Background: Do not resuscitate (DNR) is a controversial ethico-legal issue and there is no legal regulation in Turkey. Evaluating the physicians' views on DNR is critical to the current problems and contributes to legal regulation.
Objectives: To examine the views of intensive care unit residents on DNR and the sociocultural and occupational factors affecting them.
Background: In hemodialysis patients Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the problems. Because of HBV vaccine response is lower than in the general population, in this study it is aimed to determine the factors that may cause inadequate HBV vaccine response in hemodialysis patients.
Methods: In study, HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc IgG data belonging to 278 patients were obtained from file and computer records.
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a severe multifactorial neurodegenerative proteopathy associated with advanced age. Discrepancies in the renal function of these patients compared to geriatric patients with dementia have rarely been reported. In this study, we aimed to disclose the importance of associated renal changes for the pathogenesis of AD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The anticonvulsant effects of melatonin (MT) have been demonstrated in several different experimental seizure models. Thus, the present study aimed to determine the anticonvulsant efficacy of MT, the optimum time for its administration prior to the induction of a seizure, and its effective dose in a rat model of hyperthermic febrile seizures (FSs).
Methods: The present study included 72 male Sprague-Dawley rat pups divided into eight groups.
BMC Oral Health
November 2015
Background: To evaluate the incidence of flare-ups and identify the risk factors including age, gender, tooth type, number of root canals, initial diagnosis, the type of irrigation regimen, treatment modality and the number of visits, in patients who received root canal treatment from January 2002 to January 2008.
Methods: Records of 1819 teeth belonging to 1410 patients treated by 1 endodontics specialist during 6-year period were kept. Patient, tooth, and treatment characteristics were evaluated and the relationships between these characteristics and flare-ups were studied.
Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the applicability of shear wave elastography (SWE) in the diagnosis of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) patients.
Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 50 patients with first-diagnosed CAT and 40 control subjects (CS). In all patients with CAT and CS, sonoelastographic measurements were made in both thyroid lobes.
Objective: The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is one of the major sources of low back pain that can lead to severe morbidity. Possible SIJ pain requires a thorough evaluation and treatment option. The purpose of this study was to analyze the possible relationships between computed tomography (CT) grading of SIJ arthritis and the effectiveness of intraarticular steroid injection treatment under CT guidance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: We aimed to determine plasma levels of growth differentiation factor (GDF)-15 and their possible association with hormonal and metabolic status as well as echocardiographic profiles and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CAIMT) measurements in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Methods: Forty-two obese PCOS women aged 25-35 years, 23 women with idiopathic hirsutism and 20 healthy controls matched for age and body mass index were enrolled. Anthropometric, metabolic and hormonal patterns, plasma GDF-15 concentrations, CAIMT, and conventional echocardiographic parameters were measured.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
September 2012
In this study, the perinatal mortality is presented in 2009 compared to 1998. Changing patterns of the perinatal mortality rate (PNMR), the stillbirth rate (SBR), early neonatal mortality rate (ENMR) and the causes of the perinatal mortality in Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital (ZTBH) were described. This is the largest maternity hospital of Ankara in the central Anatolian region of Turkey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of technology in the treatment of degenerative spinal diseases has undergone rapid clinical and scientific development. It has been extensively studied in combination with various techniques for spinal stabilization from both the anterior and posterior approach. Minimally invasive and instrumental approach via posterior fixation is increasingly being used for the treatment of adult degenerative disc disease, stenosis, and deformity of the lumbar vertebrae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop
May 2011
Introduction: The aim of this prospective clinical study was to evaluate the skeletal, dentoalveolar, and soft-tissue effects of maxillary protraction with miniplates compared with conventional facemask therapy and an untreated Class III control group.
Methods: Forty-five subjects who were in prepubertal or pubertal skeletal growth periods were included in the study and divided into 3 groups of 15 patients each. All subjects had skeletal and dental Class III malocclusions with maxillary deficiency, vertically normal growth pattern, anterior crossbite, Angle Class III molar relationship, normal or increased overbite, and retrusive nasomaxillary complex.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
April 2011
Aim: Dyspeptic symptoms may not allow clinicians to differentiate organic and functional gastrointestinal disorders. According to our dyspeptic patients' answers to dyspepsia questionnaire, we aimed to define the symptom scores directing organic dyspepsia (OD) before upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Patients And Methods: One hundred sixty-one patients (ages 10-17 years, mean 13.
