Toward Water and Oil Repellent Coating: Synthesis of Fluorinated Methacrylate-Glycidyl Methacrylate Copolymers.

The development of durable and eco-friendly coatings with excellent adhesion and remarkable surface properties remains a critical pursuit in various industries. This study introduces an innovative methodology for the synthesis of glycidyl methacrylate--fluorinated methacrylate (P(GMA--FMA)) random copolymers with variable fluorine contents derived from GMA and FMA monomers. The copolymerization of these constituents yields coatings with enhanced durability and unique surface characteristics.

Pain and neurogenic claudication control in lumbar stenosis, which is the most common cause of spinal surgery in the geriatric population.

Objectives: The authors aim to present when to do physical therapy or surgery in geriatric patients with degenerative lumbar stenosis.

Methods: The authors retrospectively analyzed 250 patients who underwent physical therapy due to lumbar degenerative stenosis between December 2014 and April 2017. The patients were divided into two groups: Central canal stenosis and lateral recess/foraminal stenosis groups.

Investigation of serum E-Cadherin, VEGF121, Survivin, Tenascin C and Tetraspanin 8 levels in patients with glioblastoma.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine biomarkers, which may be used in order to understand the pathophysiology, the diagnosis, progression surveillance/monitoring, and treatment efficacy of high graded glial tumors.

Background: Radiological imaging in the diagnosis and relapse surveillance of glial tumors is sometimes insufficient. There is need for additional methods of diagnosis and surveillance in order to rule out contradictory circumstances.

Comparison of clinical outcomes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with and without hiatal hernia.

Introduction: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease of unknown etiology with an unpredictable course. We aimed to investigate the effects of the presence of hiatal hernia (HH) and its consequences on the clinical manifestation of IPF.

Materials And Methods: Patients diagnosed with IPF with or without hiatal hernia were retrospectively compared in terms of clinical findings, total fibrosis scores (TFS), and lung function in the interstitial lung diseases (ILD) outpatient clinic.

Risk factors for prolonged nucleic acid conversion time in patients with COVID-19.

Objectives: The time for PCR positivity to negativity is defined as nucleic acid conversion time (NCT) and is very important in terminating the isolation of patients and determining infectiousness in patients with COVID-19. The aim of this study is to determine the median NCT and to evaluate the clinical and laboratory parameters affecting it in patients with COVID-19.

Methods: This study included 318 patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 diagnosed with PCR positivity retrospectively.

Tracheal Stenosis After Prolonged Intubation Due to COVID-19.

Objectives: The authors aimed to evaluate the characteristics and management outcomes of patients who developed tracheal stenosis after invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) due to COVID-19.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The data of 7 patients with tracheal stenosis and 201 patients without tracheal stenosis after IMV due to COVID-19 between March 2020 and October 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.

Interventions: Flexible bronchoscopy was performed for the diagnosis of tracheal stenosis and the evaluation of the treatment's effectiveness, and rigid bronchoscopy was applied for the dilatation of tracheal stenosis.

Could presepsin be an alternative marker in the early diagnosis of sepsis in COVID-19?

In critical patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), we investigated the diagnostic value of presepsin in the early diagnosis of superinfection with sepsis, and the effect of antibiotic treatment (AT) in the levels of presepsin and procalcitonin and C-reactive protein. A total of 68 critical patients with sepsis and septic shock in the intensive care unit and 20 outpatients (control group) with COVID-19 were taken. ICU patients ( = 68) were further divided into three groups.

Convalescent plasma for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit.

Introduction: We aimed to investigate the clinical features and mortality of critically ill patients treated with convalescent plasma for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Material And Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical and laboratory data of COVID-19 patients treated in the ICU. The patients were divided into two groups: those who received convalescent plasma and those who did not.

COVID-19 and thrombosis: Prophylaxis and management.

COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China in late December 2019, and WHO declared it a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The disease has a wide spectrum ranging from asymptomatic or mild disease to ARDS and death. There have been over 83.

The Impact of Various Breast Sizes of Women on Vertebral Column and Spinopelvic Parameters.

Aim: To find out the anatomical changes in spine and pelvis, and the impact of various breast sizes of women on the quality of life.

Material And Methods: Sixty women with back pain volunteered to participate in this study. Their body mass index (BMI) was calculated.

The effects of rivaroxaban, an oral anticoagulant, on human IVD primary cultures.

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the potential effects of rivaroxaban, an oral anticoagulant that inhibits the effects of factor Xa, on intact intervertebral disc tissue cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM).

Material And Methods: Rivaroxaban was applied to primary human cell cultures prepared from tissues of the intervertebral disc. Comparative molecular analyses were performed on non-drug-treated control group samples.

Towards a Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Replacement: Water and Oil Repellent Perfluoropolyether-Based Polyurethane Oligomers.

Original perfluoropolyether (PFPE)-based oligomeric polyurethanes (FOPUs) with different macromolecular architecture were synthesized (in one step) as low-surface-energy materials. It is demonstrated that the oligomers, especially the ones terminated with CF moieties, can be employed as safer replacements to long-chain perfluoroalkyl substances/additives. The FOPU macromolecules, when added to an engineering thermoplastic (polyethylene terephthalate, PET) film, readily migrate to the film surface and bring significant water and oil repellency to the thermoplastic boundary.

