement Unit, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Tissue Bank & Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Kashani Hospital, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Iranian Tissue Bank & Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Arefeh Jafarian and Marzieh Latifi contributed equally in this manuscript
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- Organ Procurement Unit, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Arefeh Jafarian and Marzieh Latifi contributed equally in this manuscript,Correspondence: Marzieh Latifi, Organ Procurement Unit, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: , Tel: +98 2166348560
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Ji X, Ke W. Red blood cell distribution width and all-cause mortality in congestive heart failure patients: a retrospective cohort study based on the Mimic-III database. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1126718. [PMID: 37206106 PMCID: PMC10189655 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1126718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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Background The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a metric that measures the variation in the size of red blood cells and is presented as the red blood cell volume coefficient of variation. Increased RDW levels are closely linked to an elevated risk of death from congestive heart failure (CHF) and might be a new risk marker for cardiovascular disease. This research sought to evaluate the possible link between RDW levels and all-cause mortality in CHF patients after controlling for other covariates. Methods The publicly accessible Mimic-III database served as the source of data for our research. We employed ICU admission scoring systems to gather information on each patient's demographical data, laboratory test results, comorbid conditions, vital signs, and scores. Among CHF patients, the link between baseline RDW levels and short-, medium-, and long-term all-cause mortality was evaluated by Cox proportional hazard analysis, smooth curve fitting, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Results In total, 4,955 participants were selected for the study with an average age of 72.3 ± 13.5 years (old) and with males accounting for 53.1%. The findings recorded from the fully adjusted Cox proportional hazard model showed that higher RDW was associated with a greater risk of 30-day, 90-day, 365-day, and 4-year all-cause death; the HRs and 95% confidence intervals were 1.11 (1.05, 1.16), 1.09 (1.04, 1.13), 1.10 (1.06, 1.14), and 1.10 (1.06, 1.13), respectively. The results were stable and reliable using subgroup analysis. Smooth curve fitting and the K-M survival curve method further validated our results. Conclusion The RDW levels had a u-shaped connection with 30-day mortality. The RDW level was linked to an elevated risk of short-, medium-, and long-term all-cause death among CHF patients.
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- Xuan Ji
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
- Correspondence: Weiqi Ke
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Kouhpeikar H, Khazir Z, Naghipour A, Tabasi HK, Khezri MT, Abdollai M, Ayar A, Jamialahmadi T, Sathyapalan T, Abbasifard M, Sahebkar A. Red Cell Distribution Width as a Prognostic Indicator for Mortality and ICU Admission in Patients with COVID-19. Adv Exp Med Biol 2023; 1412:225-235. [PMID: 37378770 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28012-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus can lead to an acute respiratory illness with a high hospitalization and mortality risk. Therefore, prognostic indicators are essential for early interventions. As a component of complete blood counts, the coefficient of variation (CV) of red blood cell distribution width (RDW) reflects cellular volume variations. It has been shown that RDW is associated with increased mortality risk in a wide range of diseases. This study aimed to determine the relationship between RDW and mortality risk in COVID-19 patients. METHODS This retrospective study was performed on 592 patients admitted to hospital between February 2020 and December 2020. Patients were divided into low and high RDW groups and the relationship between RDW and mortality, intubation, admission to intensive care unit (ICU), and need for oxygen therapy was investigated. RESULTS The mortality rate in the low RDW group was 9.4%, while that in the high group was 20% (p < 0.001). Also, ICU admission in the low group was 8%, whereas this was 10% in the high RDW group (p = 0.040). The results of the Kaplan-Meyer curve showed that the survival rate was higher in the low group compared to the high RDW group. Cox results in the crude model showed that higher RDW values were directly related to increased mortality, although this was not significant after adjustment for other covariates. CONCLUSION The results of our study reveal that high RDW is associated with increased hospitalization and risk of death and that RDW may be a reliable indicator of COVID-19 prognosis.
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- Hamideh Kouhpeikar
- Department of Hematology and Blood Bank, Tabas school of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, Tabas School of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan-Iran Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Laboratories, Torbat Heydareyeh University of Medical Science, Torbat Heydareyeh, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, Tabas School of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, Tabas School of Nursing, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran
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- Surgical Oncology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Vakilabad blvd., Mashhad, Iran
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- Academic Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Allam Diabetes Centre, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK
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- Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ali-Ibn Abi-Talib Hospital, School of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Vakilabad blvd., Mashhad, Iran
- Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Xing X, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Li M. NLR combined with plasma FIB and RDW is a useful predictor for the diagnosis of early gastric cancer. Asian J Surg 2022; 46:2219-2220. [PMID: 36509597 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2022.11.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Xiaoyang Xing
- Postgraduate of General Surgery, Hebei Medical University, 050011, Hebei Province, China.
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- No. 5, Department of Geriatrics, Shijiazhuang People's Hospital, 050011, Hebei Province, China.
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- Fanxi Road, General Surgery Department of Shijiazhuang People's Hospital, 050011, Hebei Province, China.
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- Fanxi Road, General Surgery Department of Shijiazhuang People's Hospital, 050011, Hebei Province, China.
