Publications by authors named "A Uslu"
Importance: Efforts to understand the complex association between social media use and mental health have focused on depression, with little investigation of other forms of negative affect, such as irritability and anxiety.
Objective: To characterize the association between self-reported use of individual social media platforms and irritability among US adults.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This survey study analyzed data from 2 waves of the COVID States Project, a nonprobability web-based survey conducted between November 2, 2023, and January 8, 2024, and applied multiple linear regression models to estimate associations with irritability.
Comprehensive Perioperative Management of PFAPA Syndrome: Insights From Clinical Cases.
J Perianesth Nurs
January 2025
Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome, a common cause of recurrent fever in childhood, presents a challenge in both diagnosis and management. While initially considered a monogenic disorder, recent research has highlighted its complex genetic underpinnings, involving noncoding genome regions and immune-mediated cytokine dysregulation. This complexity underscores the need for comprehensive perioperative management strategies, particularly in surgical interventions such as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
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- The study aimed to evaluate a specific ECG measurement—the 'time to first nadir of the QRS complex in aVR compared to aVL'—to differentiate between left and right outflow tract premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in patients.
- Data was collected from 88 patients who underwent ablation for outflow tract PVCs, finding that 57.9% had PVCs originating from the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and 42.1% from the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).
- The findings suggest that while this new measurement isn't as precise as existing ECG criteria, it can still assist in determining the origin of PVCs, with certain ratios indicating a higher likelihood of RVOT
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- Identifying new infections during a pandemic is essential for effective public health responses, but it poses significant challenges.
- This study aimed to evaluate how nonprobability online surveys could track COVID-19 infections over time, even when traditional testing was not available.
- Conducted across the U.S. from June 2020 to January 2023, the surveys gathered data from over 300,000 participants and revealed a strong correlation between survey results and officially reported COVID-19 cases.
Background: While the NIMH Research Domain Criteria framework stresses understanding how neuropsychiatric phenotypes vary across populations, little is known outside of small clinical cohorts about conspiratorial thoughts as an aspect of cognition.
Methods: We conducted a 50-state non-probability internet survey conducted in 6 waves between October 6, 2022 and January 29, 2024, with respondents age 18 and older. Respondents completed the American Conspiratorial Thinking Scale (ACTS) and the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).