Molecular genotyping of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto from human Echinococcal cysts in Hatay, Türkiye.

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of the zoonotic infections in human, an important global health problem. It was aimed to determine the molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of isolates obtained from patients diagnosed with CE in Hatay province, according to the cox1 gene region. A total of 31 patients, 14 males and 17 females, with a mean age of 35.

Biochemical Analysis of Germinal Membrane and Cyst Fluid by Raman Spectroscopy in Echinococcosis.

Objective: Hydatidosis is a zoonotic parasitic infection caused by the larval stage of . The aim of this study was to investigate the biochemical structures of germinal membrane and cyst fluids obtained from patients with liver involvement during surgery, by Raman spectroscopy at the molecular level.

Methods: Molecular characterization of germinal membrane and cyst fluid according to mitochondrial gene region was determined and phylogenetic analysis was performed.

Effects of surgical and percutaneous tracheotomy on thyroid hormones.

Aim: To evaluate the effects of surgical and percutaneous tracheotomy on thyroid hormones.

Material And Method: Sixty patients with respiratory problems who underwent surgical tracheotomy and percutaneous tracheotomy between December 2012 and December 2016 were divided into 2 groups. FT3, FT4, thyroglobulin and TSH levels of the groups were statistically evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively.

The role of combination preand postoperative albendazole therapy in the surgical management of liver hydatidosis.

Aims: ALB is the most commonly used drug for the treatment of echinococcosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ALB using the intraoperative and perioperative periods as dual therapy.

Materials And Methods: Material of this retrospective study were the consecutive series of 98 patients operated for hepatic hydatidosis (HC) over a period of 7 years, at a single centre.

The role of combination preand postoperative albendazole therapy in the surgical management of liver hydatidosis.

Aims: ALB is the most commonly used drug for the treatment of echinococcosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ALB using the intraoperative and perioperative periods as dual therapy.

Materials And Methods: Material of this retrospective study were the consecutive series of 98 patients operated for hepatic hydatidosis (HC) over a period of 7 years, at a single centre.

Effect of therapeutic hypothermia on superficial surgical site infection and postoperative pain in urgent abdominal surgery.

Background: Although therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to be effective on surgical site infection and postoperative pain in patients undergoing elective surgery, its exact effect on emergency laparotomy remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on superficial surgical site infection and postoperative pain in patients undergoing urgent open abdominal surgery.

Methods: The study included 100 patients who underwent emergency open abdominal surgery from 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2017.

Effects of temporary abdominal closure methods on mortality and morbidity in patients with open abdomen.

Background: Open abdomen (OA) in which the abdomen is closed with temporary abdominal closure methods is the most effective in patients who develop severe abdominal sepsis or abdominal compartment syndrome. Major techniques used are Vacuum-Assisted Closure Method (VACM) and non-vacuum assisted closure method (NVACM). In the present study, the effects of different abdominal closure methods on morbidity and mortality were evaluated.

Treatment of colorectal injuries in the civil war and the factors affecting mortality.

Aim: Colorectal injuries are one of the most common causes of mortality in war. Mainstay treatment of these injuries include primary repair or stoma creation.

Methods: Clinical data of the patients were evaluated retrospectively.

Where should the damage control surgery be performed, at the nearest health center or at a fully equipped hospital?

Background: Transport of casualties from a combat area to a fully equipped hospital where all techniques of damage control surgery (DCS) can be performed requires a great deal of time. Therefore, prior to transport, prompt control of hemorrhage and contamination should be achieved, and resuscitative procedures should be performed at the nearest health center. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the location at which DCS was performed on rates of mortality.

Anaphylactic reactions presenting with hypertension.

Background: Although a few case reports about hypertensive anaphylaxis (HA) are available in the present literature, there is no study about the prevalence of HA. In this study, we review our cases with anaphylaxis presenting with hypertension and ascertain its prevalence. The documents of the patients who had anaphylactic reactions after the procedures performed for the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases in GATA Haydarpasa Clinic of Allergy and Immunology between January 2010 and December 2014 were retrospectively reviewed.

Effects of Montelukast in an Experimental Model of Acute Pancreatitis.

BACKGROUND We evaluated the hematological, biochemical, and histopathological effects of Montelukast on pancreatic damage in an experimental acute pancreatitis model created by cerulein in rats before and after the induction of pancreatitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty rats were divided into 4 groups with 10 rats each. The study groups were: the Cerulein (C) group, the Cerulein + early Montelukast (CMe) group, the Cerulein + late Montelukast (CMl) group, and the Control group.

