Fritz Schaefer, Bodo Kurz, P. Schaefer, M. Fuerst, J. Hedderich, Joachim Graessner, Michael Schuenke, Heidi Barnes Heller,
... were: a) fat-saturated (FS) proton density-weighted (PDw) turbo spin-echo (TSE) sequence (TR/TE 4000/ ... TR/TE 17/4.7 ms); c) 3D-PDw-SPACE (sampling perfection with application-optimized contrasts using ... Accuracy for cartilage lesion detection with the FS PDw-TSE sequence and the carotid coil was 78. ... 5% and 65.2%, and for the 3D-PDw-SPACE-we sequence 65.2% and 60.8%, ... correlation ranged between 0.508 for the 3D-PDw-SPACE-we sequence (knee coil) and 0.720 for the FS PDw-TSE sequence (carotid and knee coil). Weighted kappa ...
Tópico(s): Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
2007 - SAGE Publishing | Acta Radiologica
Ruixi Liu, Fang Gao, Junming Huo, Qijian Yi,
Mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are correlated with platelet function and may be ... to answer the following questions: do MPV and PDW levels change in Kawasaki disease (KD), is there ... relation between CAL in children with MPV and PDW and whether MPV and PDW might support a diagnosis of incomplete KD. A ... For all subjects following tests were performed: MPV, PDW, platelet count, white blood cells counts (WBC), C ... healthy controls a significant decrease in MPV and PDW (p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively) ...
Tópico(s): Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
2011 - Informa | Platelets
Project Gutenberg
Rui-long Xu, Zhao-Jing Zheng, Yong-Jun Ma, HU Ying-ping, Shun-Hong Zhuang,
... platelet volume (MPV) and platelet size deviation width (PDW) for bone marrow failure (BMF) in thrombocytopenic patients. Platelet count, MPV and PDW data were retrieved from the records of 574 ... with BMF. The predictive efficiency of MPV and PDW were tested for the diagnosis of BMF. Significant ... in the age distribution, platelet count, MPV and PDW between the ITP and BMF groups. The platelet count was positively correlated with MPV and PDW in the patients with ITP but not BMF. The negative-predictive values of MPV and PDW for BMF were 59.3 and 58.9%, ...
Tópico(s): Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
2012 - Spandidos Publishing | Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
Yaguo Zheng, Tao Yang, Changming Xiong, Jianguo He, Zhihong Liu, Qing Gu, Zhihui Zhao, Xin‐Hai Ni,
... Mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are two markers of platelet activation, and have ... This study aimed to investigate whether MPV and PDW would be useful to reflect disease severity and ... prognosis in idiopathic PAH (IPAH). Methods MPV and PDW levels were measured in 82 IPAH patients without ... endpoint was all-cause mortality. Results MPV and PDW were significantly higher in patients with IPAH than ... Pearson's correlation analysis revealed that MPV and PDW correlated positively with right ventricular systolic pressure, mean ...
Tópico(s): Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
2014 - Elsevier BV | Heart Lung and Circulation
Qingcheng Liang, Di Jin, Ying Li, Ruitao Wang,
... of platelet count, MPV, and platelet distribution width (PDW) in 150 VaD patients, 110 AD patients, and 150 non-demented controls. MPV and PDW were significantly lower in patients with VaD and AD as compared with controls. The decrease in PDW for AD patients as compared with VaD patients ... Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and MPV and PDW, after adjusting confounding factors (r = 0.532 for MPV and r = 0.425 for PDW, p < 0.001 for both). Multivariate regression analysis showed that MPV and PDW were significantly associated with MMSE (β = 0.366 ...
