Could Nocturnal Chronic Hypoxia Cause Ocular Surface Symptoms by Affecting Limbal Epithelial Cells in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Purpose: To investigate the effect of nocturnal chronic hypoxia on the thickness changes of the corneal limbal epithelial area that provides regeneration of the corneal epithelium and ocular surface evaluation parameters in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: All patients diagnosed with OSA and the control group underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, including slit-lamp examination and funduscopy. Tear break-up time, Schirmer test-I, Ocular Surface Disease Index Questionnaire, and anterior segment optical coherence tomography were performed with fluorescein sterile strip for ocular surface evaluation.

Differential Anxiety Responses in Acute Myocardial Infarction vs. COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients.

: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns about the psychological impact of disease-related anxiety on public health have risen. This study aims to compare general and death anxiety levels between acute coronary artery syndrome and COVID-19 pneumonia patients. : A cross-sectional study of 132 individuals, including acute myocardial infarction (MI), COVID-19 pneumonia patients, and healthy volunteers from Trakya University Hospital (Turkey), was analyzed.

Lung cancer from suspicion to treatment: An indicator of healthcare access in Turkey.

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Before beginning lung cancer treatment, it is necessary to complete procedures such as suspecting lung cancer, obtaining a pathologic diagnosis, and staging. This study aimed to investigate the processes from suspicion of lung cancer to diagnosis, staging, and treatment initiation.

A retrospective evaluation of patients with sleep breathing disorders in single center, Edirne province.

Introduction: Our aim was to investigate the characteristics of patients with preliminary diagnosis of sleep breathing disorder studied in Edirne province, to identify the risk factors and comorbid conditions, to determine the diagnostic distribution of our sleep patients by analyzing the results of polysomnography and PAP titration, and to understand their problems related to treatment compliance and device use.

Materials And Methods: Our study retrospectively evaluated the results of 956 patients who had sleep-related complaints in our region and underwent full nocturnal polysomnography and PAP titration with a preliminary diagnosis of sleep breathing disorder.

Results: A total of 956 patients were enrolled in the study, of whom 641 (67.

Long-Term Follow-Up Results of Granulomatous Lymphadenitis Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy.

Introduction Endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EBUS-FNAB) is a minimally invasive method used to obtain cytological or histological specimens of masses and lymphadenopathies (LAP) adjacent to the trachea and bronchi. Granulomas, which represent a chronic inflammatory response and occur for a variety of reasons, like a 'sarcoid-like reaction', cause LAPs. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the long-term follow-up results of granulomatous lymphadenitis diagnosed with EBUS-FNAB and to investigate whether granulomatous lymphadenopathies were precursors of malignancies that occurred during the follow-up period.

VEGF, IL-17 and IgG4 levels of patients with lung sequelae in post-COVID-19 period.

Introduction: Although the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients have been described; the pathogenesis of the disease and its long-term consequences are still unclear. Pulmonary fibrosis is one of these late outcomes. In this study we evaluated Interleukin-17 (IL-17), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) levels of COVID-19 infected patients with different clinical course and their effect on pulmonary fibrosis in post-COVID period.

Economic burden of nosocomial pneumonia in non-intensive care clinics.

Introduction: Almost all data on the cost of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) in the literature is associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia. This study aims to determine the economic burden of nosocomial pneumonia in clinical inpatients.

Materials And Methods: Data on costs of the 154 adult patients (97 male, 57 female; mean age 64.

Hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy.

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the clinical success rates, effect of neutropenia on treatment success rates, risk factors related to mortality, and survival in patients who developed hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) while receiving immunosuppressive therapy.

Methods: Forty-three adult patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy who developed HAP were included in this prospective study. Transplantation patients and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients were not included.

Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed in non-intensive care units.

Background: There are few studies about hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) developing in non-intensive care units (non-ICUs).

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate of non-ICU HAP, the risk factors associated with mortality and the survival rates of HAP patients at 6 weeks and 1 year.

Patients And Methods: Between March 2005 and February 2006, 154 adult patients (97 males) with HAP were prospectively evaluated.