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Guglielmini C, Crisi PE, Tardo AM, Di Maggio R, Contiero B, Boari A, Fracassi F, Miglio A. Prognostic Role of Red Cell Distribution Width and Other Routine Clinico-Pathological Parameters in Dogs with Acute Pancreatitis. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12. [PMID: 36552403 DOI: 10.3390/ani12243483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of red cell distribution width (RDW) RDW-to-calcium ratio (RDW/Ca), neutrophils-to-lymphocytes ratio (N/L), platelets-to-lymphocytes ratio (P/L) and other easy to obtain and inexpensive hematological and biochemical parameters in dogs with acute pancreatitis. This is a multicenter, retrospective cohort study including 70 client-owned dogs. The accuracy of clinical and laboratory variables to predict short-term death (i.e., dead by 14 days) was tested by calculating the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC). Independent predictors of death were identified using the multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression model. The survival rate was 72.9% (51 dogs) and 19 dogs died within 14 days of admission from AP. RDW and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) had good accuracy to predict short-term dead with AUC of 0.74 and 0.70 at the cut-off of >12.7% and >42 mg/dL, respectively. According to the multivariable model, RDW (hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval [HR, 95% CI] = 5.08, 95% CI = 1.14−22.67; p = 0.03), BUN (HR = 1.00, 95% CI = 1.00−1.01; p < 0.01) and bilirubin (HR = 2.46, 95% CI = 1.38−4.39; p < 0.01) were independent predictors of death. The results indicate that RDW, BUN and bilirubin are useful predictors of short-term death in dogs with acute pancreatitis.
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Pereira-Veiga T, Bravo S, Gómez-Tato A, Yáñez-Gómez C, Abuín C, Varela V, Cueva J, Palacios P, Dávila-Ibáñez AB, Piñeiro R, Vilar A, Chantada-Vázquez MDP, López-López R, Costa C. Red Blood Cells Protein Profile Is Modified in Breast Cancer Patients. Mol Cell Proteomics 2022; 21:100435. [PMID: 36519745 PMCID: PMC9713370 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Metastasis is the primary cause of death for most breast cancer (BC) patients who succumb to the disease. During the hematogenous dissemination, circulating tumor cells interact with different blood components. Thus, there are microenvironmental and systemic processes contributing to cancer regulation. We have recently published that red blood cells (RBCs) that accompany circulating tumor cells have prognostic value in metastatic BC patients. RBC alterations are related to several diseases. Although the principal known role is gas transport, it has been recently assigned additional functions as regulatory cells on circulation. Hence, to explore their potential contribution to tumor progression, we characterized the proteomic composition of RBCs from 53 BC patients from stages I to III and IV, compared with 33 cancer-free controls. In this work, we observed that RBCs from BC patients showed a different proteomic profile compared to cancer-free controls and between different tumor stages. The differential proteins were mainly related to extracellular components, proteasome, and metabolism. Embryonic hemoglobins, not expected in adults' RBCs, were detected in BC patients. Besides, lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein 2 emerge as a new RBCs marker with diagnostic and prognostic potential for metastatic BC patients. Seemingly, RBCs are acquiring modifications in their proteomic composition that probably represents the systemic cancer disease, conditioned by the tumor microenvironment.
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- Thais Pereira-Veiga
- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Proteomic Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias-IDIS, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CITMAga, University of Santiago de Compostela (Campus Vida), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain,CIBERONC, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer, Madrid, Spain
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- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain,CIBERONC, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Proteomic Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias-IDIS, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain,Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain,CIBERONC, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer, Madrid, Spain,For correspondence: Clotilde Costa; Rafael López-López
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- Roche-Chus Joint Unit, Translational Medical Oncology Group, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain,CIBERONC, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer, Madrid, Spain,For correspondence: Clotilde Costa; Rafael López-López
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Ding Q, Su Y, Li C, Ding N. Red cell distribution width and in-hospital mortality in septic shock: A public database research. Int J Lab Hematol 2022; 44:861-867. [PMID: 35751402 DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.13925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the relationship between red cell distribution width (RDW) and in-hospital mortality in septic shock based on a large-scale public database. METHODS All patients with septic shock in MIMIC-IV were enrolled. Based on RDW values, the general characteristics of different groups were compared. Different models were constructed for exploring the association of RDW and in-hospital mortality. To assess the predictive value of RDW, receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was applied. RESULTS A total of 3006 patients with septic shock were included and in-hospital mortality was 32.27% (n = 970). The results of the fully adjusted model demonstrated that RDW was positively associated with in-hospital mortality in septic shock patients after adjusting all confounders (OR = 1.12, 95% CI:1.08-1.17, p < .001). A linear relationship between RDW and in-hospital mortality was found. For predicting in-hospital mortality, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of RDW was .602 and the best threshold of RDW was 17.25%. CONCLUSION RDW was associated with in-hospital mortality in septic shock. It could be a useful marker for predicting clinical outcomes in septic shock.
