Publications by authors named "E Elif Ozkan"
Predictive efficacy of immature granulocytes in acute complicated appendicitis.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
December 2024
Objective: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen. It is important to differentiate between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis before surgery in the emergency department. Recently, immature granulocytes have become one of the biomarkers used as predictors of inflammation.
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- Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is essential for managing acute and chronic coronary syndromes, helping to lower mortality rates and prevent further complications.
- A study followed 1500 patients on a specific fixed-dose DAPT (ASA + clopidogrel) to evaluate its effectiveness and safety, primarily focusing on hospitalization and bleeding risks.
- Results indicated that the fixed-dose combination therapy was effective, with low rates of hospitalization for cardiovascular issues and minimal bleeding complications in appropriately selected patients.
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- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of neck FDG PET/MRI in detecting disease relapse in differentiated thyroid cancer patients who have had total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine therapy, comparing it with whole-body PET/CT and MRI.
- Twenty-nine DTC patients with elevated serum thyroglobulin levels and negative iodine scans underwent both PET/CT and neck PET/MRI, with follow-up examinations serving as the benchmark for evaluating diagnostic performance.
- Results showed that while PET/MRI had better specificity compared to PET/CT and MRI, its sensitivity was similar across all imaging methods; PET/MRI proved valuable for accurately ruling out suspicious findings and potentially influencing clinical management decisions.
Background: The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is an effective tool for predicting the prognosis of patients with cancer. However, its value in patients with locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (LA-PDAC) undergoing definitive chemoradiotherapy has yet to be addressed. Therefore, we aimed to retrospectively investigate the prognostic significance of the pretreatment SII on the survival outcomes of patients with unresectable LA-PDAC treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after cardioversion is common, and inflammation plays a critical role in its pathophysiology. We aimed to elucidate the predictive role of the ratio of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to c-reactive protein (HDL-C/CRP) as an inflammatory marker in AF recurrence after electrical cardioversion (ECV). We analyzed patients who underwent elective ECV for atrial fibrillation between June 2020 and December 2023.
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