Neuropsychiatric Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Alzheimer's Disease: A Comparative Study of Total and Partial Lockdown.

Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related lockdown may have a negative effect on the neuropsychiatric status of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases. In this study, it was aimed to find future implications by evaluating the neuropsychiatric conditions of AD cases during total and partial lockdown periods.

Methods: It is a prospective, cross-sectional, and multicenter study that includes AD cases which have been followed for at least 1 year by outpatient clinics from different regions of Turkey.

Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome presenting with neurological symptoms: a case report.

Morgagni-Stewart-Morel (MSM) syndrome is characterized by the thickening of the frontal bone of the skull (hyperostosis frontalis interna) obesity, neurological symptoms, and hypertrichosis. We present the case of a 76-year-old patient who complained of confusion, extreme irritability, and headache and was diagnosed with MSM based on examination, imaging, and test results.

Prevalence and self-management of migraine among neurologists and neurology residents in Turkey: do neurologists apply effective rational prophylaxis to their migraines?

Aim: The aim of the study to determine the migraine prevalence and self-management of migraine among the neurologists and neurology residents registered to the Turkish Neurological Society.

Methods: This cross-sectional study includes 851 participants. Based on the "The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition" and previous literature, an anonymous questionnaire was prepared and used to collect data online via Google Forms.

Sleep quality and related factors including restless leg syndrome in medical students and residents in a Turkish university.

Purpose: The aim was to determine sleep quality and related factors including restless leg syndrome in the 6th year medical students and medical residents in Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.

Methods: The data collection phase of this cross-sectional study was completed between November 1st and December 31st, 2019, with a questionnaire including 59 items. Three hundred forty-one medical students and residents participated in the study.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Quality of Life in Chronic Neurological Diseases: The Results of a COVQoL-CND Study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown period may induce an impairment in quality of life (QoL), disruption in treatment (DIT), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in chronic neurological diseases (CNDs). To reach this information, a multicenter, cross-sectional study (COVQoL-CND) was planned. Parkinson's disease (PD), headache (HA), multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy (EP), polyneuropathy (PNP), and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) were selected as the CND.

Prenatal diagnosis and outcomes of fetal teratomas.

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of ultrasonography (US) in the prenatal identification of teratomas and the perinatal outcome of the fetuses with those teratomas.

Methods: In this retrospective case series study, we searched the archives using the keywords "fetal mass" or "fetal tumor" or "fetal teratoma" and "sacrococcygeal teratoma," diagnosed between 2009 and 2014, within the US database of our center.

Results: One hundred seven fetuses were prenatally diagnosed as having a cystic or solid mass, tumor, or teratoma.

Fetal nasal bone length during the second trimester of pregnancy in a Turkish population.

Objective: To determine the distribution of fetal nasal bone length (NBL) according to gestational age during the second trimester of pregnancy in a Turkish population.

Study Design: Fetal NBL and other routine biometric measurements were evaluated retrospectively in 2327 fetuses between 15 and 24 weeks of gestation. The measurements were obtained via transabdominal ultrasound.

Evaluation of students' social hand washing knowledge, practices, and skills in a university setting.

Background: Handwashing is an effective and inexpensive way to prevent diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. This study aimed to evaluate the Turkish University students' social hand washing knowledge, practices, skills and related factors.

Materials And Methods: All existing 1st year students in the Medical and Educational Faculty, plus all existing 2nd and 3rd year students in the Medical Faculty of Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, from April to May, 2010, were eligible for the study.

[Frequency of skeletal chest injuries associated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation: forensic autopsy].

Background: Fractured ribs and sternum are frequent complications of thoracic compression during CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in adults. This study was conducted to determine the incidence of rib and sternal fractures after conventional closed-chest compression in the treatment of cardiac arrest.

Methods: We reviewed the forensic autopsy findings of 231 deaths referred to the Pamukkale University Department of Forensic Medicine over a 12-month period, 2004-2005.

Evaluation of the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts in Denizli, Turkey.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcomes and associated factors for short-term success and long-term survival rates of resuscitated non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCAs) in Denizli, Turkey. All non-traumatic OHCA patients from the Emergency Departments of the Pamukkale University and City Hospitals between the dates of January 1, 2004 and March 1, 2005 were included in this study. A successful outcome was defined as the return of spontaneous circulation or breathing, or evidence of a palpable pulse or a measurable blood pressure.

Intravenous administration of metoclopramide by 2 min bolus vs 15 min infusion: does it affect the improvement of headache while reducing the side effects?

Objective: To determine the therapeutic effect (alleviation of vascular type headache) and side effects of a slow intravenous metoclopramide infusion over 15 min compared with those effects of a bolus intravenous metoclopramide infusion over 2 min in the treatment of patients with recent onset vascular type headache.

Material And Methods: All adults treated with metoclopramide for vascular type headache were eligible for entry into this clinical randomised double blinded trial. This study compared the effects of two different rates of intravenous infusion of metoclopramide over a period of 13 months at a university hospital emergency department.

