leukocytosis/nicotine

Tobacco smoking is a common risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and heart health problems. In Taif, the number of secondary polycythemia patients is increasing dramatically and most of those patients are heavy smokers. Therefore, this study is an attempt to understand the

Six heavy smokers with leucocytosis are described. Except for leucocytosis, laboratory tests were normal. A strong tobacco-induced leucocyte response indicates an increased risk of developing arterial diseases and lung diseases.

This study examined the acute effects of combined tobacco smoking and exercise on immune-inflammatory responses in smoker populations with shorter or longer smoking history. The cohort comprised 14 young male adult (YSM) and 12 middle-aged (MSM) male active cigarette smokers matched for aerobic

In 2019, the United States experienced an outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) (1). Most EVALI patients have reported using tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing e-cigarette, or vaping, products obtained from informal sources (2,3), and vitamin E acetate in

Leukocytosis in tobacco smokers has been well recognized; however, the exact cause has not been elucidated. To test the hypothesis that tobacco nicotine stimulates neutrophils in the respiratory tract to produce IL-8, which causes neutrophilia in vivo, we examined whether nicotine induces

BACKGROUND Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome is a potentially life-threatening cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction characterized by extensive mucocutaneous eruption, fever, hematologic abnormalities including eosinophilia and/or atypical lymphocytosis, and extensive

OBJECTIVE To describe the long-term natural history of essential thrombocythemia (ET) in terms of life expectancy, risk of disease transformation Into a more aggressive myeloid disorder, and prognostic factors for both survival and disease complications. METHODS The study population consisted of a

Introduction: cerebrovascular accident (stroke) constitutes a major public health problem due to the number of people affected and to its medical social and economic consequences. This study aims to identify poor vital prognostic factors

OBJECTIVE The high comorbidity in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) is mainly caused by the high incidence of tobacco and alcohol abuse and has direct impact on overall survival. We investigated whether HNC and its comorbidity also influence routine laboratory values and whether these values

BACKGROUND Clinicians have limited ability to classify risk of prolonged hospitalization among patients with lower limb cellulitis. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify characteristics associated with days to discharge and prolonged stay. METHODS We conducted retrospective cohort analysis including

Evidence shows that tobacco smoking interacts with development of rheumatic diseases. Increase in white cells count (leukocytosis) is frequently present, and in smokers, it is considered a biomarker of cardiovascular risk. Aim of the study is to evaluate this biomarker in smokers with rheumatic

The present study was envisaged to assess the state of oxidative metabolism of neutrophils, recovered from smokers (cigarette, beedi, hookah and mixed products) and non-smokers. Superoxide anion (O2.-) production was significantly higher in neutrophils from all groups of smokers (P < 0.001). Total

Millions of people continue to smoke. Recent studies confirm the pioneering epidemiologic data that indicated that, despite the well-established effects on the lung, most of the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually result from extrapulmonary toxicity, particularly accelerated cardiac