The Turkish version of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ): Examination of the validity and reliability and scale structure.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ).

Design And Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 250 women who presented to three family health centers in Istanbul/Turkey between April and June 2022 and met the sampling criteria. Validity analysis was performed using the content validity index, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis.

The comparison of COVID-19 vs seasonal influenza in children.

Background: Influenza in children has been well described, whereas there has been a paucity of pediatric data regarding COVID-19. It is crucial for clinicians to differentiate cases of COVID-19 from cases of influenza because of the upcoming influenza season in the new pandemic era.

Methods: This retrospective study included pediatric patients who were diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 between March and September 2020, or seasonal influenza between October 2019 and March 2020.

Extracellular matrix collagen biomarker levels in patients who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy.

Objectives: The role of extracellular matrix collagen biomarkers in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is not well known. Our goal was to investigate the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 protein levels in patients with CTETH.

Methods: This is a prospective, cross-sectional study.

[Comparison of the Multiplex Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Method Directly from Whole Blood and from Blood Culture Bottle with the Conventional Method for the Etiological Diagnosis in Patients with Pre-Diagnosis of Sepsis].

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the use of multiplex real time polymerase chain reaction (RtPCR) method, directly from whole blood and blood culture bottles of intensive care unit patients with a pre-diagnosis of sepsis for the determination of the causative agent by comparing it with the conventional method. The study was carried out prospectively between November 2019 and August 2020. Ninety patients hospitalized with a pre-diagnosis of sepsis were included in the study.

The effect of breastfeeding, breast milk odour and mother's heartbeat sound on pain level in newborns: A randomized trial.

Aim: This study aimed to compare the effects of breastfeeding, breast milk odour and mother's heartbeat sounds on perceived pain during heel lance procedures in term newborns.

Design: This was a randomized three-group experimental study.

Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 90 newborns.

Comparison of a novel antigen detection test with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay for laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Molecular diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in respiratory specimens is considered the gold standard method. This method is highly sensitive and specific but it has some limitations such as being expensive and requiring special laboratory equipment and skilled personnel. RapidFor™ Antigen Rapid Test Kit is a commercially available Ag-RDT which is produced in Turkey and designed to detect the nucleocapsid antigen of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab samples.

Comparison of percutaneous access and open femoral cutdown in elective endovascular aortic repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare postoperative outcomes of percutaneous access and femoral cutdown methods for elective bifurcated endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Methods: Between November 2013 and September 2020, a total of 152 patient (135 males, 17 females; mean age: 70.6±6, range, 57 to 87 years) who underwent endovascular repair due to infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm were retrospectively analyzed.

[Evaluation of EUCAST Direct Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Method in Blood Culture Bottles with Positive Signal].

Early reporting of the antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) results is essential for the survival of sepsis patients. In 2019, European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) published a proposal to detect antimicrobial susceptibility from positive blood culture bottles with a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test (RAST) method in a maximum of eight hours. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the EUCAST RAST method in blood culture bottles that resulted with positive signal in BacT/ALERT (bioMérieux, France) blood culture system and that showed gram-negative bacteria with single morphology with Gram stain.

Multimodal Approach of Isolated Pulmonary Vasculitis: A Single-Institution Experience.

Background: Isolated pulmonary vasculitis (IPV) is a single-organ vasculitis of unknown etiology and may mimic chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The aim of this study was to review our clinical experience with pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with CTEPH secondary to IPV.

Methods: Data were collected prospectively for consecutive patients who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy and had a diagnosis of IPV at or after surgery.

Predictive Factors of Prolonged Ventilation Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Introduction: In this trial, we initially aimed to investigate the major predictive factors for prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in our center and, secondarily, we tried to find out the effects of the independent factors on mortality.

Methods: Between July 2017 and August 2018, 207 patients who underwent cardiac surgery with CPB were retrospectively investigated. The patients were randomly divided into two subgroups according to the duration of ventilator dependence (group 1 <24 hours, n=164, 79%; group 2 >24 hours, n=43, 21%).

Relationship between chest computed tomography findings and clinical conditions of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A multicentre experience.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the clinical and chest computed tomography (CT) features associated with clinical parameters for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the capital of Turkey, Ankara.

Materials And Methods: Epidemiological, clinical features, laboratory findings and radiological characteristics of 1563 hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in Ankara were collected, reviewed and analysed in this study. The risk factors associated with disease severity were investigated.

Pneumococcal carriage in children with COVID-19.

: SARS-CoV-2 is the new virus, and is one of the most important pathogens affecting humans. However, we do not yet know whether these microorganisms interact. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between and SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric patients.

Coronary artery thromboembolism: Unexpected presentation of left atrial myxoma covered with thrombus.