Midazolam vs. diphenhydramine for the treatment of metoclopramide-induced akathisia: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To compare the effects of midazolam, which is a fast and short-acting benzodiazepine, and diphenhydramine, which is a widely used anticholinergic agent, in clinical practice for the treatment of metoclopramide-induced akathisia.

Methods: All adults older than 17 years given metoclopramide for nausea and vomiting or for headache and who had akathisia were eligible for this clinical, randomized, double-blind trial. Patients were randomized to receive diphenhydramine or midazolam.

A study of depression and anxiety among doctors working in emergency units in Denizli, Turkey.

Background: Major work has been carried out on the psychological well-being of emergency room doctors in the US, Canada and in other developed countries, but little has been published regarding the same in the countries in economic transition.

Objective: To determine the level of, and the factors related to, depression and anxiety among doctors working in emergency units in Denizli, Turkey.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in May 2004, using a sample of 192 doctors employed in emergency units in Pamukkale University Hospital, the City Hospital, the Social Security Hospital, private hospitals, citywide primary healthcare centres and 112 emergency services in Denizli, Turkey.

Violence toward health care workers in emergency departments in Denizli, Turkey.

This study sought to determine the frequency and types of violence that occurred during the previous year against health care workers in emergency departments in Denizli, Turkey, and to discern the views of workers on the prevention of such aggressive behavior. This study was conducted from March 1 to April 15, 2003, and included a group of 79 health care workers from the emergency departments of 3 hospitals in Denizli, namely, the Hospital of Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, the City Hospital of Denizli, and the Hospital of the Social Insurance Foundation. Data were collected from a self-administered questionnaire.

Domestic violence: a tragedy behind the doors.

Objective: To explore the prevalence, type, frequency and causes of domestic marital violence among Turkish women in a socio-economically developed metropolitan setting.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 2003. All married women, aged 18 years and over, who were visiting any of the 50 primary health care units for different purposes were asked to participate in the study.

Can mucosal sealing reduce tonsillectomy pain?

Objective/hypothesis: The hypothesis tests whether sealing the tonsillectomy field with posterior pillar mucosa can prevent unwanted outcomes in pediatric tonsillectomy.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, single blinded study was conducted on a sample of 39 children between 3 and 15 years of age. After dissection and snare tonsillectomy, the tonsillar fossa was covered on one side using the palatopharyngus mucosa and the other side is used as control.

Domestic violence: a study among a group of Turkish women.

Objectives: With this study we attempt to explore the reality of domestic violence, its prevalence, type and frequency among a group of Turkish women.

Methods: This study was performed between October 2000 and May 2001 in the fourth largest city in Turkey. All women over the age of 15, who visited any of 50 health centres in different districts for different purposes, were asked to participate in the study.

Intracranial epidermoid cysts: diffusion-weighted, FLAIR and conventional MR findings.

Purpose: To compare diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging (DW) with spin-echo (SE), and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences in the evaluation of epidermoid cysts (ECs), and to evaluate T2 shine-through effect.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients were imaged prospectively in two different 1.5 T magnetic resonance (MR) units with standard head coils with SE, FLAIR and DW echo planar imaging sequences.

Is thrombolytic therapy associated with increased mortality? Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Although thrombolytic therapy has shown substantial benefits in neural outcomes, concerns remain regarding the association between thrombolytic therapy and possible increased mortality.

Objective: To determine the mortality risk of certain thrombolytic agents that are a treatment option for acute ischemic stroke.

Data Sources, Extraction, And Synthesis: Studies were identified using MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the reference lists of the articles selected.

High-grade and low-grade gliomas: differentiation by using perfusion MR imaging.

Aim: Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) is a commonly used perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique for the evaluation of tumour grade. Relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) has been less studied. The goal of our study was to determine the usefulness of these parameters in evaluating the histopathological grade of the cerebral gliomas.

Depressive symptomatology among university students in Denizli, Turkey: prevalence and sociodemographic correlates.

Aim: To determine overall and subgroup prevalence of depressive symptomatology among university students in Denizli, Turkey during the 1999-2000 academic year, and to investigate whether sociodemographic factors were associated with depressive symptoms in university students.

Methods: A stratified probability sample of 504 Turkish university students (296 male, 208 female) was used in a cross-sectional study. Data were obtained by self-administered questionnaire, including questions on sociodemographic characteristics and problem areas.

[Diffusion-weighted MRI in the differentiation of brain abscesses and necrotic tumors].

Purpose: The differential diagnosis between brain abscesses and necrotic tumors such as glioblastomas and metastases is often difficult by conventional MRI. The goal of our study was to evaluate the ability of the diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI to differentiate these lesions from each other.

Materials And Methods: MRI was performed in 19 patients (four abscesses, seven glioblastomas, two anaplastic astrocytomas, six metastases).