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- Qiong Ding
- Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Sato R, Oikawa M, Kakita T, Okada T, Abe T, Yazawa T, Tsuchiya H, Akazawa N, Yoshimachi S, Ohira T, Harada Y, Okano H, Ito K, Tsuchiya T. Prognostic significance of the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and red cell distribution width ( RDW) in obstructive colorectal cancer patients with a stent inserted as a bridge to curative surgery. Surg Today 2022; 52:1699-1710. [PMID: 35441270 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-022-02504-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE The prognostic significance of the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with malignancy have not been intensely investigated and are largely overlooked. We, therefore, investigated the clinical significance of MCV and RDW in non-metastatic obstructive colorectal cancer (OCRC) patients with a self-expandable metallic stent inserted as a bridge to curative surgery. METHODS Eighty-five pathological stage II and III OCRC patients were retrospectively evaluated. The associations of the preoperative MCV and RDW values with short- and long-term outcomes were examined. RESULTS There were 50 males and 35 females, and the median age was 71 years old. The median interval between stenting and surgery was 17 days, and the median postoperative hospital stay was 16 days. Fifty-six patients were in the MCV ≥ 87 group, and 47 were in the RDW ≥ 13.8 group. Multivariate analyses revealed the MCV ≥ 87 status to be independently associated with a poor relapse-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 4.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.52-14.58, P = 0.007). The RDW ≥ 13.8% was an independent predictor of postoperative infectious complications (HR = 7.28, 95% CI 1.24-42.70, P = 0.028). CONCLUSION The MCV and RDW are simple but strong predictors of postoperative outcomes in OCRC patients.
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- Ryuichiro Sato
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan. .,Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Sendai Hospital, 2-43-3 Yagiyama hon-cho, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, 982-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, 5-22-1 Tsurugaya, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, 983-0824, Japan
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Anand S, Krishnan N, Jukić M, Križanac Z, Llorente Muñoz CM, Pogorelić Z. Utility of Red Cell Distribution Width ( RDW) as a Noninvasive Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 5222 Cases. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12. [PMID: 35454059 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12041011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Despite great advances in medicine, numerous available laboratory markers, and radiological imaging, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) in some cases still remains controversial and challenging for clinicians. Because of that, clinicians are still looking for an ideal marker that would be specific to AA. The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been recently investigated in several studies as a potential biomarker for AA. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to systematically summarize and compare all relevant data on RDW as a diagnostic biomarker for AA. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Scientific databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Excerpta Medica database—EMBASE) were systematically searched for relevant comparative studies by two independent researches using keywords ((red cell distribution width) OR rdw) AND (appendicitis). An independent assessment of the methodological quality was performed by two authors using the Downs and Black scale. RevMan 5.4 software was used to perform the meta-analysis. Results: Fifteen studies were included in the final meta-analysis; the majority of the studies was retrospective. Nine studies compared the RDW values between AA and non-AA; four studies compared the same between AA and healthy controls, while two studies compared the RDW values among all three groups. The estimated heterogeneity among the studies for all outcome was statistically significant (I2 = 92−99%, p < 0.00001). The pooling the data demonstrated no statistically significant difference in the RDW values (weighted mean difference (WMD) = 0.03, 95% CI = (−0.46, 0.52), p = 0.91) between AA and healthy controls as well as between AA and non-AA cases (WMD = 0.23, 95%CI = (−0.19, 0.65), p = 0.28). A separate subanalysis was performed to evaluate the utility of this biomarker for the pediatric age group. Pooling the data demonstrated no significant difference among the AA and non-AA groups in terms of the RDW values (WMD = 0.99, 95% CI = (−0.35, 2.33), p = 0.15). Conclusion: The RDW value difference demonstrated no statistically significant difference in AA versus healthy individuals and AA versus non-AA individuals. At the moment, there is no evidence of RDW utility in diagnostic testing of AA. Further research with prospective, multicenter studies and studies targeting special patient groups with a large sample size are needed in this field.
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Lu C, Long J, Liu H, Xie X, Xu D, Fang X, Zhu Y. Red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio is associated with all-cause mortality in cancer patients. J Clin Lab Anal 2022; 36:e24423. [PMID: 35396747 PMCID: PMC9102686 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.24423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Cancer causes a serious health burden on patients worldwide. Chronic low‐level inflammation plays a key role in tumorigenesis and prognosis. However, the role of the red blood cell distribution width (RDW)‐to‐albumin (RA) ratio in cancer mortality remains unclear. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, we collected clinical information from cancer patients from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC‐III) version 1.4 database and then calculated RA by dividing RDW by albumin concentration. The primary outcome was 30 days mortality, while secondary outcomes were 90 days and 1 year mortality. Next, we adopted Cox regression models to calculate hazard ratios (HR) together with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for all‐cause mortalities associated with the RA ratio. Results For 30 days mortality, the HR (95% CI) for the high RA ratio (≥5.51) was 2.17 [95CI% (1.87–2.51); p = <0.0001], compared with the low RA ratio (<5.51). In Model 2, we adjusted sex and age and obtained HR (95% CI) of 2.17 [95CI% (1.87–2.52); p = <0.0001] for the high RA ratio (≥5.51) group, compared to that in the low RA ratio (<5.51). In Model 3, adjusting for age, sex, anion gap, hematocrit, white blood cell count, congestive heart failure, SOFA, liver disease, and renal failure resulted in HR (95% CI) of 1.74 [95CI% (1.48–2.04); p = <0.0001] for the high RA ratio (≥5.51) relative to the low RA ratio (<5.51). We also analyzed common diseases in cancer patients but found no significant association. Conclusion To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study demonstrating that increased RA ratio is independently associated with increased all‐cause mortality in cancer patients.
