Publications by authors named "Arslan N"

Background: We aimed to investigate the protective potential of the thoracic cage on the parenchyma in response to blunt trauma from different directions in an animal model.

Methods: Female Wistar albino rats were divided into control, anterolateral, lateral and posterolateral trauma groups, with six rats in each group. A weight of 500 g was dropped from a height of 40 cm on the left hemithorax to produce an energy of 1.

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A 33 weeks' gestation, a baby with rhesus hemolytic disease (RHD), who had received intrauterine transfusions twice, developed cholestatic hepatic disease and late hyporegenerative anemia. Her serum ferritin and bilirubin levels increased to 8842 ng/ml and 17.9 mg/dl, respectively.

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Objectives: This study assessed the audiometric results of revision surgery in patients on whom previous canal wall up tympanoplasty had been performed for chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma, and investigated reasons for hearing improvement failure which required revision surgery.

Patients And Methods: Seventy-two patients (49 females, 23 males; mean age 35.4+/-12.

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Samples of lake water and sediment, and sediment and two dominant zoobenthic taxa (Oligochaeta: Potamothrix hammoniensis and Chironomidae: Chironomus [Camptochironomus] tentans larvae), were collected from 12 stations in Lake Uluabat and examined from the metal level point of view (cadmium, chromium, lead, copper, nickel, and zinc). Our results showed that the occurrence of metals in water, sediment, and the two zoobenthic taxa are relatively high. The opinion that supports the results of Lake Uluabat shows that certain species of oligochaetes and chironomids accumulate examined metals several times over compared to their surroundings.

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A gastro-resistant (enteric coated) etodolac tablet dosage form, was evaluated by using in vitro and in vivo methods. In vitro drug release studies have shown that enteric coated tablet dosage form protects the drug from being released under conditions mimicking stomach to small intestine transit. The gastro-intestinal transit of radiolabeled 300 mg enteric coated etodolac tablets in six healthy, fed and fasted state volunteers was monitored using external gamma camera.

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Objective: The present study assessed whether there is a correlation between hepatic artery resistive index (HARI) and increase of body mass index and hepatosteatosis grading in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) reflecting hemodynamic effects of hepatosteatosis.

Methods: Thirty three healthy children [body mass index(BMI): mean+/- standart deviation(SD), min-max: 20.1+/-1.

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Boron is an essential nutrient for plants and an essential element for many organisms, but can be toxic to aquatic and terrestrial organisms above certain concentrations. The aim of this research was to determine boron concentrations in water, sediment and biotic samples (Gammaridae spp.-Crustacea, Helix sp.

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Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a potentially fatal soft-tissue infection characterized by rapidly progressive necrosis of subcutaneous tissue and superficial fascia. NF of the head and neck is a rare clinical entity, and it must be carefully differentiated from less severe conditions. Factors such as delayed treatment, inappropriate treatment, host debilitation, and polymicrobial infection contribute to the mortality and morbidity of NF.

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In the title compound, C(12)H(10)N(2)O(3), the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the furan ring is 16.12 (13)°. The conformation is stabilized by an intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond.

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Coronary artery disease is still one of the most important reasons of the death in the world. The endothelium is the membrane of special cells which lines the interior surface of blood vessels forming an interface between circulating blood in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. Endothelial cells (ECs) line the entire circulatory system, from the heart to the smallest capillary.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to reveal the efficacy of different nasal mucosal flap techniques in the repair of nasal septal perforation.

Patients And Methods: Between April 2006 and May 2009 21 patients (12 males, 9 females; mean age 36.6+/-12.

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Objectives: To describe and compare the parent proxy-reported and child self-reported physical and psychosocial HRQOL of school age children who have FMF with healthy peers.

Methods: The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 (Peds QL 4.

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Objective: To determine the prevalence of symptoms and signs of allergic rhinitis (AR) in children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and evaluate eustachian tube (ET) function using tympanometry.

Methods: The patients underwent an otolaryngological examination and symptoms of rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction, nasal itching and sneezing were evaluated for the diagnosis of AR. Tympanometry was performed by a middle ear analyzer (Impedance audiometer AZ 26, Interacoustics A/S, Assens, Denmark).

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18F-FDG PET is a useful and sensitive imaging method for a variety of malignancies, however, the specificity is low in active infections and inflammatory diseases. We describe a female patient with stage IIIA breast cancer in first complete remission with combination chemotherapy who developed nodular formations in the lung and axilla 12 years later. Imaging studies as well as FDG PET showed nodular lesions and increased metabolic activity which was interpreted as the progression of the primary disease.

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Introduction: Portopulmonary hypertension (PPH) is an uncommon but serious complication of chronic liver disease. It is accepted to be a poor prognostic factor in the follow-up of patients who have undergone orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The presence of severe PPH is accepted as a contraindication to OLT.

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Objectives: Internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis is a rare complication of functional and selective neck dissections. It increases morbidity and may seldom be fatal. We investigated the frequency of IJV thrombosis and its relationship with the dissection technique.

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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a common problem in patients with chronic renal failure. In intensive care units, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of TB is common. Therefore, a description of characteristics of active TB in patients with renal failure followed in intensive care units is important to reduce mortality and transmission of the disease.

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Although 18F-FDG-PET is very sensitive for a variety of malignancies, it can lack specificity. In addition to malignant tissue, any active infectious or inflammatory process can demonstrate FDG avidity. We report 3 patients with different types of cancer who had abnormal 18F-FDG uptake on PET scan caused by tuberculous lymphadenitis.

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In the title compound, C(23)H(15)ClFNOS, the isoquinoline system and the 4-chloro-3-fluoro-phenyl ring are aligned at 80.4 (1)°. The dihedral angle between the isoquinoline system and the pendant (unsubstituted) phenyl ring is 19.

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Background: In this study, the body mass index (BMI) of Turkish population is calculated using a sample of 4205 persons consisting of 2263 male and 1942 female individuals in 2007. The study contains data from all seven geographical regions (Aegean, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, Marmara, Mediterranean and Southeast Anatolia) of Turkey and from all age groups from 20 to 85 years.

Method: In this study, height and weight data were measured and used for calculating the BMI of Turkish population accounting for age and regional effects.

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We aimed to investigate the diagnostic significance of high frequency ultrasonography (USG), comparing the findings in USG, bone scintigraphy and clinical stuation. Fifty-one patients who had early symptoms of inflammatory arthritis, but not fulfilling the ACR diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were included in this study. They were referred to USG and bone scintigraphy for examination of the synovial joints.

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Objective/hypothesis: The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and feasibility of modified splay graft technique in the surgical correction of internal nasal valve (INV) incompetence and nasal valve collapse.

Study Design: Eleven patients operated with the diagnosis of INV incompetence were followed for 6 to 30 months after operation.

Methods: Between 2004 and 2007, 11 patients with the complaint of shortness of breath, and in whom nasal valve incompetence was detected, and who were positive for Cottle and modified Cottle tests were operated.

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Conclusion: Long-term hearing gain results are good after prosthetic reconstruction of the stapes in the tympanosclerotic ear. The type of stapedectomy, whether partial or total, does not affect the result of the surgery very much.

Objectives: Comparative evaluation of the hearing results of total/partial stapedectomy technique and the prosthesis used within a 10-year follow-up period after stapedectomy in cases with dense tympanosclerosis and completely fixed stapes.

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Objective: To test, via prospective case-control study, whether measurements of carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) reflect the susceptibility to atherosclerosis in obese children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Patients And Methods: In all, 80 obese asymptomatic normotensive adolescents (body mass index [BMI], 29.12 +/- 5.

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