IS LYMPHOPENIA A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19?

In this study, we evaluated the relation between the presence of lymphopenia and the need of intensive care unit (ICU) or mortality. A total of 1670 COVID-19 patients were divided according to the severity of lymphopenia developing at the time of COVID-19 infection. According to the symptoms and need of ICU, the infection was classified as mild or severe.

Assessment of Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients in Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Knowing the risk factors for patients in intensive care units (ICUs) facilitates patient's management. The goal of this study was to determine the risk agents that influence our medical ICU mortality.

Patients And Methods: This 11-month retrospective trial was managed in the medical ICU.

Assessment of antibiotic resistance of infectious agents in patients with pneumonia in tertiary critical care unit and effect on clinical outcomes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the causative agents of multi-drug resistant bacteria in pneumonia and also evaluate their mortality rates in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: This study included all the cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the ICU between the period of January 2018 and December 2019.

Results: Seventy-four patients in pneumonia were included.

Risk factors affecting ICU admission in COVID-19 patients; Could air temperature be an effective factor?

Aim: As the COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading rapidly all over the world, there are plenty of ongoing works to shed on light to unknown factors related to disease. One of the factors questioned is also to be the factors affecting the disease course. In this study, our aim is to determine the factors that affect the course of the disease in the hospitalised patients because of COVID-19 infection and to reveal whether the seasonal change has an effect on the disease course.

Does it make difference to measure diaphragm function with M mode (MM) or B mode (BM)?

Diaphragm dysfunction occurs in mechanically ventilated subjects. Recent literature suggests that diaphragm thickening fraction (DTF) measured by ultrasound can be useful to predict weaning outcome. However, there is no standardized approach in the measurement of diaphragm thickness (DT) and limited data exists comparing different measurement techniques of diaphragm thickness (M mode-MM or B mode-BM).

The management of hyperleukocytosis in an adult patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and ataxia-telangiectasia.

Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) is a hereditary disorder characterized by progressive neurological dysfunction, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, cancer susceptibility, and radiation sensitivity. Pediatric patients may develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However development of ALL in an adult patient with AT is a rare occurrence.