Behnam Izadi; Niloufar Mousavi; Reihaneh Askary kachoosangy
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Objectives Appendicitis is the most common and important emergency condition, in which most of the patients undergo appendectomy. The diagnosis of appendicitis is critical and the values of diagnostic laboratory tests are always discussed. The current study aimed at determining the diagnostic value of ...
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Objectives Appendicitis is the most common and important emergency condition, in which most of the patients undergo appendectomy. The diagnosis of appendicitis is critical and the values of diagnostic laboratory tests are always discussed. The current study aimed at determining the diagnostic value of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) increase in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.Methods The current cross sectional study examined 105 individuals referred to the emergency department of Shahid Motahari Hospital, Marvdasht, Iran, in 1012. Before the administration of any preoperational antibiotics, blood samples were obtained from the subjects to measure the serum CRP level. After surgery, the relationship among serum levels of CRP and appendix tissue biopsy, and the surgeon`s comments about the type of tissue were investigated. All data were analyzed by SPSS version 18, employing ANOVA and Tukey test.Results A total of 81 patients had acute appendicitis, out of which 24 had normal appendix. Among patients with acute appendicitis, 65 subjects showed increased serum CRP level and 16 subjects had normal serum CRP level. The sensitivity and specificity of CRP level in the study were 80% and 63%, respectively.Conclusion The results showed that evaluation of serum CRP levels can be useful and beneficial to diagnose acute appendicitis.
Behnam Izadi; Seyyedeh Niloofar Mosavi; Reihaneh Askary Kachoosangy
Volume 23, Issue 2 , March and April 2016, , Pages 313-319
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Background & Objectives: Appendicitis is the most common and the most important medical emergency and most of these patients undergo appendectomy. The diagnosis of appendicitis is critical and value of diagnostic laboratory tests has always been discussed. The purpose of this study was to determine ...
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Background & Objectives: Appendicitis is the most common and the most important medical emergency and most of these patients undergo appendectomy. The diagnosis of appendicitis is critical and value of diagnostic laboratory tests has always been discussed. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of increasing of CRP in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Materials & Methods: This was a cross- sectional study. 105 persons of recourse to Shahid Motahari hospital emergency of Marvdasht in 2012, were examined. Before giving any preoperational Antibiotics, blood samples for measurement of serum CRP levels were prepared. After surgery, the relationship between serum levels of CRP and appendix tissue biopsy and the surgeon about the type of tissue to be investigated. All data were analyzed by SPSS version 18 (ANOVA and Tukey test). Result: 81 patients of participants that were studied had acute appendicitis and 24 of them had normal appendix. Among patients with acute appendicitis, 65 patients had increased serum CRP levels and 16 patients had normal serum CRP levels. The sensitivity and specificity of CRP respectively were 80% and 63% in this study. Conclusion: The results showed that evaluation of serum CRP levels can be useful and beneficial in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Reihaneh Askary kachoosangy; Elaheh Habibi; Leila Hosseini
Volume 22, Issue 3 , May and June 2015, , Pages 206-212
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Background and goal: High blood pressure (BP) is a health problem in all societies because of the association with ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. With increasing BMI and overweight, increases the risk of high blood pressure. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship ...
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Background and goal: High blood pressure (BP) is a health problem in all societies because of the association with ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. With increasing BMI and overweight, increases the risk of high blood pressure. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between hypertension and obesity (increased Body Mass Index).
Materials and Method: This study was a cross- sectional one. 400 people of 30-60 years old which referred to Shahid Motahary clinic of Marvdasht in 1391, were randomly selected and evaluated. All evaluations were done by two trained nurses through interview and physical examination. In this study, the BP was measured by Nova Riester mercury sphygmomanometer with 10 mmHg accuracy, and the weight was measured by Beurer scale with 100gr accuracy, and height was measured with a tape measure. All data were analyzed by SPSS version 18 (version 18, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL).
Findings: 20.46% of women and 19.40% of men had systolic blood pressure upper than 140. 9.35% of women and 11.25% of men had diastolic blood pressure upper than 90. 42.69% of women and 33.76% of men had BMI upper than 30. There is a significant relation between increased MBI and high blood pressure (p< 0.001).
Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between overweight and obesity with hypertension in growing Iranian middle-aged population. Maintenance of normal weight and BMI are recommended as the primary prevention priorities of hypertension.