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- Chengdong Lu
- Department of Anorectal, Yiwu Central Hospital, Yiwu, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Anorectal, Yiwu Central Hospital, Yiwu, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Anorectal, Yiwu Central Hospital, Yiwu, China
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Fan HX, Xiao ZW. Predictors of rebleeding in patients with acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2022; 30:280-286. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v30.i6.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a risk of rebleeding after acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ANVUGIB), and rebleeding increases the risk of poor prognosis. At present, there is no effective predictive method for such rebleeding. The changes of red blood cell distribution width as well as hemoglobin and gastrin levels are all related to bleeding diseases, which can provide a reference for clinical improvement of relevant mechanisms and prediction of bleeding.
AIM To investigate the relationship of the red blood cell distribution width (RDW), hemoglobin (Hb), and gastrin (GAS) with Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS) and AIMS65 score in patients with ANVUGIB and to explore their predictive value for rebleeding.
METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted on 122 ANVUGIB patients admitted to our hospital from August 2018 to February 2021, and they were divided into either a rebleeding group (n = 31) or a no-rebleeding group (n = 91) according to whether rebleeding occurred 7 d after onset. Baseline data, RDW, Hb, GAS, GBS score, and AIMS65 score were compared between the two groups. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship of each index with GBS and AIMS65 scores, and multi-factor logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the influencing factors of rebleeding. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the curve (AUC) were used to analyze the value of each index in predicting rebleeding, and to compare the incidence of rebleeding in patients with different levels of each index.
RESULTS The proportion of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding in the rebleeding group was higher than that of the no-rebleeding group. The RDW, GAS, and GBS and AIMS65 scores were higher and Hb was lower in the rebleeding group than in the no-rebleeding group (P < 0.05). RDW and GAS were positively correlated with GBS and AIMS65 scores, and Hb was negatively correlated with GBS and AIMS65 scores (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that after controlling for past gastrointestinal bleeding, GBS, and AIMS65 score, RDW, Hb, and GAS were still influencing factors of rebleeding (P < 0.05). The performance of RDW and Hb combined with GAS for predicting rebleeding (AUC = 0.850) was better than that of RDW (0.721), Hb (0.721), or GAS (0.806) alone. The rebleeding rate in patients with high levels of RDW and GAS was higher than that of patients with low levels, but patients with high levels of Hb had a lower rebleeding rate than those with low levels (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION RDW, Hb, and GAS are related to the risk of disease and rebleeding in patients with ANVUGIB. Combined detection of them may be a reliable method to assess the risk of disease and predict rebleeding.
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- Hong-Xing Fan
- Emergency Department, Tongxiang First People's Hospital, Tongxiang 314500, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Emergency Department, Tongxiang First People's Hospital, Tongxiang 314500, Zhejiang Province, China
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Wu K, Chen L, Huang H, Wu Z, Chen Q, Zhong W. Study on the application value of red blood cell distribution width and platelet distribution width in neonatal exchange transfusion with hyperbilirubinemia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022; 35:9811-9815. [PMID: 35341429 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2022.2054321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE The study aimed to evaluate the application of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) in the treatment of neonatal exchange transfusion (ET) with hyperbilirubinemia as well as to provide relevant reference materials for clinical diagnosis and treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study in a single center. Between January 2011 and December 2020, a total of 198 neonates, who were admitted to Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital for hyperbilirubinemia and treated with ET therapy were selected. They were divided into blood group antibody negative (BGAbN) ET (n = 92) and blood group antibody positive (BGAbP) ET (n = 106) groups. We analyzed changes in serum total bilirubin (STB), serum indirect bilirubin (SIB), and platelet count(PLT) before and after ET; The clinical data of the neonates with hyperbilirubinemia were collected, and RDW and PDW were compared in the two groups before ET.. RESULTS The concentrations of STB, SIB, and platelet count were much higher before ET and decreased significantly after ET; the difference was statistically significant (p<.001); There were significant differences between the two groups in RDW and PDW before ET. CONCLUSION ET therapy is the most timely and effective treatment method for severe hyperbilirubinemia in neonates clinically; RDW and PDW can help determine neonatal hemolysis caused by blood group antibodies.
