Smoking Cessation Success and Affecting Factors in Geriatric Patients.

Background: There are difficulties in the treatment of smoking cessation in elderly patients. However, elderly smokers who gave up smoking had lower rates of death from heart attack, stroke, and cancer, as well as improved cognitive function. This study aimed to investigate the affecting factors and the success of smoking cessation rate in patients aged 60 and over in Turkey.

Engaging nurses in smoking cessation: Challenges and opportunities in Turkey.

This paper discusses the training of nurses in smoking cessation as part of routine patient care in Turkey. Formative research was carried out prior to training to identify challenges faced by smokers when trying to quit. Site visits to government hospitals and cessation clinics were conducted to observe health care provider-patient interactions involving behavior change.

Interobserver agreement among histological patterns and diagnosis in lung adenocarcinomas.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the interobserver agreement in determination of the dominant histological pattern and the final diagnosis in lung adenocarcinomas.

Material And Method: A total of 12 patients with a diagnosis of primary lung adenocarcinoma were included in the study. Twelve pathologists from eight study centers were asked first to determine the dominant histological pattern in these cases and then to decide whether the final diagnosis was in situ, minimally invasive or invasive adenocarcinoma.

[Validity and reliability of Turkish version of St. George's respiratory questionnaire].

Introduction: The importance of the evaluation of health status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recently highlighted in many studies. In this study, we aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ).

Red blood cell distribution and survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) contributes significantly to mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Red blood cell distribution width (RDW), an automated measure of red blood cell size heterogeneity that is largely overlooked, is a newly recognized mortality marker in patients with established CVD. It is unknown whether RDW is associated with mortality in COPD patients.

Angiopoietin 2 levels in serum and bronchial lavage fluids and their relationship with cancer stages in lung cancer patients.

Background: Angiopoietin 2 (Ang-2) has an important role in tumor angiogenesis. In this study, Ang-2 levels of serum and bronchioloalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) in patients with lung cancer were measured and correlated with clinical and biochemical parameters.

Methods: Thirty-five cases newly diagnosed with lung cancer and 18 controls with non-cancerous lung diseases were included in the study.

[Reliability and validity of Turkish version of COPD assessment test].

Introduction: This study is aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT) in seven centers.

Materials And Methods: 321 patients between 4-75 years of age, diagnosed and staged by Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 criteria were included. The Breathlessness, Cough, Sputum scale (BCSS), mMRC (Modified Medical Research Council ) dyspnea index, St.

Virtual and fiber-optic bronchoscopy in patients with indication for tracheobronchial evaluation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the results of virtual bronchoscopy (VB) images in defining tracheobronchial pathologies with those of fiber-optic bronchoscopy (FOB) in patients with clinical indication for bronchoscopy.

Methods: Twenty-two patients with bronchoscopy indication were evaluated with FOB and VB. The VB results were evaluated blindly, independent of the FOB results.

A case report of endobronchial semi-invasive aspergillosis.

Pulmonary aspergillosis may be classified under three main categories. These are invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and aspergilloma. Sometimes more than one form of the disease may be present at the same time.

Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence: reliability in a Turkish sample and factor analysis.

Fagerstom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) has often been used as a measure of physical dependence on nicotine. In this study, we aimed to verify the usefulness of FTND and Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) in a sample of Turkish smokers and present relationship among interrelated items in our Turkish version of FTND by factor analysis. One hundred sixty nine smokers, 104 (61.