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HELICOBACTER PYLORI AND THE ATHEROGENIC PROCESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Carvalho, Nuno; Cóias, Ana; Coelho, Hélder; Marcelino, Gisela; Albergaria, Diogo; Ferreira, Maria José; Brito, Maria José; Corte Real, JoãoBackground: Conventional risk factors do not explain completely the atherogenic process. Chronic Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection may cause arterial inflammation and has been epidemiologically linked to the occurrence of atherosclerosis. Studies about the association of HP infection with peripheral arterial disease are limited. Objective: Evaluate the presence of HP using a monoclonal antibody anti-HP in the ...
Eosinophils and C-reactive protein are diagnostic and severity markers in acute...
Cunha, Liliana; Marcelino, Gisela; Carvalho, Nuno; Antunes, Carla; Brito, Maria JoséIntroduction: Inflammatory parameters have been used in the diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of various diseases. The objective of this study is to evaluate the white blood cells changes, platelets and C-reactive protein (CRP) and their correlation with the diagnosis and severity of acute appendicitis (AA). Methods: A retrospective study of patients undergoing appendectomy in 2011. It was recorded age, gende...
Neutrophil-to-eosinophil ratio and c-reactive protein are predictors of surgery...
Marcelino, Gisela; Carvalho, Nuno; Oliveira, Gabriel; Marialva, Celso; Campanha, Rafaela; Albergaria, Diogo; Santos, Carlos; Lebre, RuiBackground: Patients with acute diverticulitis (AD) and Hinchey<III may also need surgery. Therefore, as other markers are needed to help deciding which patients should be operated on, we tried to test the value of the C-reactive protein (CRP) and of blood cell count (and their ratios). Methods: Retrospective chart review of patients admitted to our surgical department between 2009 and 2011 with the diagnosi...
How to define obesity
Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Marcelino, Gisela; Ravasco, Paula; Camilo, Maria Hermelinda; Oliveira, Joao Miguel