The Comparison Between Non-High Risk Patients with and Without Cancer Diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolism.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the pulmonary embolism (PE) location and clot burden on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), the degree of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD), D-dimer, and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels, and the presence of a lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with and without cancer diagnosed with a non high risk pulmonary embolism (PE).

Method: We calculated Miller score for each patient for clot burden. The location of PE was also evaluated at CTPA.

Smoking and comorbidities are associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality in 565 patients treated in Turkey: a retrospective observational study.

Objective: We aimed to explore the prevalence of smoking rates and comorbidities and evaluate the relationship between them and disease severity and mortality in inpatients with COVID-19.

Methods: COVID-19 patients were divided into the following groups: clinic group, intensive care unit (ICU) group, survivors, and non-survivors. Non-COVID-19 patients were included as a control group.

Effect of Antithrombotic Therapy on Development of Acute Subdural Hematoma After Burr Hole Drainage of Chronic Subdural Hematoma.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between the time from cessation of anticoagulant/antiplatelet medication to surgery and risk of postoperative acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) after burr hole drainage of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH).

Material And Methods: A retrospective study of patients who underwent burr hole drainage of CSDH between December 2014 and December 2019 was performed. Demographic and clinical data regarding age, gender, medication (antithrombotic therapy), smoking, daily alcohol consumption, history of head trauma, presenting symptoms, and neurological examination were collected from the medical records.

Highly Oil-Repellent Thermoplastic Boundaries via Surface Delivery of CF Groups by Molecular Bottlebrush Additives.

We fabricated thermoplastic surfaces possessing extremely limited water and oil wettability without employment of long-chain perfluoroalkyl (LCPFA) substances. Namely, by taking advantage of the structure and behavior of original oleophobic perfluoropolyether (PFPE) methacrylate (PFM) molecular bottlebrush (MBB) additive we obtained polymeric surfaces with oil contact angles well above 80° and surface energy on the level of 10 mN/m. Those angles and surface energies are the highest and the lowest respective values reported to date for any bulk solid flat organic surface not containing LCPFA.

Analysis of pulmonary embolism patients treated with EkoSonic™ endovascular system.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of the EkoSonic™ endovascular system applications in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism.

Methods: Between January 2018 and March 2019, a total of 15 patients (7 males, 8 females; mean age 64.7±17.

Investigation of the effect of dipyrone on cells isolated from intervertebral disc tissue.

The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of dipyrone, an indispensable analgesic, anti-pyretic and anti-spasmodic used in emergency departments, on nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cells . After surgical biopsy, primary cell cultures were prepared from intact intervertebral disc tissues. Dipyrone was administered to the cultures in the experimental groups except for the control group.

Effects of etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor receptor fusion protein, on primary cell cultures prepared from intact human intervertebral disc tissue.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of etanercept (ETA), a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor, on human cell cultures prepared from intact intervertebral disc tissue. ETA is used as a treatment for cases of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis accompanied by moderate or severe joint pain. ETA was applied to primary cell cultures [annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus (NP) from intact intervertebral disc tissue].

Are Intervertebral Disc Tissue Cells Damaged When Attempting to Prevent Thrombus Formation Using Dabigatran, A New Oral Anticoagulant?

Aim: To investigate the effect of dabigatran, a new oral anticoagulant, on human primary cell cultures isolated from intact intervertebral disc tissue.

Material And Methods: Cell cultures were prepared from tissues obtained from six cases who had undergone surgery due to spinal trauma. Dabigatran, an active pharmacological agent, was applied to intact annulus fibrosus (AF)/nucleus pulposus (NP) primary cell cultures from the study group.

Evaluation of the Effect of Daptomycin, a Glycopeptide Agent, on Intact Intervertebral Disc Tissue.

Aim: To evaluate the effects of pre- and intra-operatively administered daptomycin (DAP) on the intact human primary intervertebral disc tissue cells.

Material And Methods: Primary cell cultures were established using tissues obtained through decompressive laminectomy, traumatic intervertebral disc herniation excision, and posterior transpedicular stabilization. Non-drug-administered samples were used as a control group.

Attitudes toward the elderly among young family physicians in Turkey.

Introduction: General practitioners'(GPs) role is important as they are easily accessible especially for elderly. Young GPs need to improve their attitudes toward the elderly so that they can be a part of solution for health problems of elderly in the future. The aim of this study is to determine attitudes of young GPs toward elderly by the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitude Scale (UCLA-GAS).

[Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma treatment].

New asthma therapies such as omalizumab, mepolizumab and reslizumab are used according to the inflammatory phenotype, but there are many patients with asthma which are not suitable for these therapies or do not improve with these therapies. Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) was approved by FDA for the treatmet of adults with severe asthma and uncontrolled symptoms despite treatment with inhaler corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting bronchodilators in 2010. BT is a minimally invasive bronhoscopic intervention based on radiofrequency energy delivery to the larger airways to reduce excessive airway smooth muscle mass.