A method for predicting mortality in acute mesenteric ischemia: Machine learning.

Background: This study aimed to develop and validate an artificial intelligence model using machine learning (ML) to predict hospital mortality in patients with acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI).

Methods: A total of 122 patients diagnosed with AMI at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital between January 2011 and June 2023 were included in the study. These patients were divided into a training cohort (n=97) and a validation cohort (n=25), and further categorized as survivors and non-survivors during hospitalization.

Double peptic ulcer perforation in a Covid-19 patient, extremely rare entity.

Peptic ulcer perforation is one of the leading causes of acute abdomen, presenting with acute abdominal pain and severe distress for the patient. In one-third of patients, the presentation is less dramatic, resulting in significant delays in diagnosis. Herein, we present a very rarest case operated on for diffuse purulent peritonitis with double perforation of the stomach in a COVID-19-positive patient, which had a depressing outcome.

Adrenocortical System Hormones in Non-Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.

Context: The effects of COVID-19 on the adrenocortical system and its hormones are not well known.

Objectives: We studied serum cortisol, serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and their ratio in hospitalized non-critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Design: A prospective case-control study.

Use of Silver Nitrate Application as Mini-Invasive Treatment of Pilonidal Sinus Disease.

Objectives: To investigate the cure rate and adverse effects of silver nitrate application for treatment of pilonidal sinus disease (PSD). Number of sinus pit orifices, and complications with silver nitrate application and debridement for sacrococcygeal PSD between January 2015 and July 2018 were analyzed in this retrospective study. Data were obtained from surgical, discharge, and outpatient follow-up records.