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- Kunhai Wu
- Blood Transfusion Department, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Blood Transfusion Department, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Blood Transfusion Department, Affiliated Hospital of Putian Uniwersity, Putian, Fujian, China
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- Blood Transfusion Department, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Akturk OM, Yildirim D, Cakir M, Vardar YM, Erozgen F, Akinci M. Is there a threshold for red cell distribution width to predict malignancy in breast masses? Niger J Clin Pract 2022; 25:349-353. [PMID: 35295059 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_1583_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown to have predictive properties in different diseases as well as solid cancers. Aim We aimed to investigate the discriminative properties of RDW in benign and malignant breast lesions. Subjects and Methods In a retrospective cohort study the files of patients who underwent surgery for fibroadenomas (Group A) and breast cancer with axillary lymph node metastasis (Group B) were reviewed. The pathology reports and laboratory parameters and demographics of the patients were recorded for comparison. The patients were later excluded if they had an hemoglobin level below 12 mg/dl and the outliers were removed for a comparison. Seventy-six patients in the fibroadenoma group and 62 patients in the breast malignancy group were compared for the RDW levels to predict the presence of malignancy. Receiver operating characteristic curves were plotted for RDW and a threshold for prediction of malignancy was calculated. Results The difference in RDW levels between group A and group B was found to be significant, 13,10% (IQR 12.60 -13.70) versus 13,80% (IQR 13.10-14.40) respectively, P = 0,00. The area under the curve was 0.71 (95% confidence interval 0.62 to 0.79), P = 0,00. For the threshold of 13,75 the positive predictive value was 67.35 (95% CI 55.72 to 77.17) and negative predictive value was 67.42 (95% CI 60.76% to 73.44). Conclusion The RDW levels, after adjusted for anemia, were found to have a positive prediction for malignancy in more than two thirds of the patients for the level of 13.75%.
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- O M Akturk
- Department of Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Song K, Guo C, Zeng Z, Li C, Ding N. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in adult sepsis with Escherichia coli infection. BMC Infect Dis 2022; 22:197. [PMID: 35227247 PMCID: PMC8886752 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07201-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Escherichia coli (E. coli) is an important pathogen in sepsis. This study aimed to explore the factors which were associated with in-hospital mortality in adult sepsis with E. coli infection based on a public database. Methods All sepsis patients with E. coli infection in MIMIC-III were included in this study. Clinical characteristics between the survivor and non-survivor groups were analyzed. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality were identified by multivariate logistic regression. Results A total of 199 patients were eventually included and divided into two groups: a survivor group (n = 167) and a non-survivor group (n = 32). RDW and HCT were identified as the factors with clinical outcomes. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) were 0.633 and 0.579, respectively. When combined RDW and HCT for predicting in-hospital mortality, the AUC was 0.772, which was significantly superior to SOFA and APACHEII scores. Conclusion RDW and HCT were identified as factors associated with in-hospital mortality in adult sepsis patients with E. coli infection. Our findings will be of help in early and effective evaluation of clinical outcomes in those patients.
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- Kun Song
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, NO.161 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, NO.161 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, NO.161 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, NO.161 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Changsha Central Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, NO.161 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China.
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DEMİR ÜNAL E, BEKTAŞ H, BAYINDIR H, KURŞUN O. Bio-clinical evaluation of collateral score in acute middle cerebral artery occlusion. Turk J Med Sci 2022; 52:195-205. [PMID: 34688242 PMCID: PMC10734885 DOI: 10.3906/sag-2103-301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is characterized as a neurological deficit owing to an acute focal damage to the brain by cerebral infarction. A collateral score is the most significant factor evaluating the prognosis of AIS, its relationship with demographic data, serum biochemical parameters, and clinical disability in this field. METHODS We conducted a single-center retrospective study with 100 patients with AIS within the first 6 h of ischemic stroke. Data for consecutive AIS patients were collected from February 2019 to May 2020. The collateral score was assessed by using developed scoring systems defined by Maas et al. The correlations between collateral score and demographic data, biochemical parameters, NIHSS scores (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale), mRS (modified Rankin scale) scores were recorded. RESULTS The research was performed in 100 patients (median age, 71.55 ± 11.46 years), and there was a statistically significant difference between elevated erythrocyte distribution width (RDW) and Maas collateral score (insular cortex) (p = 0.024) and lymphocyte/ monocyte ratio (LMO) and Maas collateral (leptomeningeal) score (p = 0.025).
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- Esra DEMİR ÜNAL
- Department of Neurology, Nevşehir City Hospital, Nevşehir,
Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara,
Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara,
Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara,
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Hamdan M, Haddad BI, Jabaiti M, Alryalat SA, Abdulelah AA, Alabed SH, Alabdullah TF, Aouant AN, Shahein HE, Dweik HI, Matar K, Alisi MS. Does Red Cell Distribution Width Predict Hip Fracture Mortality Among the Arab Population? A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Int J Gen Med 2022; 14:10195-10202. [PMID: 34992438 PMCID: PMC8710672 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s343538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hip fractures impose significant morbidity and mortality. Red cell distribution width (RDW) appears to be an emerging tool in predicting mortality following hip fractures. Several factors can influence the RDW value including genetic factors and ethnicity. The purpose of the study was to assess the relation between RDW level at admission and hip fracture mortality within 6 months among Arab/Middle East populations. METHODS We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study including 549 patients (274 female and 275 male) diagnosed with a hip fracture undergoing surgery from February 2016 to December 2019. All included patients shared the same country of origin which is Arab Middle East country. Statistical analysis, including binary regression, was performed to assess the relationship between RDW and mortality within 6 months of admission. Other predictors of mortality following hip fracture surgery were also assessed. RESULTS The mean age was 76.42 (±9.19) years. Seventy (12.8%) of participants died within 6 months. No statistically significant association (P=0.053) between RDW level at admission and mortality within 6 months of surgery was found. Binary regression demonstrated that the only independent predictors of mortality were age (P= 0.003, odds ratio 1.048 with 95% CI 1.016 to 1.080) and male gender (P= 0.021, odds ratio 1.872 with 95% CI 1.100 to 3.185). CONCLUSION Although the previous studies reported that RDW is one of the predictors of mortality in hip fracture patients, our study found no relation in the Arab population. This finding may confirm the influence of genetic factors and ethnicity on RDW value. We recommend further large-scale multicenter studies to solidly establish the relationship between RDW and hip fracture mortality among the Arab/Middle East population.
