{"title":"Cystatin-C as Novel Marker of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, in Al-Najaf City, Iraq","authors":"Sarah Ali Aljazaeri","doi":"10.46966/msjar.v2i2.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46966/msjar.v2i2.21","url":null,"abstract":"Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia results from a readiness for the bilirubin production in neonates and limited their ability to excrete it. The diagnosis of hyperbilirubinemia based on yellow discoloration of the skin and whiteness of eyes, idle in the child's movement and the lack of lactation. The baby seems sick or is difficult to awaken. Serum cystatin-C, is a low molecular protein that belongs to the family of cysteine protease inhibitor, was proposed as an endogenous filtration marker. In this study sixty neonatal patients suffering from hyperbilirubinemia (35 males,25female) were collected from prematurity unit (PU) in Al-Zahra Educational Hospital/Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf during the period from August,2020 to February,2021. A group of 20 randomly (12male, 8female) selected apparently healthy group. After diagnosis of hyperbilirubinemia, the patients were divided into three groups according to age (1-3), (4-7) and (7-9) days. The result reveals that significant increase (p<0.05) in serum cystatin-C in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia as compared with healthy group. The result of study reveals no significant increase(p<0.05) in serum levels of cystatin-C, while the study shows a significant increase (p<0.05) between male and female in serum levels of bilirubin. ","PeriodicalId":245917,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Journal for Advance Research","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128522987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship of Illustrated Health Warnings on Cigarette Packaging to Quitting Intentions of Pamulang University Students","authors":"Gaung Eka Ramadhan","doi":"10.46966/msjar.v2i2.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46966/msjar.v2i2.20","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzes the relationship between pictorial health warnings on cigarette packaging and the intention to quit smoking for Pamulang University students. This research design uses quantitative analysis with a cross-sectional method complemented by qualitative respondents, namely Pamulang University students totaling 100 respondents. This research was conducted from December 2019 – January 2020. The data analysis used univariate analysis, bivariate analysis, and multivariate analysis. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between perceptions of pictorial health messages and the intention to stop smoking, the p-value indicated this: 0.000 and the OR value 43.5; there is a significant relationship between knowledge and intention to stop smoking with a p-value: 0.000 and OR value 75.6;","PeriodicalId":245917,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Journal for Advance Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129796956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}