Essays about: "C-reactive protein"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words C-reactive protein.

1. 1. The association between obesity, low-grade inflammation, self-reported knee symptoms and radiographic knee osteoarthritis in individuals with knee pain : A longitudinal cohort study

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

   Author : Alma Buer; [2024]
   Keywords : osteoarthritis knee pain; artros knä smärta;

   Abstract : Abstract  Background One of the earliest signs of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is knee pain which correlates with inflammation and disease severity. Knee OA affects 260 million worldwide, and is in similarity with obesity, characterized by ongoing low-grade inflammation. READ MORE

3. 2. Associations of COVID-19 diagnosis with levels of selected clinical markers among elderly individuals: a hospital-based, cross-sectional study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

   Author : Samiha Noor; [2023]
   Keywords : COVID-19 among older individuals; Sweden; cardiac troponin T; C-reactive protein D-dimer; NT-proBNP; clinical markers;

   Abstract : Background Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) affected elderly individuals disproportionately in terms of hospitalization and adverse outcome. Objective This cross-sectional study examined the associations of COVID-19 diagnosis (COVID-negative versus COVID-positive) with levels of four clinical markers – cardiac troponin T (cTnT), high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), D-dimer and b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) – along with potential differences in associations by sex in a hospital-based sample of elderly individuals. READ MORE

4. 3. Identifying prognostic biomarkers for severe sepsis disease and 28 days mortality

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Gaprielle Massoud; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Sepsis is a complex, deadly, and difficult-to-diagnose disease characterized by anomalies in numerous life-threatening organ failures caused by an improper host response to an infecting organism such as bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Patient characteristics such as age and immunologic state, infection factors, and environmental factors such as nutritional status affect sepsis prognosis and make it difficult and a common cause of mortality. READ MORE

5. 4. Evaluation of the Two-tailed RT-qPCR method with the application of manual vs robotic extraction of miRNA

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Lia Rozenberg; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Sepsis is aggressive and severe inflammatory body response to an infection and is considered to be one of the most common death causes in patients. The current diagnosis of sepsis is not fast enough to help those who get sepsis, due to its fast progression. The current golden standard for sepsis diagnosis is blood culturing. READ MORE

6. 5. Surgical stress response in patients with perioperative statin and/or beta-blocker treatment during colon cancer surgery

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

   Author : Arvid Lindgren; [2022]
   Keywords : Surgical stress response; Colorectal surgery; Beta-blocker treatment; Statin treatment; C-reactive protein.;

   Abstract : Background: Surgical stress during resection surgery for colon cancer has previously been shown to be associated with adverse postoperative outcomes. Statin and beta-blocker treatment have been shown to lower postoperative complications and mortality, and been hypothesized to reduce the surgical stress response, although this correlation has not been studied clinically. READ MORE