Tópico(s): Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
2013 - Informa | Platelets
Yanle Hu, Jacqueline Esthappan, Sasa Mutic, Susan Richardson, Hiram A. Gay, Julie K. Schwarz, Perry W. Grigsby,
... evaluated the possibility of using proton density weighted (PDW) MRI to improve the definition of titanium tandems. Both T2W and PDW MRI images were obtained from each cervical cancer ... were kept the same between the T2W and PDW sequences for each patient except the echo time ( ... ms for T2W and 5.5 ms for PDW) and the slice thickness (0.5 cm for T2W and 0.25 cm for PDW). Uterus-tandem contrast was calculated by the equation ... tandem was segmented by the histogram thresholding technique. PDW MRI could significantly improve the uterus-tandem contrast ...
Tópico(s): Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
2013 - BioMed Central | Radiation Oncology
Giuseppe De Luca, Gioel Gabrio Secco, Monica Verdoia, Ettore Cassetti, Alon Schaffer, Lorenzo Coppo, Paolo Marino,
... mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) may improve the prognostic information in the prediction ... coronary artery disease (CAD). We measured MPV and PDW in 2330 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography. Significant ... the median value of MPV (10.8fl) and PDW (13fl): Group 1 (MPV and PDW < 50th percentile; n = 958); Group 2 (MPV or PDW ≥50th percentile; n = 288); Group 3 (MPW and PDW ≥ 50th percentile; n = 1055). Patients in Group 3 ... to platelet count (P < 0.0001). Combined MPV-PDW was inversely associated with the presence of thrombus, ...
Tópico(s): Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
2013 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis
Şeref Ulucan, Ahmet Keser, Zeynettin Kaya, Hüseyin Katlandur, Hüseyin Özdil, Mustafa Melih Bilgi, İsmail Ateş, Mehmet Sıddık Ülgen,
... of the potential association between platelet distribution width (PDW) and frequency of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) ... to the study. Tertiles were formed based on PDW levels. The associations between PDW and in-hospital and long-term MACEs were ... 008) were higher in tertiles having a high PDW value. In multivariate analyses, PDW was an independent predictor of in-hospital and ... Kaplan-Meier incidence of a MACEs in the PDW tertiles groups were 12.8%, 12.1%, and ... respectively, p=0.003). Conclusions The pre-procedural PDW may be an independent predictor of both in- ...
Tópico(s): Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
2015 - Elsevier BV | Heart Lung and Circulation
Yuxuan Wang, D. F. Agterberg, Andrey V. Chubukov,
... charge-density-wave (CDW) and pair-density-wave (PDW) orders within the spin-fermion model for the ... as seen in experiments on the cuprates, and PDW order with total momenta $(0,\ifmmode\pm\else\ ... in which case $\mathrm{U}(1)$, CDW, and PDW order parameters become components of an $\mathrm{SO}(4)$-symmetric PDW/CDW ``supervector.'' We develop a Ginzburg-Landau theory for four PDW/CDW order parameters and find two possible ground ... a ``stripe'' state in which both CDW and PDW orders develop with either $(\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\ ...
Tópico(s): Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
2015 - American Physical Society | Physical Review B
Susanta Ray, Pankaj Kumar Roy, Arunabha Majumder,
In recent years, packaged drinking water (PDW) has become one of the major sources of drinking water and is very popular among consumers. The study was conducted to assess the bacteriological and physicochemical quality of PDW sold in Kolkata city, India, and its effects on public health. The quality of Indian PDW has been compared with that of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) supply water. Further, the quality of PDW and KMC supply water has been compared with ... EPA). The samples of 27 types of bottled PDW, 10 types of bubble top can PDW of ...
Tópico(s): Fecal contamination and water quality
2016 - Taylor & Francis | Desalination and Water Treatment
Michał Kowara, Kajetan Grodecki, Zenon Huczek, Dominika Puchta, Katarzyna Paczwa, Bartosz Rymuza, Karol Zbroński, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Grzegorz Opolski,
... factor in cardiac patients. However, platelet distribution width (PDW) is reported to be a more specific marker of platelet reactivity. Thus, application of PDW in risk stratification of ACS treatment is an up-to-date subject of research. PDW values in the assessment of left ventricular (LV) ... of the study was to evaluate whether admission PDW can predict LV systolic function in patients with ACS treated with stent implantation.On-admission PDW was measured in 278 consecutive patients with diagnosis ...
