Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a screening test in prostate cancer.

Objective: Prostate specific antigen (PSA) with digital rectal examination is used for diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa), where definite diagnosis can only be made by prostate biopsy. Recently neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), a lipocalin family member glycoprotein, come into prominence as a cancer biomarker. This study is aimed to test serum NGAL as a diagnostic biomarker for PCa and discriminate PCa from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Does stapes surgery improve tinnitus in patients with otosclerosis?

Introduction: Otosclerosis (OS) is the primary disease of the human temporal bone characterized by conductive hearing loss and tinnitus. The exact pathogenesis of tinnitus in otosclerosis patients is not known and factors affecting the tinnitus outcome in otosclerosis patients are still controversial.

Objectives: To find the effect of stapedotomy on tinnitus for otosclerosis patients.

Retrospective analysis of whole-body multislice computed tomography findings taken in trauma patients.

Objectives: Using whole-body multislice computed tomography (MSCT) excessively or with irrelevant indications can be seen in many centers. The aim of this study was to analyze retrospectively the MSCT findings in trauma patients admitted to the emergency department.

Methods: Records of the patients who have applied to the emergency department due to blunt trauma in a 12 month period and whose whole body MSCT images have been taken, were evaluated using the "Nucleus Medical Information System".

Retrospective analysis of poisoning cases admitted to the emergency medicine.

Background: We aimed herein to assess demographic, etiological, and clinical characteristics of patients presenting to our hospital's emergency department with acute poisoning.

Method: This study included a total of 509 (0.27%) patients diagnosed with poisoning at our emergency department within a 3-year period.

[The relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and endothelial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objectives: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been shown to be related to cardiovascular risk. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between EAT and endothelial function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Study Design: Type 2 DM patients were divided into two groups according to their brachial flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) values.