Highly selective and reusable nanoadsorbent based on FeO-embedded sodium alginate-based hydrogel for cationic dye adsorption: Adsorption interpretation using multiscale modeling.

This study aims to develop a stable and efficient magnetic nanocomposite hydrogel (MNCH) for selective removal of methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV). MNCHs with different FeO contents (0-9 wt%) were synthesized following graft co-polymerization method using sodium alginate, acrylamide, itaconic acid, ammonium persulfate and N,N-methylene bisacrylamide. Among them, MNCH, with 5 wt% FeO, showed highest removal efficiency (>95 %).

From crisis to care: A phenomenological exploration of how frontline nurses lived the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Purpose: This paper explores how frontline nurses experienced the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to provide appropriate care during a global health crisis.

Design And Methods: A qualitative descriptive phenomenological study. The sample consisted of 13 frontline nurses from Turkey, working in intensive care units, inpatient clinics and emergency unit.

Is it Time to Reappraise for Black-Box Warning on AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy (ART) system has been widely used as a catheter-directed treatment (CDT) method in acute pulmonary embolism (PE), however, there has been a controversy regarding the safety of its use. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we evaluated the efficacy and safety outcomes of ART in patients with PE.

Methods: Our meta-analysis have been based on search in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library for studies published up to August 2022.

Complete Percutaneous Retrieval of Migrated VSD Occluder Device from the Pulmonary Artery: Management of a Catastrophic Complication.

Transcatheter closure of muscular ventricular septal defects (VSD) remains a safe and effective method with low complication rates. However, device migration can pose a significant challenge to interventional cardiologists due to potential mortal consequences. A 21-year-old female presented to our clinic with exertional dyspnea and was diagnosed with a muscular VSD.

Determination of Nursing Care Times Based on the Perroca Patient Classification Instrument in the Inpatient Oncology Unit: A Mixed Method Study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the daily nursing care times of hospitalized inpatient oncology unit patients according to degree of acuity using the Perroca Patient Classification tool.

Data Sources: This study used a mixed method sequential explanatory design. The "Nursing Activity Record Form" and "Perroca Patient Classification Instrument" were used for quantitative data collection, and direct observation was performed for 175 hours via time-motion study.

Evaluation of the effect of Er,Cr:YSGG laser application on peri-implant crevicular fluid receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand and osteoprotegerin levels in the non-surgical treatment of peri-implantitis: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effect of erbium, chromium doped:yttrium,scandium,gallium,garnet (Er,Cr:YSGG) laser application combined with non-surgical mechanical debridement (MD) on clinical parameters and peri-implant crevicular fluid receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels in the treatment of peri-implantitis.

Methods: A total of 49 patients who underwent non-surgical treatment of peri-implantitis were randomly divided into two groups. The control group (n = 26) received MD alone, while the laser group (n = 23) received MD+Er,Cr:YSGG.

Challenges experienced by cardiac intensive care nurses during first out-of-bed patient mobilization after open-heart surgery: A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study.

Aim: To investigate the potential challenges experienced by cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in the first out-of-bed patient mobilization after open-heart surgery and propose solutions.

Design: A qualitative study design using the descriptive phenomenological approach.

Methods: Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted via a widely used videoconferencing program between 28 July and 22 October 2022, in the tertiary cardiac ICU of a university hospital.

Sustainable wastewater purification with crab shell-derived biochar: Advanced machine learning modeling & experimental analysis.

Detoxifying ecologically persistent dyes is vital for environmental and human well-being. Herein, crabshell waste is transformed into porous carbon (CB900) through pyrolysis, achieving a remarkable removal rate of 90.5% (CR-RR) and adsorption capacity (∼256.

The immersive virtual memory task: Assessing object-location memory in neurological patients using immersive virtual reality.

German Clinical Trials Register identifier: DRKS00024005.

Brazilian Portuguese translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and content validation of the pediatric lower urinary tract symptom score.

Background: Early screening instruments for professionals are important to reduce the cost and time of diagnosing pediatric lower urinary tract dysfunction. This study aimed to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate pediatric lower urinary tract symptom scores.

Methods: This methodological study was conducted in 2019 in two phases: translation and cross-cultural adaptation, and content validation.

The effect of self-affirmation on anxiety and perceived discomfort in patients who have undergone open-heart surgery. A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Self-affirmations help one focus on positive outcomes and adapt to new situations both psychologically and physiologically by the repetition of positive affirmation sentences. This method, which has promising results in symptom management, is predicted to have effective results in the management of pain and discomfort in patients undergoing open-heart surgery.

Aim: To investigate the effect of self-affirmation on anxiety and perceived discomfort in patients who have undergone open-heart surgery.

Effects of COVID-19 anxiety and obsession on fear of childbirth in high-risk pregnancy during the pandemic in Turkey.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic may have significant effects on fear of childbirth among women undergoing a high-risk pregnancy. This study sought to determine the relationship between the COVID-19 obsession and anxiety levels of women with high-risk pregnancies and their fear of childbirth.

Methods: A total of 326 hospitalized women with high-risk pregnancies were evaluated between March 2021 and March 2022.

Serum Periostin Levels are Significantly Higher in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Closely Related to Osteoporosis.

Background: Periostin is an emerging biomarker that plays a role in bone metabolism and may be associated with bone mineral density (BMD). This study is aimed to investigate serum periostin levels in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and its correlation with BMD in these patients.

Methods: Forty patients with newly diagnosed PHPT without co-morbidities and 30 healthy controls were included.

