Investigation of cardiac adverse effects in COVID-19 ARDS patients treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.

Objective: The popularity of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (CARDS) secondary to COVID-19 infection is increasing day by day. In this study, we aimed to retrospectively evaluate the possible cardiac effects in our CARDS patients treated with IVIG.

Methods: Demographic and clinical characteristics, mortality, sequential electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography, cardiac markers, and other laboratory parameters of CARDS patients who received IVIG treatment were recorded.

Investigation of mortality rates and the factors affecting survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.

Background: It is known that even if spontaneous circulation returns after cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) in geriatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrests(OHCA), the overall one-year survival rate of these patients is very low. In our study, we aimed to investigate the factors affecting survival in OHCA cases.

Methods: OHCA patients over 18 years of age were examined in two different groups as 18-64 years old and over 65 years old.

The evaluation of intracranial pressure evaluation by optic nerve sheath diameter measurement on bedside ultrasonography after ischemic stroke.

Introduction: We aimed to predict intracranial pressure(ICP)after cerebral ischemic stroke by measuring diameter of the optic nerve sheath(ONSD)with bedside ultrasonography(US). In order to see the ICP changes,it was planned to record delta ICP changes at the 3rd and 5th day follow-up of the patients METHOTS: Patients aged 18 years or older who were admitted to the emergency department(ED)with stroke symptoms for one year were included.Demographic data,time elapsed since the onset of symptoms,neurogical status assesment scales,ONSD values measured by US in three time periods(the day the patient was admitted to the ED,the 3rd and 5th days of hospitalization),MDCT findings when the patient was admitted,ONSD values in MDCT,whether they received tissue plasminogen activator(tPA)and whether they underwent decompression surgery were recorded.

Cases of Brain Death and Organ Donation Rates in Eskisehir.

Brain death is defined as the irreversible loss of brain and brainstem functions, making organ harvesting legally possible. We have aimed to determine the current donation and harvesting rates in Eskisehir, Turkey to achieve further donation rates by improving the conditions. We have analyzed the data of brain death cases from Eskisehir Osmangazi University Hospital and 2 state hospitals based on a time interval between 2013 and 2017.