Determination of process parameters and precipitation methods for potential large-scale production of sugar beet leaf protein concentrate.

Background: Sugar beet is one of the most produced industrial plants in the world, and during manufacturing it produces a large quantity of leaf waste. Because this waste is rich in protein, this study aimed to identify an efficient method for producing large-scale protein concentrate from sugar beet leaves.

Results: Results showed that protein extraction from fresh leaves was more effective than from dried leaves.

Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Postoperative Pain and Patient Satisfaction.

Background And Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on postoperative pain, changes in patients' vital signs, and patient satisfaction after inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Design: This study used a randomized controlled design.

Setting: A state hospital in the west of Turkey.

The role of ultrasound guidance in pediatric caudal block.

Objectives: To compare the time interval of the procedure, possible complications, post-operative pain levels, additional analgesics, and nurse satisfaction in ultrasonography-guided and standard caudal block applications. 

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Celal Bayar University Hospital, Manisa, Turkey, between January and December 2014, included 78 pediatric patients. Caudal block was applied to 2 different groups; one with ultrasound guide, and the other using the standard method.

Effect of Anaesthesia Methods for Regaining Daily Life Activities in Cesarean Patients.

Objective: Postpartum period is physically, socially and emotionally a difficult time for the parents and the baby to become a family. We tried to investigate how the anaesthesia method affects patients who underwent cesarean delivery, as a factor which also affects this period.

Methods: Two hundred and six parturients, who underwent elective cesarean delivery in Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Hospital were recruited for our study.

Levosimendan up-regulates transforming growth factor-beta and smad signaling in the aorta in the early stage of sepsis.

Background: This prospective, controlled experimental study was planned to investigate the effects of levosimendan on transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta3 and Smad1, Smad2 and Smad3 expression in the early stages of sepsis.

Methods: Twenty-four rats were randomized into four groups: (1) sham-operated controls, (2) dobutamine group--subjected to abdominal hypertension and peritonitis-induced sepsis using cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), then treated with 10 microg x kg(-1) min(-1) intravenous (IV) dobutamine infusion, (3) levosimendan group--as in 2, then treated with levosimendan IV bolus 200 microg x kg(-1) followed by 200 microg x kq(-1) min(-1) IV infusion, and (4) a control group as in 2, with no treatment. All rats were killed 8 hours after CLP.

Effects of levosimendan and dobutamine on experimental acute lung injury in rats.

The effects of levosimendan on acute lung injury induced by peritonitis and abdominal hypertension in the early stages of sepsis in rats were investigated. Twenty-four adult male Wistar rats were randomized into: (1) sham, (2) subjected to abdominal hypertension and peritonitis induced lung injury using cecal ligation and puncture, then treated by dobutamine, (3) subjected to abdominal hypertension and peritonitis induced lung injury using cecal ligation and puncture, then treated by levosimendan, and (4) controls subjected to abdominal hypertension and peritonitis induced lung injury using cecal ligation and puncture with no treatment. In the control and levosimendan groups, cecal ligation and puncture resulted in moderate IL-1beta immunolabelling in lung tissue; marked IL-1beta immunolabelling was demonstrated in the dobutamine group.

A comparison of the neuroablative effects of conventional and pulsed radiofrequency techniques.

Objectives: To compare the neuroablative effects of pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) and conventional radiofrequency (CRF) techniques on the sciatic nerve, a peripheral nerve that includes motor, sensory, and autonomous fibers.

Methods: The study consisted of 5 groups of 6 adult male Wistar rats. In the control group, no procedure was performed.

A comparison of conventional and pulsed radiofrequency denervation in the treatment of chronic facet joint pain.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to compare the effects of conventional radiofrequency (CRF) and pulsed RF (PRF) denervation to medial branches of dorsal rami in the treatment of facet joint pain.

Methods: The patients greater than 17-year old, with continuous low back pain with or without radiating pain with focal tenderness over the facet joints, pain on hyperextension, absence of neurologic defect, unresponsiveness to conservative treatment, no radicular syndrome, and no indication for low back surgery were included in the study. Local anesthetic was applied in the control group (n=20), whereas 80 degrees C CRF were applied in the CRF (n=20) and 2 Hz PRF were applied in the PRF group (n=20).

The results of nucleoplasty in patients with lumbar herniated disc: a prospective clinical study of 52 consecutive patients.

Background Context: Nucleoplasty is a minimally invasive, percutaneous procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to ablate nuclear material and create small channels within the disc.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of nucleoplasty technique in patients with leg pain caused by radicular encroachment.

Study Design/setting: A prospective clinical study of subjects with lumbar disc herniation, and radicular pain resistant to previous medical treatment and physiotherapy for a period of at least 3 months.

[Epidemiologic and clinical features of cases applying to Celal Bayar University emergency unit with head trauma].

Background: Head trauma (HT) patients constitute a major part of referrals to emergency unit (EU). We aimed to evaluate cases with HT who applied to our emergency unit retrospectively.

Methods: A hundred and seventy seven HT cases who applied to EU between January 1, 2001-June 30, 2003 were analyzed.

Hearing loss does not occur in young patients undergoing spinal anesthesia.

Background And Objectives: Although uncommon, hearing loss after spinal anesthesia has been described. Vestibulocochlear dysfunction after spinal anesthesia in which 22-gauge and 25-gauge Quincke needles were used was investigated to determine if needle size affected hearing.

Methods: Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II, aged 20 to 40 years, who were undergoing lower extremity surgery under spinal anesthesia were randomized into 2 groups.

Effect of propofol and clonidine on cerebral blood flow velocity and carbon dioxide reactivity in the middle cerebral artery.

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of propofol alone and propofol-clonidine combination on human middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (Vmca) and cerebrovascular carbon dioxide (CO2) response by using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Mean Vmca in response to changes in arterial partial pressure of CO2 (Paco2) was determined under the following conditions: awake (group 1), propofol anesthesia (group 2), and combined propofol-clonidine anesthesia (group 3). Normocapnic, hypercapnic, and hypocapnic values of heart rate, mean arterial pressure, partial end-tidal CO2 pressure, Paco2, and Vmca were obtained.

Anaesthetic management in McKusick-Kaufman syndrome.

The cardinal features of McKusick-Kaufman syndrome (MKS) are polydactyly and hydrometrocolpos. Sometimes, this abdominopelvic mass may restrict pulmonary function and decrease the oxygenation of the newborn. We present a case of MKS and review the clinical features and appropriate anaesthetic management.

Perioperative use of corticosteroid and bupivacaine combination in lumbar disc surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Study Design: A prospective and controlled study of perioperative use of combined local anesthetic and corticosteroid in lumbar disc surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: The anti-inflammatory mechanism of corticosteroids is considered to be caused by the inhibition of phospholipase A2, which plays an important role in the pain mechanism of lumbar disc problems. Although some authors have demonstrated that the use of intramuscular bupivacaine during lumbar discectomy resulted in a marked reduction of postoperative back pain, others have reported that the key intervention was probably the administration of epidural corticosteroid.