Reappraisal of the Transthoracic Echocardiographic Algorithm in Predicting Pulmonary Hypertension Redefined by Updated Pulmonary Artery Mean Pressure Threshold.

Background: Although an adopted echocardiography algorithm based on tricuspid regurgitation jet peak velocity and suggestive findings for pulmonary hypertension has been utilized in the non-invasive prediction of pulmonary hypertension probability, the reliability of this approach for the updated hemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension remains to be determined. In this study, for the first time, we aimed to evaluate the tricuspid regurgitation jet peak velocity and suggestive findings in predicting the probability of pulmonary hypertension as defined by mean pulmonary arterial pressure > 20 mm Hg and > 25 mm Hg, respectively.

Methods: Our study group was comprised of the retrospectively evaluated 1300 patients (age 53.

A New Index for the Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The Modified Shock Index.

Background: Pulmonary embolism severity index, its simplified version, and shock index have been used for risk stratification in acute pulmonary embolism. In this study, we proposed a modification in severity index and evaluated the correlates and prognostic value of modification in severity index in this setting.

Methods: The study group comprised retrospectively evaluated 181 patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

The Effect of Health Literacy on Patient Outcomes in Stage 3b-4 Pre-Dialysis Patients: A Semi-Experimental Study.

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of health literacy on patient outcomes in pre-dialysis patients. A semi-experimental study. The study was conducted with 45 intervention and 45 control patients with glomerular filtration rates between 15-44ml/min/1.

Arabic translation and validation of pediatric lower urinary tract symptom score (PLUTSS).

Objectives: To develop and validate an Arabic version of the pediatric lower urinary tract symptom score (PLUTSS).

Methods: The linguistic translation of the PLUTSS into Arabic was carried out by following the guidelines that have been set out for cross-cultural adaptation of health-related QoL measures (Translation, Reconciliation, Retranslation, Review of retranslation, Debriefing and final review). The questionnaires were applied to 80 patients, 40 patients seeking urology clinic for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and 40 patients visiting a pediatric clinic without urological compliant.

An Eight-year, Single-center Experience on Ultrasound Assisted Thrombolysis with Moderate-dose, Slow-infusion Regimen in Pulmonary Embolism.

Background: There is limited data on moderate-dose with slow-infusion thrombolytic regimen by ultrasound-asssisted-thrombolysis (USAT) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE).

Aims: In this study, our eight-year experience on USAT with moderate-dose, slow-infusion tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) regimen in patients with PE at intermediate-high- and high-risk was presented, and short-, and long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes were evaluated.

Methods: Our study is based on the retrospective evaluation of 225 patients with PE having multiple comorbidities who underwent USAT.

Clinical, imaging and hemodynamic correlates and prognostic impact of syncope in acute pulmonary embolism: A single-center study.

Background: We aimed to determine the clinical, echocardiographic and hemodynamic correlates of syncope as a presenting symptom in pulmonary embolism and its impact on in-hospital and long-term outcomes.

Methods: Between July 2012 and October 2019, a total of 641 patients with PE (277 males, 364 females; median age: 65 years; range, 51 to 74 years) in whom the diagnostic work-up and risk-based management were performed according to the current pulmonary embolism guidelines were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical, laboratory and imaging data of the patients were obtained from hospital database system.

The Consistent Effectiveness and Safety of Macitentan Therapies Across Idiopathic and Congenital Heart Disease-Associated PulmonaryArterial Hypertension: A Single-Center Experience.

Background: In this single-center study, we evaluated efficacy and safety issues and predictors of survival in patients with idiopathic and congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension who were under macitentan therapies.

Method: Our study retrospectively evaluated 221 patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension enrolled in our single-center study, and mono, dual, and triple macitentan therapies were noted in 30, 115, and 76 patients, respectively. The longitudinal changes in clinical, neurohumoral, and echocardiographic measures of pulmonary arterial hypertension were evaluated.

How location and cellular signaling combine to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome.

NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) is a cytosolic innate immune sensor of cellular stress signals, triggered by infection and sterile inflammation. Upon detection of an activating stimulus, NLRP3 transitions from an inactive homo-oligomeric multimer into an active multimeric inflammasome, which promotes the helical oligomeric assembly of the adaptor molecule ASC. ASC oligomers provide a platform for caspase-1 activation, leading to the proteolytic cleavage and activation of proinflammatory cytokines in the IL-1 family and gasdermin D, which can induce a lytic form of cell death.

Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Single-Center Experience and Review of Current Literature.

Background: Although pregnancy in women with pulmonary arterial hypertension has been considered a high-risk condition, current data regarding pregnancy with pulmonary arterial hypertension are scarce. In this study, we aimed to evaluate our single-center data on maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnant women with PAH and review currently available risk-based management strategies.

Methods: Our single-center study group comprised 35 women who became pregnant after the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension or in whom pulmonary arterial hypertension was diagnosed within early post-partum period.

Eosinophil-to-Monocyte Ratio as a Candidate for a Novel Prognostic Marker in Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Is it a Consumptive Mechanism?

Background: The role of eosinophils in thrombotic processes is well known, and the prognostic value of eosinophil to monocyte ratio had been determined in patients with ST elevated myocardial infarction and acute ischemic stroke in recent studies. We aimed to evaluate the impact of the eosinophil-to-monocyte ratio on short- and long-term allcause mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism, which is another clinical condition closely related to the thrombotic pathway.

Methods: In this study, a total of 212 retrospectively evaluated patients with intermediate-high risk and high-risk pulmonary embolism who underwent catheter-directed therapies with ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis or rheolytic thrombectomy (Angiojet©) and intravenous thrombolytic treatment were included.