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- Mohammad Hamdan
- Department of Special Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Special Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Special Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, Sint Maarten
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- Department of Special Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.,Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine
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Jain K, Sharma D, Patidar M, Nandedkar S, Pathak A, Purohit M. Red Cell Distribution Width as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Clinical Sepsis: Experience From a Single Rural Center in Central India. Clin Pathol 2022; 15:2632010X221075592. [PMID: 35141523 PMCID: PMC8819754 DOI: 10.1177/2632010x221075592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Introduction: Early diagnosis of sepsis and its severity is essential for appropriate
treatment to improve patient survival, especially in resource-limited
settings. The aim of the present study was to study the role of red blood
cell distribution (RDW) as a biomarker for the early detection of severe
sepsis defined clinically and also in the prediction of mortality from
sepsis. Methods: The cross-sectional study included a total of 175 subjects who met the
inclusion criteria for the diagnosis of severe sepsis. After a thorough
clinical examination, blood samples were taken from all patients within
3 hours of presenting the disease. The RDW values and other investigations
were studied on the day of admission compared to other severity markers with
the mortality index of 30 days. Result: The RDW value was significantly higher in patients with severe sepsis and in
non-survivor patients than in survivors (P < .0001).
There was a strong correlation between the SOFA score and RDW in predicting
the disease outcome with the Pearson correlation coefficient of
r = .46. The area under the receiver operating
characteristic curve was found to be 0.852 at a CI of 95% (0.796-0.909) with
RDW 17.15, sensitivity was 88.6% and specificity was 63.5%. There was a
positive correlation with Pearson’s correlation coefficient of
r = .46 between RDW and the SOFA score. Conclusions: RDW can be used as a potential marker for the early detection of severe
sepsis and in the prediction of the outcome. Large multicenter prospective
studies can confirm the utility of this routinely available marker for
patients with sepsis.
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- Kavita Jain
- Department of Pathology, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
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- Department of Pathology, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
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- Department of Pathology, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
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- Department of Paediatrics, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India.,Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India.,Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Horne BD, Muhlestein JB, May HT, Le VT, Bair TL, Bennett ST, Knowlton KU, Anderson JL. Preferential Metabolic Improvement by Intermittent Fasting in People with Elevated Baseline Red Cell Distribution Width: A Secondary Analysis of the WONDERFUL Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients 2021; 13:4407. [PMID: 34959959 PMCID: PMC8703681 DOI: 10.3390/nu13124407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Red cell distribution width (RDW) predicts cardiovascular outcomes, but it is unstudied with regard to intermittent fasting. In WONDERFUL trial subjects, the effect of the interaction between baseline RDW and intermittent fasting on changes in insulin and other cardiometabolic endpoints and the effect of fasting on changes in RDW were evaluated. The subjects enrolled were aged 21-70 years and were free of statins, anti-diabetes medications, and chronic diseases, and had ≥1 metabolic syndrome feature, as well as elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Subjects were randomized to 24-h, water-only fasting (twice per week for 4 weeks, once per week for 22 weeks) or 26 weeks of ad libitum eating. Subjects (N = 71; n = 38 intermittent fasting, n = 33 controls) had more substantial changes in insulin in intermittent fasting vs. controls (-3.45 ± 2.27 vs. 0.48 ± 3.55 mIU/L) when baseline RDW size distribution (RDW-SD) was ≥median (42.6 fL) than
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- Benjamin D. Horne
- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
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- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
- Department of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Medical and Health Professional Science, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT 84606, USA
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- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
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- Intermountain Central Laboratory, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA;
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
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- Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA; (J.B.M.); (H.T.M.); (V.T.L.); (T.L.B.); (K.U.K.); (J.L.A.)
- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Banon T, Wortsman J, Ben Moshe S, Gazit S, Peretz A, Ben Tov A, Chodick G, Perez G, Patalon T. Evaluating red blood cell distribution width from community blood tests as a predictor of hospitalization and mortality in adults with SARS-CoV-2: a cohort study. Ann Med 2021; 53:1410-1418. [PMID: 34409900 PMCID: PMC8381942 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2021.1968484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been assessed during COVID-19 patient hospitalization, however, further research should be done to evaluate RDW from routine community blood tests, before infection, as a risk factor for COVID-19 related hospitalization and mortality. PATIENTS AND METHODS RDW was measured as a predictor along with age, sex, chronic illnesses, and BMI in logistic regressions to predict hospitalization and mortality. Hospitalization and mortality odds ratios (ORs) were estimated with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RDW was evaluated separately as continuous and discrete (High RDW ≥ 14.5) variables. RESULTS Four thousand one hundred and sixty-eight patients were included in this study, where 824 patients (19.8%) had a high RDW value ≥14.5% (High RDW: 64.7% were female, mean age 58 years [±22] vs. Normal RDW: 60.2% female, mean age 46 years [±19]). Eight hundred and twenty-nine patients had a hospitalization, where the median time between positive PCR and hospital entry was 5 [IQR 1-18] days. Models were analyzed with RDW (continuous) and adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, and BMI suggested an OR of 1.242 [95% CI = 1.187-2.688] for hospitalization and an OR of 2.911 [95% CI = 1.928-4.395] for mortality (p < .001). RDW (discrete) with the same adjustments presented an OR of 2.232 [95% CI = 1.853-1.300] for hospitalization and an OR of 1.263 [95% CI = 1.166-1.368] for mortality (p < .001). CONCLUSIONS High RDW values obtained from community blood tests are associated with greater odds of hospitalization and mortality for patients with COVID-19.KEY MESSAGESRDW measures before SARS-CoV-2 infection is a predictive factor for hospitalization and mortality.RDW threshold of 14.5% provides high sensitivity and specificity for COVID-19 related mortality, comparatively to other blood tests.Patient records should be accessed by clinicians for prior RDW results, if available, followed by further monitoring.
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- Tamar Banon
- Maccabitech Institute for Research & Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research & Innovation Center, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research & Innovation Center, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research & Innovation Center, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Head Internal Medicine COVID-19 Ward, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Ashdod, Israel
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- Maccabitech Institute for Research & Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Maccabitech Institute for Research & Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research & Innovation Center, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research & Innovation Center, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Tsilingiris D, Makrilakis K, Barmpagianni A, Dalamaga M, Tentolouris A, Kosta O, Eleftheriadou I, Liatis S. The glycemic status determines the direction of the relationship between red cell distribution width and HbA1c. J Diabetes Complications 2021; 35:108012. [PMID: 34364778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.108012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AIMS Available studies conducted on heterogenous populations on the association between the erythrocyte distribution width (RDW) and HbA1c have reported a positive, negative or neutral relationship. The aim of the present study is to investigate the debated relationship between RDW and HbA1c among hematologically healthy individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS Paired measurements of RDW and HbA1c of 183 hematologically healthy individuals (100 without DM, 83 with T2DM) were obtained. The association of HbA1c with a) hematologic parameters (hemoglobin, log[ferritin], RDW) and b) factors related to glycemia (BMI, fructosamine, FPG) was examined within each group separately and in the sum of the study sample. RESULTS There was a significant positive correlation of RDW with HbA1c among those without DM while the opposite was true among individuals with T2DM (r = 0.315, p = 0.001 and r = -0.275, p = 0.011). In the T2DM group a significant negative correlation with fructosamine was noted (r = -0.274, p = 0.012) which was absent among normoglycemic individuals. Among those without DM the association between HbA1c and RDW remained significant after adjustment for all tested parameters. In the population with T2DM the significance was attenuated after including glycemia-related factors values. In multivariable regression in the sum of the study sample, the interaction between diabetes status and RDW as regards HbA1c was significant [unstandardized correlation coefficient - 0.397 (-0.646 to -0.147), p = 0.002] and remained significant after adjustment for multiple potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS Among individuals without DM, the RDW likely reflects the non-glycemic interference on HbA1c values, while in T2DM RDW may serve as an indirect index of glycemia and dysmetabolism.
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- Dimitrios Tsilingiris
- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Talarico M, Manicardi M, Vitolo M, Malavasi VL, Valenti AC, Sgreccia D, Rossi R, Boriani G. Red Cell Distribution Width and Patient Outcome in Cardiovascular Disease: A ''Real-World'' Analysis. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2021; 8:jcdd8100120. [PMID: 34677189 PMCID: PMC8539630 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd8100120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown to predict adverse outcomes in specific scenarios. We aimed to assess the association between RDW and all-cause death and a clinically relevant composite endpoint in a population with various clinical manifestations of cardiovascular diseases. We retrospectively analyzed 700 patients (median age 72.7 years [interquartile range, IQR, 62.6–80]) admitted to the Cardiology ward between January and November 2016. Patients were divided into tertiles according to baseline RDW values. After a median follow-up of 3.78 years (IQR 3.38–4.03), 153 (21.9%) patients died and 247 (35.3%) developed a composite endpoint (all-cause death, acute coronary syndromes, transient ischemic attack/stroke, and/or thromboembolic events). With multivariate Cox regression analysis, the highest RDW tertile was independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause death (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 2.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.63–4.56) and of the composite endpoint (adjusted HR 2.23, 95% CI 1.53–3.24). RDW showed a good predictive ability for all-cause death (C-statistics: 0.741, 95% CI 0.694–0.788). In a real-world cohort of patients, we found that higher RDW values were independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause death and clinical adverse cardiovascular events thus proposing RDW as a prognostic marker in cardiovascular patients.
