The Effect of Informing Patient Relatives with a Short Message on Anxiety Levels during Cardiovascular Surgery in Türkiye: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Surgical procedures cause a certain level of anxiety in the relatives of the patients, it has been observed that heart surgeries cause more anxiety.

Aim: To determine the effects of informing patients' relatives with short messages on anxiety levels during cardiovascular surgery.

Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled research investigation from October 1, 2015, to December 31, 2022, at the cardiovascular surgery operating room of a university hospital and included 84 patient relatives (42 experimental and 42 control group).

Eating attitudes of migraine patients in Turkey: a prospective multi-center study.

Background: Migraine is a disease characterized by headache attacks. The disease is multifactorial in etiology and genetic and environmental factors play role in pathogenesis. Migraine can also be accompanied by psychiatric disorders like neurotism and obsessive compulsive disorder.

The effect of carnitine on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy.

Aim: The role of carnitine in liver regeneration. Can carnitine given externally increase and/or fasten the beginning of liver regeneration?

Results: Wistar Albino rats were used. Group 1: The group, which was applied parenteral carnitine after partial hepatectomy and sacrificed on the 1st day.

Cephalometric comparison of pharyngeal airway in snoring and non-snoring patients.

Objectives: To compare the skeletal and the airway structures of the non-snoring individuals with simple snoring and patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: The first group consisted of 20 simple snoring cases (mean age: 37.5±8.