Tópico(s): Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
2016 - Via Medica | Kardiologia Polska
Xiaojun Ren, Zhaowei Meng, Ming Liu, Mei Zhu, Qing He, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Kun Song, Qiyu Jia, Qiang Jia, Xue Li, Jian Tan, Wei Zheng, Renfei Wang, Na Liu, Tianpeng Hu,
Mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are morphometric indices of size distribution and variability ... aimed to explore the associations between MPV or PDW and thyroid function in a large Chinese cohort. ... C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, platelet, MPV, PDW, and thyroid hormones. Database was sorted by sex, and the associations between MPV or PDW and thyroid function were analyzed by quartiles of MPV or PDW. Levels of MPV and PDW were compared in different thyroid function subgroups by ...
Tópico(s): Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
2016 - Wolters Kluwer | Medicine
Hideya Takeuchi, Miyuki Abe, Yohei Takumi, Takafumi Hashimoto, Ryōji Kobayashi, Atsushi Osoegawa, Michiyo Miyawaki, Tatsuro Okamoto, Kenji Sugio,
... volume indices (PVIs), which include platelet distribution width (PDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width-to-platelet count ratio (PDW/P), and mean platelet volume-to-platelet count ... using the Cox proportional hazards model. An elevated PDW/P significantly correlated with age and HER2 status. Univariate analysis revealed that elevated PDW, MPV, and PDW/P as well as tumor size, nuclear grade, ... p<0.01; nuclear grade, lymph node involvement, PDW, MPV, and PDW/P: p<0.05). On multivariate analysis, a ...
Tópico(s): Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
2017 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Jian Yu, Li Wang, Yuchong Peng, Mingjie Xiong, Xiaozhong Cai, Juan Luo, Minghao Zhang,
... erythrocyte distribution width (RDW) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in evaluating the treatment efficacy for acute myocardial ... group based on treatment efficacy. The RDW and PDW were measured before and after treatment. We used ... The change and change rate of RDW and PDW were significantly improved (p<0.01) and the positive change rate of RDW, PDW, and RDW + PDW were significantly lower in the effective group compared ... The change and change rate of RDW and PDW are independent factors for treatment efficacy evaluation (p< ...
Tópico(s): Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
2017 - International Scientific Information Inc. | Medical Science Monitor
Aslı Bolayır, Şeyda Figül Gökçe,
... Mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are parameters that indicate platelet volume. It is ... small platelets. The relationship between elevated MPV and PDW values and arterial thrombosis has been demonstrated, but ... study is to establish the relationship between MPV, PDW and PLR values and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis ( ... control groups were compared in terms of MPV, PDW and PLR values. In addition, the patient group ... parenchymal brain lesions, and the effect of MPV, PDW, and PLR on prognosis was also assessed. Results: ...
Tópico(s): Bone and Joint Diseases
2017 - | Cumhuriyet Tıp Dergisi/Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi dergisi
Adam Białas, Claudio Pedone, Wojciech Piotrowski, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi,
... participate in inflammation in COPD. Platelet distribution width (PDW), a measure of platelets' volume heterogeneity, may increase in platelets' activation. We hypothesized that PDW may be a marker of hypercoagulation, which plays ... patients according to the upper normal limit of PDW, using Welch's t -tests or Mann–Whitney ... hazards regression. Results: Ten patients presented values of PDW above 16 fL, which was the upper limit ... for our laboratory. Compared to patients with normal PDW, they had lower forced expiratory flow between 25% ...
