Comparison of AI applications and anesthesiologist's anesthesia method choices.

Background: In medicine, Artificial intelligence has begun to be utilized in nearly every domain, from medical devices to the interpretation of imaging studies. There is still a need for more experience and more studies related to the comprehensive use of AI in medicine. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ability of AI to make decisions regarding anesthesia methods and to compare the most popular AI programs from this perspective.

Comparison of single-catheter with two-catheter concept in older female patients undergoing transradial coronary angiography.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy outcomes of the traditional Judkins left and right catheters with those of the recently introduced Tiger catheter in female participants aged 65 years and older who underwent transradial coronary angiography.

Methods: A cohort of 160 female patients aged 65 and older who were scheduled for coronary angiography (CAG) were divided into two groups according to the use of Tiger (n = 80) or Judkins (n = 80) catheters for radial angiography at a ratio of 1:1, respectively. We analyzed the effectiveness of the Tiger and Judkins catheters, the incidence of catheter failure, contrast volume, CAG time, fluoroscopy time, dose-area product (in mGy/cm), and the occurrence of radial spasm.

Effect of Tissue Fragments Remain in the Karman Cannula on the Histopathological Diagnosis of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.

The aim of this study was to perform histopathological analysis of residual material in the cannula by endometrial sampling using a Carmen injector, and to compare the results. The study was conducted in the Department of Gynaecology, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Artuklu/Mardin, Turkiye, from December 2021 to June 2022. The study group consisted of 104 patients who presented to the outpatient clinic with complaints of abnormal uterine bleeding.

Assessment of the influence of body fat indices on antihypertensive drug responses.

Aims: Less than 50% of patients treated for hypertension reach a target office systolic blood pressure (SBP). We aimed to evaluate the role of adiposity on antihypertensive drug responses in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients.

Methods: Estimated glomerular filtration rates, body mass index (BMI), skinfold thickness (SFT), body surface areas and waist circumferences of 150 hypertensive patients naïve to treatment were measured.

Aspergillus-sensitized asthma in children.

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in childhood. Aspergillus fumigatus sensitivity may be involved in the pathogenesis of asthma by leading to different clinical presentations.

Objective: To investigate the demographic, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of A.

The Impact of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Atrial Electromechanical Conduction Time.

Objective: This study aims to explore the impact of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, a newer class of oral antidiabetic drugs, on atrial electromechanical delay (EMD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). This is particularly relevant given the significantly higher incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in diabetic patients compared to the general population. Atrial electromechanical delay is recognized as an important factor influencing the development of atrial fibrillation.

Hydrogel burn dressing effectiveness in burn pain.

Severe burns are painful and dramatic injuries. Studies show that pain is underestimated and often not adequately treated. This study aims to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of hydrogel burn dressing and silver sulfadiazine, which are two agents commonly used in first-aid dressings for burn patients.

Relationship Between Soluble ST2 Level and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) in Acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Patients.

Background: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a disease characterized by right heart failure following recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE). It is important to know the predictors of the development of CTEPH after PE as it is a treatable cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Soluble ST2 is a biomarker closely associated with heart failure and the inflammatory process.

Therapeutic modalities and clinical outcomes in a large cohort with LRBA deficiency and CTLA4 insufficiency.

Background: LPS-responsive beige-like anchor (LRBA) deficiency (LRBA) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4) insufficiency (CTLA4) are mechanistically overlapped diseases presenting with recurrent infections and autoimmunity. The effectiveness of different treatment regimens remains unknown.

Objective: Our aim was to determine the comparative efficacy and long-term outcome of therapy with immunosuppressants, CTLA4-immunoglobulin (abatacept), and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in a single-country multicenter cohort of 98 patients with a 5-year median follow-up.

Impact of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Sympathetic Nervous System Activity Detected by Sympathetic Activity Index and LF/HF Ratio in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Objective: Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is a serious microvascular complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus that affects a significant portion of patients. Due to decreased parasympathetic activity, the sympathetic nervous system becomes dominant, causing several problems that lead to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have been shown to reduce sympathetic nervous system activity previously.

Dapagliflozin Improves Cardiac Autonomic Function Measures in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy.

Background: Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is a frequent complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cardiac autonomic neuropathy, in which sympathetic tone predominates over parasympathetic activity, increases both cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and unfortunately has no definitive treatment. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have been suggested to reduce sympathetic nervous system activity, based on the results from previous studies.

Relationship between Oxidative Stress Markers and Presence of Chronic Total Occlusion in Coronary Artery Disease.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between chronic total occlusion (CTO) development and oxidative stress markers in stable coronary artery patients.

Study Design: A cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Cardiology Clinic, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Medical Faculty, between January 2018 and December 2019.

Psychological State of Parents of Children with Primary Immunodeficiencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 has affected humanity not only physically but also mentally. It was expected to have impact on high-risk groups such as the immunocompromised patients and parents/caregivers of them. Our study was aimed to investigate the COVID-19 related anxiety, post-traumatic stress levels, and sleep-related parameters of the parents of children with primary immunodeficiency.

Peripheric smell regions in patients with semicircular canal dehiscence: An MRI evaluation.

Objectives: We investigated the peripheric smell regions in patients with semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) by cranial MRI.

Methods: In this retrospective study, cranial MRI images of 186 adult patients were included. Group 1 consisted of 83 adult patients with SCD.

Early cardiac electrical and structural changes in patients with non-obese non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Background    Obese non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was found to increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) regardless of the metabolic syndrome subgroups that may accompany it. In this study, the effect of NAFLD on the structural and electrical functions of the heart was investigated using tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) in non-obese NAFLD patients without any known risk factors for AF.Material and methods    The study included 43 female patients (31.

Cardiac electrical and structural alterations in preeclampsia.

Background: Preeclampsia increases the risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity both during pregnancy and long term after the labor by causing cardiac changes that may lead to atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

Objective: We aimed to investigate noninvasive predictors of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac structural changes in preeclampsia.

Methods: The study included 34 preeclampsia patients as the study group and 33 healthy pregnant women as the control group.

Effects of metformin on epicardial adipose tissue and atrial electromechanical delay of obese children with insulin resistance.

Introduction: Obesity is usually related to insulin resistance and glucose metabolism disorders. The relationship between insulin resistance and epicardial adipose tissue and atrial electromechanical delay has been described in previous studies.

Aim: This study aims to demonstrate the effects of metformin on epicardial adipose tissue and electromechanical delay in patients using metformin for insulin resistance.

Subclinical cardiac structural and electrical abnormalities in fibromyalgia syndrome.

Background/aim: In the literature, there is a paucity of data about the effects of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) on myocardial function and electrophysiological properties of atrium and ventricles. In this study, we investigated cardiac functions and noninvasive predictors of arrhythmias in patients with FMS.

Materials And Methods: The study included 43 female patients diagnosed with FMS and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects.

The Distribution of Different Types of Diabetes in Childhood: A Single Center Experience.

Objective: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is the most common cause of diabetes in childhood but type 2 diabetes (T2D) and maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) are emerging as noteworthy causes of diabetes at young ages. The aim is to determine the distribution, trends and clinical features of the different types of diabetes in childhood in one tertiary center.

Methods: The records of children and adolescents aged 0-18 years who were diagnosed as “diabetes/persistent hyperglycemia” between January 1999 and December 2016, were reviewed.