Publications by authors named "Cundullah Torun"
Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the etiological distribution of patients with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) over 100 mm/hour and to evaluate differences in demographic, comorbidity, laboratory characteristics, and clinical outcomes.
Methods: This retrospective observational clinical study included patients aged 18 years and older who were admitted to the internal medicine inpatient clinic between May 1, 2015 and June 1, 2021 and had ESR values above 100 mm/h. Demographic data, comorbidities, laboratory parameters, imaging studies, histopathological findings, microbiological and serological data, along with in-hospital and post-discharge mortality, were collected from the hospital's electronic database.
Aims: Waist circumference (WC) is a reliable obesity surrogate but may not distinguish between visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue. Our aim was to develop a novel sex-specific model to estimate the magnitude of visceral adipose tissue measured by computed tomography (CT-VAT).
Methods: The model was initially formulated through the integration of anthropometric measurements, laboratory data, and CT-VAT within a study group (n=185), utilizing the Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) methodology.
Article Synopsis
- Parvovirus B19, often linked to childhood illnesses, can present differently in adults, leading to potential misdiagnoses like rheumatoid arthritis.
- A recent case series involved three adult patients with symptoms such as fatigue, joint pain, swelling, and rash, confirmed through specific antibody and PCR testing.
- The study highlights the importance of recognizing parvovirus symptoms in adults and suggests increased testing during outbreaks or after contact with infected children, as symptoms typically resolve within 18 days with supportive care.
Objective: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is an artificial intelligence (AI) language model that is trained to respond to questions across a wide range of topics. Our aim is to elucidate whether it would be beneficial for patients who are hesitant about vaccines and statins to use ChatGPT.
Methods: This cross-sectional and observational study was conducted from March 2 to March 30, 2023, using OpenAI ChatGPT-3.
Objective: This study aimed to compare the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) values in patients with euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) with healthy control subjects.
Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional study conducted on obese patients aged 18 years and over. The medical records of patients who presented with complaints of being overweight at the obesity clinic between April 2017 and May 2019 were examined.
Background: Visceral adiposity is an important risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases.
Objective: To determine whether the Metabolic Score for Visceral Fat (METS-VF) is more effective than other adiposity indices in predicting visceral fat area (VFA).
Methods: In this single-center and cross-sectional study, we included patients aged 20-50 years, without diabetes and coronary artery disease, who underwent computed tomography (CT) including the third lumbar vertebra.
Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the updated Sydney system and single biopsy.
Saudi J Gastroenterol
December 2022
Background: Updated Sydney system (USS) recommends taking biopsies from certain areas of the stomach for the diagnosis of precancerous lesions associated with Helicobacter pylori. Our aim was to evaluate the contribution of each of the biopsy sites to the diagnosis.
Methods: This prospective study included 97 patients aged 40 and over with dyspeptic complaints.