Tópico(s): Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
2017 - Dove Medical Press | International Journal of COPD
Chengping Hu, Yu Du, Yong Zhu, Chao Shi, Zheng Qin, Yingxin Zhao,
... is a definite association between platelet distribution width (PDW) and poor prognosis in patients with coronary artery ... no data available regarding the prognostic significance of PDW for in-stent restenosis (ISR) in patients with ... T2DM. We aimed to determine the value of PDW on admission that predicted ISR in patients with ... or Fisher's exact test. The association between PDW and ISR was calculated by logistic regression analysis. ... was significantly more frequent in patients with higher PDW quartiles compared with lower quartiles. We observed that ...
Tópico(s): Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
2018 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Chinese Medical Journal
Shunfan He, Wei Tian, Junmin Zhang, Kaicheng Li, Ming Zhang, Rongbo Zhu,
... a highly efficient approach for power disturbance waveform (PDW) compression in the view of Heisenberg uncertainty. The ... idea is to represent each signal component of PDW using as few nonzero coefficients as possible by the uncertainty principle restriction. PDWs are projected in a union of bases (UB), and each signal component of the PDWs can be represented very sparsely. The UB decomposition ... correlation of subbases of the UB guarantee the PDW compression with high a compression ratio and recovered ...
Tópico(s): Smart Grid and Power Systems
2018 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Yi Ma, J.-Y. Han, Shengjie Li, Aiping Zhang, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun,
... parameters, including platelet count (PLT), platelet distribution width (PDW), plateletcrit (PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV), and platelet ... 55.85 ∗ 109/L). In the POAG group, PDW (13.76 ± 3.16 fL) and MPV (10. ... 0.001) than those of the control group (PDW 11.82 ± 2.44 fL, MPV 10.13 ± 1.10 fL). PDW and MPV values were highest in the severe POAG group (PDW 14.49 ± 2.99 fL; MPV 10.74 ± 1.39 fL), followed by the moderate group (PDW 12.50 ± 3.14 fL; MPV 10.02 ± 1.08 fL) and then the mild group (PDW 11.82 ± 2.44 fL; MPV 9.92 ± ... linear regression analyses showed a significant association between PDW and MD (β = 0.430, p < 0.001) ...
Tópico(s): Retinal Imaging and Analysis
2019 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Ophthalmology
Qian Song, Junzhou Wu, Sheng Wang, Wenhu Chen,
... role in tumorigenesis and progression. Platelet distribution width (PDW) is generally applied platelet parameters from routine blood test. Preoperative PDW has been considered a prognostic factor in many cancers. Nevertheless, the prognostic value of PDW in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains unknown. The study aimed to investigate whether preoperative PDW could serve as a prognostic factor in patients ... undergoing curative surgery were enrolled. The relationship between PDW and clinical features in ESCC was analyzed using ...
Tópico(s): Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
2019 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Amit Gupta, Rohik Anjum, Sweety Gupta, Bela Goyal, ArvindKumar Gupta, Saumya Agrawal, Ravi Roshan, Utkarsh Kumar, Navin Kumar, Manoj Gupta, Sanjeev Kishore, Ravi Kant,
... diagnosis and prognosis of GBC. Platelet distribution width (PDW) is an early marker for activated platelets and ... study was designed to evaluate the utility of PDW in identifying GBC patients and its association with ... and 100 age- and sex- matched healthy controls. PDW was evaluated and compared between GBC and healthy ... value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of PDW. Correlation between serum tumor markers (carbohydrate antigen 19-9, carcinoembryonic antigen, and carbohydrate antigen 125) and PDW were evaluated. Association of PDW with hyperbilirubinemia, staging ...
Tópico(s): Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
2020 - Medknow | Journal of Carcinogenesis
Chang Liu, Hua Zhang, Qi Qi, Bin Zhang, Dongsheng Yue, Changli Wang,
... Background The prognostic value of platelet distribution width (PDW) is different in various malignancies. The purpose of ... study was to identify the relationship between preoperative PDW and survival in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods Optimal cutoff values of PDW were confirmed using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) ... models of the TNM staging system and the PDW‐TNM staging system (combination of PDW and the TNM staging system). Results Survival analysis ... DFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients with PDW > 12.65 were both significantly longer than those ...