Cardiac myxomas are benign primer cardiac tumors of the heart. They can be fatal with a thromboembolic presentation. Myocardial infarction is one of these unusual thromboembolic presentations.

Investigation of the Online Game Addiction Level, Sociodemographic Characteristics and Social Anxiety as Risk Factors for Online Game Addiction in Middle School Students.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the online game addiction (OGA) level and the risk factors involved in OGA among middle school students. The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at seven middle schools in the province of Istanbul. The data were collected with a questionnaire, the Computer Game Addiction Scale for Children (CGASC) and the Social Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC); 1174 students who played online computer games were included in the study.

The effects of simulation-based education on initial neonatal evaluation and care skills.

Objective: Neonatal evaluations performed at the very first minutes following postpartum are the most important steps in deciding for neonatal resuscitation. Therefore, the newborn initial care and evaluation notion and skills of midwives in the delivery hall are quite important. The study was planned to determine the effects of simulation education on newborn evaluation and care skills in midwifery students.

Safer Blood Supply for Transfusion: Which Algorithm Should Be Used to Determine Occult Hepatitis B Infection in Blood Donors?

Background: Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis B virus continues to be a problem despite its significantly reduced prevalence. In this study, in addition to screening for the presence of HBsAg in donors' blood, anti-HBc and anti-HBs markers were investigated using the chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) method, and real-time PCR was used to detect HBV DNA.

Methods: The study's material involved serum samples of 4,073 blood donors.

[Investigation of the diagnostic value of anti-dense fine speckled 70/lens epithelium derived growth factor p75 autoantibody for autoimmune diseases].

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are the autoantibodies that are produced against nuclear antigens in the cell nucleus and/or cytoplasm, and are one of the important diagnostic criteria in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD). Until today, several methods have been developed for detecting ANA's. However, indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) technique, that is also known as one of the oldest methods, is still the most commonly used one.

Investigation of an algorithm for anti HCV EIA reactivity in blood donor screening in Turkey in the absence of nucleic acid amplification screening.

Purpose: In this study we aimed to propose an algorithm for initial anti HCV EIA reactive blood donations in Turkey where nucleic acid amplification tests are not yet obligatory for donor screening.

Methods: A total of 416 anti HCV screening test reactive donor samples collected from 13 blood centers from three cities in Turkey were tested in duplicate by Ortho HCV Ab Version 3.0 and Radim HCV Ab.

[Results of a multicenter study investigating plasmid mediated colistin resistance genes (mcr-1 and mcr-2) in clinical Enterobacteriaceae ısolates from Turkey].

Colistin is a polymyxin antibiotic which is considered as one of the last line agents against infections due to multidrug resistant or carbapenem resistant gram-negative pathogens. Colistin resistance is associated with chromosomal alterations which can usually cause mutations in genes coding specific two component regulator systems. The first plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene, mcr-1 was described in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in December 2015 and followed by another plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-2 in 2016.

Evaluation of Invasive and Noninvasive Methods for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter Pylori Infection.

Objective: The present study was conducted to evaluate invasive and noninvasive diagnostic methods for detection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in patients admitted with dyspeptic complaints and to compare sensitivities and specificities. Method: Sets of four gastric biopsy specimens were obtained from a total of 126 patients included in the study.

"Maternal Health and Family Planning Distance Education" experience among physicians: a three-phase study to determine the educational needs, develop education program, and evaluate efficacy of the education administered.

Aim: This study aims to assess the educational needs of family practitioners and evaluate the efficacy of the ongoing "Maternal Health and Family Planning Distance Education" program conducted by the General Directorate of Health Research (SAGEM) of the Turkish Ministry of Health.

Methods: This study consisted of three phases. In the first phase, an online survey on maternal health and family planning educational needs was sent to 20,611 physicians via e-mail.

Comparison of Subjective Wellbeing and Positive Future Expectations in Between Working and Nonworking Adolescents in Turkey.

Background: Wellbeing is one's evaluation and judgment of one's life. It consists of 3 dimensions: positive affectivity, negative affectivity, and life satisfaction.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the subjective wellbeing and positive future expectations between working and nonworking adolescents.

Ureaplasma urealyticum: Presence among Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

The aim of this study was to detect the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum in genital specimens of symptomatic patients. This study also examined the role of U. urealyticum in infections of the lower genital tract.

Effects of white noise and holding on pain perception in newborns.

This experimental study on newborns was conducted to compare the effects of various atraumatic care procedures during an infant's crying response to pain. Included in this study were 120 newborns chosen from among healthy infants admitted to the Obstetrics Department of Çanakkale State Hospital between April 2010 and June 2010. The patients were divided into three physically homogeneous groups.