Publications by authors named "Atabey P"
Healthcare professionals' beliefs regarding influenza vaccination: What has COVID-19 changed?
Niger J Clin Pract
April 2023
Article Synopsis
- Influenza poses a significant health risk to healthcare professionals (HCPs) as they can transmit the virus to vulnerable patients and their communities, making annual vaccination crucial for protection.
- A study conducted during the early COVID-19 pandemic aimed to assess how HCP demand for and beliefs about influenza vaccination had shifted, revealing that only 6% were regularly vaccinated and nearly 63% had never received the vaccine.
- The findings indicated a growing intention to get vaccinated among HCPs, with those more informed about vaccination or having chronic diseases showing much higher rates of vaccination interest; however, overall vaccination rates remain low, highlighting the need for improved training on this topic.
Predictors of Severity and Mortality in COVID-19: A Retrospective Study from Batman, Turkey.
Infect Dis Clin Microbiol
March 2022
Objective: It is increasingly important to identify risk factors for COVID-19-associated mortality to provide access to early treatment. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 severity and laboratory data and demographic characteristics of hospitalized patients and to identify factors predicting mortality in COVID-19.
Materials And Methods: The study is a retrospective and single-center study.
Purpose: This study analyzed the late ear complications of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) and compared the conventional and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (2D-RT and IMRT, respectively).
Methods: At 2-21 years after the end of NPC treatment, 104 ears of 52 patients were evaluated with the otoscopic examination, pure tone audiometry test, tympanometry, and subjective complaints by being blinded to the radiotherapy technique.
Results: There were no differences in terms of the pathology of the external, middle or inner ear, air and bone-conduction hearing thresholds, and the air-bone (A-B) gap at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, and tympanometry types between 2D-RT and IMRT groups (p > 0.