Tópico(s): Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
2020 - Wiley | Thoracic Cancer
Haitao Yu, Lili Jiang, Ruiqi Liu, Li Sheng, Pengyu Ji,
... investigate the predictive value of platelet distribution width (PDW) in LN. A retrospective study involving 212 SLE ... collected from their medical records. The level of PDW was significantly decreased in SLE patients, which was ... IgM. There were more LN patients in low-PDW group than normal-PDW and high-PDW groups. In low-PDW group, SLEDAI-2K score, 24-h urine protein ... while serum IgG level was markedly lower. Moreover, PDW was negatively correlated with 24-h urine protein ... addition, the area under the ROC curve of PDW was 0.87 and the optimal clinical cutoff ...
Tópico(s): Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
2020 - Elsevier BV | International Immunopharmacology
Min Huang, H. Zhang, Zhongzhen Wu, Xinli Wang, D.S. Li, S.J. Liu, Sumei Zheng, Lin Yang, B.B. Liu, G.X. Li, Yongchuang Jiang, Hao Chen, Jun Ren,
Pudong White (PDW) pigs, historically originating from Shanghai, are the only Chinese indigenous pigs characterised by their completely white coats, with ... structure, selection signatures, and potential exotic introgression in PDW pigs, we sampled 15 PDW pigs using whole-genome sequencing (~20×). We then ... joining tree and principal component analysis confirmed that PDW pigs belonged to the ecotype of ECN pigs. ... f3, D-statistics, and structure analysis showed that PDW pigs shared apparent alleles with Large White (LW) ...
Tópico(s): Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
2021 - Elsevier BV | animal
Jian-Chang Lin, Guohua Wu, Jianjun Zheng, Zhaohong Chen, Xiaohong Chen,
ABSTRACT Background: Platelet distribution width (PDW) and PDW-to-platelet ratio (PPR) have been proven to be good prognostic indicators for many diseases. However, their prognostic values in severe burns have ... Objective: To investigate the early time course of PDW and PPR in severe burn patients and investigate ... 1, day 3, and day 7 postburn, including PDW and PPR, were collected. Receiver operating characteristic curves ( ... were performed to evaluate the prognostic values of PDW and PPR in severe burn patients. Results: According ...
Tópico(s): Pregnancy-related medical research
2021 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Shock
Giuseppe De Luca, Luca Venegoni, Sergio Iorio, Gioel Gabrio Secco, Ettore Cassetti, Monica Verdoia, Alon Schaffer, Lorenzo Coppo, Giorgio Bellomo, Paolo Marino, on Behalf of the NOVARA Atheroscler,
... of coronary artery disease (CAD). Platelet distribution width (PDW) directly measures the variability in platelet size. However, ... of the current study was to investigate whether PDW is associated with the extent of CAD. We measured PDW in 1882 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography. Significant ... Thickness (IMT) in 359 patients. Patients with higher PDW were older (p = 0.012), with higher weight ( ... p = 0.005), and diuretics (p = 0.016). PDW was significantly associated with baseline glycaemia (p = 0. ... inversely related to platelet count (p < 0.0001). PDW was not associated with the prevalence of coronary ...
Tópico(s): Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
2010 - Informa | Platelets
Akbar Jaefari, Eduardo Fradkin,
... pi}$ per plaquette) have commensurate pair-density-wave (PDW) phases. In the case of the conventional (flux-less) ladder, the PDW arises when certain filling fractions for which commensurability ... met. For the flux $\ensuremath{\pi}$ ladder, the PDW phase is generally present. The PDW phase is characterized by a finite spin gap ... the ladder is half filled for which the PDW phase appears even at weak coupling. The PDW phase is shown to be dual to a ... the quantum phase transition. The phase boundary between PDW and the uniform SC ordered phases is found ...
Tópico(s): Quantum and electron transport phenomena
2012 - American Physical Society | Physical Review B