Comparison of tuberculin skin test and quantiferon-TB gold in tube test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in health care workers: A cross sectional study.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic efficacy and agreement of the traditional tuberculin skin test with QuantiFERON-Tuberculosis Gold In-Tube test for latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers.

Methods: The cross-sectional analytical study was conducted between March 1 and 31, 2008, at a specialist tuberculosis hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, and comprised healthcare workers who had been employed for at least one year at the hospital and volunteered to take part. Tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-Tuberculosis Gold In-Tube test were both performed simultaneously and their results were compared Using SPSS 12.

Comparison of surgical procedures and percutaneous drainage in the treatment of liver hydatide cysts: a retrospective study in an endemic area.

Introduction: Surgical procedures are still the golden standard option in the treatment of liver cystic echinococcosis. However, minimal invasive technics like percutaneous drainage are rising trends. We aimed to compare the efficacy of surgical and percutaneous options in the treatment of liver hydatidosis in an endemic area.

On lightlike geometry of para-Sasakian manifolds.

We study lightlike hypersurfaces of para-Sasakian manifolds tangent to the characteristic vector field. In particular, we define invariant lightlike hypersurfaces and screen semi-invariant lightlike hypersurfaces, respectively, and give examples. Integrability conditions for the distributions on a screen semi-invariant lightlike hypersurface of para-Sasakian manifolds are investigated.

Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: risk factors for mortality.

Purpose: The aims of this study are to identify factors predicting mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to examine whether noninvasive ventilation treatment reduces mortality.

Materials And Methods: An analysis was performed on data from patients with CAP hospitalized in the ICUs of 19 different hospitals in Turkey between October 2008 and January 2011. Predictors of mortality were assessed by both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses.

Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey.

Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a fatal disease. This study was conducted to describe an outcome analysis of the intensive care units (ICUs) of Turkey.

Methods: This study evaluated SCAP cases hospitalized in the ICUs of 19 different hospitals between October 2008 and January 2011.

Protective effects of etanercept and methylprednisolone on pancreatic damage in cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis.

Objective: To examine the pharmacological effect of etanercept and methylprednisolone (MP) on acute pancreatitis (AP) induced by cerulein in an experimental rat model.

Methods: The present study was carried out in the Experimental Research Center, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey between December 2008 and October 2009. Forty adult Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 5 groups (n=8): 1--sham, 2--cerulein induced pancreatitis (over 20 hours), 3--etanercept (5 mg/kg, intraperitoneal), 4--MP (10 mg/kg, intramuscular), 5--etanercept plus MP.

[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).

[Functional magnetic resonance imaging in lesions in or near the sensorimotor cortex].

Purpose: To assess the efficiency of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in demonstrating motor-sensorial cortical areas in mass lesions neighboring the perirolandic area and investigating its pre-operative sensitivity.

Materials And Methods: In the study, 20 right-handed patients with different types of intraxial and extraaxial mass lesions in or neighboring the perirolandic area were used. Of the all lesions, 6 were diagnosed as metastatic masses, 2 as oligodendroglioma, 2 as astrocytoma, 5 as glioblastoma multiforme, 2 as meningioma, 2 as arteriovenous malformations and 1 as porencephalic cyst.

Diagnostic contribution of gastric and bronchial lavage examinations in cases suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis.

We assessed whether acid fast bacilli (AFB) determination in gastric lavage (GL) and bronchial lavage (BL) contributes to diagnosis in cases radiologically suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis but with either negative AFB in sputum or the inability to expectorate sputum. Of 129 cases recruited for the study, 22 were excluded due to evaluation as inactive disease or non-tuberculosis disease. The remaining 107 cases were evaluated in 2 groups.

Deaths in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: an analysis of a chest diseases hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To evaluate the medical records of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in order to determine the inhospital mortality rate.

Materials And Methods: Medical records of 22,651 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Gulhane Military Medical Academia, Camlica Chest Diseases Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey from 1977 to 1999 were examined.

Results: Of the 22,651 patients, 133 (0.

Ischemic stroke in elderly patients treated with a free radical scavenger-glycolytic intermediate solution: a preliminary pilot trial.

The safety and tolerability of a free radical scavenger with Na+ channel blocking activity (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)) combined with a glycolytic intermediate and high energy substrate (fructose 1,6-disphosphate (FDP)) were assessed in a mostly elderly patient group presenting with acute and subacute ischemic stroke. Eleven patients (average age 65) were given i.v.