Healthcare-associated infections in patients with COVID-19: is it different from the pre-pandemic period?

Introduction: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and may cause devastating consequences. However, the prevalence of HAI and its effects on in-hospital mortality among critically ill COVID-19 patients is ambiguous. We determined the prevalence of HAI and the rate of mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients and compared it with pre-pandemic ICU patients.

Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Fibrosis Status in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Treated at Internal Medicine Clinics: Türkiye DAHUDER Awareness of Fatty Liver Disease (TR-DAFLD) Study.

This awareness study aimed to determine the ultrasound (US) examination rates in relation to US-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) diagnosis in internal medicine outpatients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) across Türkiye. A total of 6283 T2D patients were included in this multicenter retrospective cohort study conducted at 17 internal medicine clinics across Türkiye. The presence and indications for US performed within the last 3 years were recorded along with US-confirmed MAFLD rates, laboratory findings on the day of US, and referral rates.

Should new organ involvement be included in Response Evaluation Criteria in PSMA Imaging?

Purpose: The current study is intended to investigate the effect of new organ involvement on overall survival (OS) and modify the Response Evaluation Criteria in PSMA Imaging (RECIP) by including new organ involvement to RECIP 1.0.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study includes 114 patients diagnosed with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) between September 2017 and June 2022 who had received docetaxel treatment and had baseline and post-treatment prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) images.

The Comparison of scoring systems: SOFA, APACHE-II, LODS, MODS, and SAPS-II in critically ill elderly sepsis patients.

Introduction: The elderly population is unique and the prognostic scoring systems developed for the adult population need to be validated. We evaluated the predictive value of frequently used scoring systems on mortality in critically ill elderly sepsis patients.

Methodology: In this single-center, observational, prospective study, critically ill elderly sepsis patients were evaluated.

Assessment of Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients in Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Knowing the risk factors for patients in intensive care units (ICUs) facilitates patient's management. The goal of this study was to determine the risk agents that influence our medical ICU mortality.

Patients And Methods: This 11-month retrospective trial was managed in the medical ICU.

Vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic hepatitis D viral infection.

Aim Of The Study: Vitamin D deficiency is known to be associated with disease severity, unresponsiveness to treatment, and morbidity among patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and C, autoimmune hepatitis, and alcoholic hepatitis. This study aims to research vitamin D levels in patients suffering from cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic phases of hepatitis D.

Material And Methods: 170 individuals in total were included in the study in the form of two groups: the first group of 100 patients with chronic hepatitis D (CHD), 30 of whom had cirrhosis, and the second control group of 70 individuals with similar characteristics to those of the first group in terms of age, type, and seasonal sampling.

ABO blood groups in COVID-19 patients; Cross-sectional study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the ABO and Rh blood group distribution and clinical characteristics in patients with COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: The clinical characteristics and blood groups of 1667 patients who were hospitalised because of COVID-19 (with a positive PCR test) between 16 March and 10 July were reviewed cross-sectionally.

Results: When blood groups of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and control group were compared, it was observed that there was an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients with blood groups A and AB, decrease in the number of COVID-19 patients with blood group O, a statistically significant increase in the number of individuals with blood group A in COVID-19 patients compared with healthy individuals, and almost significant increase in the number of COVID-19 patients with blood group AB and a very significant decrease in the number of COVID-19 patients with blood group O.

Assessment of antibiotic resistance of infectious agents in patients with pneumonia in tertiary critical care unit and effect on clinical outcomes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the causative agents of multi-drug resistant bacteria in pneumonia and also evaluate their mortality rates in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: This study included all the cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the ICU between the period of January 2018 and December 2019.

Results: Seventy-four patients in pneumonia were included.

Risk factors affecting ICU admission in COVID-19 patients; Could air temperature be an effective factor?

Aim: As the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading rapidly all over the world, there are plenty of ongoing works to shed on light to unknown factors related to disease. One of the factors questioned is also to be the factors affecting the disease course. In this study, our aim is to determine the factors that affect the course of the disease in the hospitalised patients because of COVID-19 infection and to reveal whether the seasonal change has an effect on the disease course.