Reports on Noonan syndrome (NS) have documented multiple types of coagulation defects and bleeding diathesis, and a wide range of clinical presentations. Early studies suggested that a large proportion of NS patients have coagulation defects, whereas more recent reports indicate low rates of coagulopathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate phenotypic characteristics, PTPN11 gene mutations, and hematological and coagulation parameters in 30 clinically diagnosed cases of NS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The purpose of this study was to determine whether ligamentum flavum hypertrophy among disc herniated patients causes contralateral pain symptoms. For this reason we measured the thickness of the ligament in disc herniated patients with ipsilateral or contralateral symptoms.
Material And Methods: Two hundred disc herniated patients with ipsilateral symptoms as group I were compared with five disc herniated patients with only contralateral symptoms as group II.
J Forensic Sci
September 2010
As there are cases brought for forensic examination where only the craniofacial region is available, estimation of stature from craniofacial dimensions is without doubt important in forensic cases. The study presented here attempts to estimate stature from craniofacial dimensions in the Turkish population. In the second phase of the study, the correlations between craniofacial dimensions and stature were also evaluated according to different head and face types.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
May 2010
Objective: The aim of this study was to establish a model to aid in understanding the influences of bilateral masseter muscle relocation on the bone and muscle, and to determine the influences of bilateral masseter muscle relocation on mandibular growth pattern in rabbits.
Study Design: Ten 3-month-old growing white New Zealand rabbits were included. Digital lateral cephalometric radiographs were obtained before operation and 6 months after surgery.
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers
June 2010
Obesity is a multifactorial disease that is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The apolipoprotein E (Apo E) polymorphism has been reported to influence some lipid profile abnormalities associated with obesity in childhood. In this study, the relationship between the Apo E gene and Taq1A polymorphisms with childhood obesity has been studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcinetobacter baumannii is an important pathogen, capable of survival for very long periods on various surfaces in the hospital environment. Tigecycline is a commonly used antimicrobial agent especially for the treatment of resistant infections. The aim of this study was to investigate the activity of tigecycline on both planktonic and sessile biofilm cells of A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMethylphenidate is a piperidine derivative and is the drug most often used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder of children and young adults. Our aim is to investigate dose-dependent dopamine-2 receptor and glial fibrillary acidic protein expression and ultrastructural changes of the rat brain, to demonstrate possible toxicity of the long-term and high dose use of the methylphenidate. In this study, 27 female prepubertal Wistar albino rats, divided into three different dose groups (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg) were treated orally with methylphenidate dissolved in saline solution for 5 days per week during 3 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: We aimed to evaluate the relevant methods of stereology to estimate cerebellar asymmetry according to gender in both adult right-handed vertigo cases and healthy cases.
Material And Methods: The study included 14 adult control subjects and 18 patients with vertigo. The volumes of the cerebellar hemispheres were determined on MRI using the point-counting approach of stereological methods.
The accidents seen in the elderly have a remarkable impact on their family life and the society they live in. In this study, we have aimed to assess the prevalence, types and characteristics of the accidents seen among the elderly. We performed a cross-sectional study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aims of this study were to evaluate whether there is a correlation between protein level in urine and renal morphology in kidney transplant donors, as well as to detect the role of electron microscopy. For this purpose, kidney biopsies of 10 donors with urine protein levels were evaluated. Seven patients were female and three were male.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute rejection is the most important threat to transplanted kidneys in the early phase after transplantation. With the advances in renal transplant surgery and immunosuppressive therapies, one-year graft survival rates reached 90%, but long-term graft survival did not improve to a similar degree. To prevent acute rejection more effectively and decrease the risk of chronic nephropathy development, the pathogenesis and effects of acute rejection on renal grafts should be further explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrenatal exposed to an anti-inflammatory drug is a major problem for the developing central nervous system. It is not well known the effect of prenatal exposed to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug on the hippocampus. Total neuron number in one side of the cornu ammonis (CA) and gyrus dentatus (GD) of the hippocampal formation in control and drug-treated (diclofenac sodium, DS) groups of male rats was estimated using the optical fractionator technique.
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