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- Marisa Talarico
- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Biomedical, Cardiology Division, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Via Del Pozzo n.71, 41124 Modena, Italy; (M.T.); (M.M.); (M.V.); (V.L.M.); (A.C.V.); (D.S.); (R.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-059-422-5836
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Aalaei-Andabili SH, Anderson RD, Bavry AA, Barr B, Arnaoutakis GJ, Beaver TM. Prognostic Value of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patients. Innovations (Phila) 2021; 16:517-522. [PMID: 34488482 DOI: 10.1177/15569845211041360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Elevated red blood cell distribution width (RDW) level has been shown to be associated with poor outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease. Limited data are available regarding the prognostic value of RDW in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the impact of RDW variation on outcomes of TAVR patients. METHODS From March 20, 2012, to February 20, 2020, the pre-TAVR RDW levels of 1,163 consecutive TAVR patients were examined. Receiver operating curves were set to define the most accurate cut-point, which was subsequently validated in our validation set. Associations of RDW levels with early and long-term outcomes were investigated. RESULTS A total of 988 patients were eligible for the analysis. Patients with 30-day, 1-year, and 7-year mortality had significantly higher pre-TAVR RDW levels (15.8% [12.9-19.1] vs 14.7% [11.6-26.3], P = 0.01; 16% [12.3-26.3] vs 14.7% [11.6-24.3], P < 0.001; 15.6% [12.3-26.3] vs 14.6% [11.6-24.3], P < 0.001, respectively). A RDW of 14.5% was found as the most sensitive and specific cut-point for mortality at 1 and 7 years (HR = 2.6, 95% CI: 1.6-4.2, P < 0.001; HR = 1.8, 95% CI: 1.3-2.4, P < 0.001), with mortality of 22% versus 10% at 1 year (P < 0.001) and 37% versus 27% at 7 years (P < 0.001) in patients with RDW ≥14.5% versus those with RDW <14.5%. CONCLUSIONS RDW is an important prognostic factor in TAVR patients. A RDW level higher than 14.5% is significantly associated with post-TAVR early and late mortality. RDW levels should be incorporated into current risk assessment models as an additional variable to predict post-TAVR outcomes.
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- 3463 Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- 12334 Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- 12264 Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- 12265 Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- 12265 Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Dettori P, Paliogiannis P, Pascale RM, Zinellu A, Mangoni AA, Pintus G. Blood Cell Count Indexes of Systemic Inflammation in Carotid Artery Disease: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives. Curr Pharm Des 2021; 27:2170-2179. [PMID: 33355049 DOI: 10.2174/1381612826666201222155630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carotid artery disease is commonly encountered in clinical practice and accounts for approximately 30% of ischemic strokes in the general population. Numerous biomarkers have been investigated as predictors of the onset and progression of carotid disease, the occurrence of cerebrovascular complications, and overall prognosis. Among them, blood cell count (BCC) indexes of systemic inflammation might be particularly useful, from a pathophysiological and clinical point of view, given the inflammatory nature of the atherosclerotic process. The aim of this review is to discuss the available evidence regarding the role of common BCC indexes, such as the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and red cell distribution width (RDW), in the diagnosis and risk stratification of carotid artery disease, and their potential clinical applications.
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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TAŞCI G, KAYA Ş, KORKMAZ S, ATMACA M. Peripheral Inflammatory Parameters in Patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder. Noro Psikiyatr Ars 2021; 59:38-43. [PMID: 35317499 PMCID: PMC8895802 DOI: 10.29399/npa.22739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to examine the peripheral inflammatory parameters in patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) including white blood cell levels, red cell distribution width (RDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), basophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (BLR) by comparing with those of healthy controls. METHODS 48 patients diagnosed with APD and a matched healthy control group of 52 individuals were included in our study. Venous blood samples were taken from the participants in the fasting state and at approximately the same time of the day. Socio-demographic data sheet, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) were applied to all of the participants. RESULTS RDW and basophil cell levels were found significantly higher in the patients than the controls (p=0.005, p=0.038 respectively). BLR was found significantly higher in the participants with alcohol use than those without alcohol use (p=0.016). No significant difference in other laboratory parameters was found between the patient group and the control group. Scores of BDI, BAI, BIS-11, motor impulsivity subscale and physical aggression, anger, hostility and verbal aggression subscales of BDHI, and the total score of BDHI were significantly higher in patients than controls (p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p=0.003, p=0.001, p<0.001 respectively). A positive correlation was determined between the scale scores and the RDW, basophil, monocyte, lymphocyte levels among the laboratory parameters, and a negative correlation was determined between the MPV levels and the depression and impulsivity levels. CONCLUSION The results of our study suggested that inflammation might play a role in the etiopathogenesis of APD. Furthermore, a significant relationship was found between the severity of symptoms and some inflammatory parameter levels such as RDW and basophil in APD patients.
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- Gülay TAŞCI
- Elazığ Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Elazığ Mental Health Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Fırat University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Fırat University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Elazığ, Turkey
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