Publications by authors named "Fatih Alper"

Background: Post-covid pulmonary fibrosis (PCPF) is an essential cause of hypoxic respiratory failure, especially in patients with severe COVID-19 infection. In our study, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of methylprednisolone and methotrexate treatments in patients diagnosed with PCPF and in whom progression was observed despite nintedanib treatment.  Methods: Forty-eight patients diagnosed with PCPF between April 2022 and February 2023 were followed up in our study.

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  • Gadolinium deposition in rat kidneys was studied following single and multiple doses, aiming to see how long it lasts and if there's a link between deposition levels and T1-weighted image intensity.
  • The study involved 70 rats divided into groups receiving varying doses, with assessments made at different time points using imaging and mass spectrometry.
  • Results showed more injections led to higher gadolinium levels, but there was little difference between low and medium doses, and T1 intensity measurement was found to be unreliable for gauging deposition.
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Objectives: The aim of this study is to present novel diagnostic ultrasonography (USG)-based classification of inflammatory granulomatous mastitis (IGM) and to assess and compare dosage responses of locoregional steroid therapy.

Methods: From January 2017 through March 2023, total of 230 biopsy-proven IGM patients were reclassified (grades I, II, and III) according to USG-based morphological features. The injection applications were grouped in Group1 (40 mg/mL between years 2017 and 2019) versus Group2 (80 mg/mL between years 2019 and 2023), and effectiveness was analysed for each grade in between groups.

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Purpose: The possible effects of ramelteon, a melatonin receptor agonist on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis were analyzed via transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), the high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and Nod-like receptor pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) which are related to the fibrosis process.

Materials And Methods: Bleomycin (0.1 ​mL of 5 ​mg/kg) was administered by intratracheal instillation to induce pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

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Background: Although pulmonary fibrosis secondary to COVID-19 infection is uncommon, it can lead to problems if not treated effectively in the early period. This study aimed to compare the effects of treatment with nintedanib and pirfenidone in patients with COVID-19-related fibrosis.

Methods: Thirty patients who presented to the post-COVID outpatient clinic between May 2021 and April 2022 with a history of COVID-19 pneumonia and exhibited persistent cough, dyspnea, exertional dyspnea, and low oxygen saturation at least 12 weeks after diagnosis were included.

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This study compared exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) levels in patients hospitalized for bacterial and COVID-19-related viral community-acquired pneumonia. The study included a total of 150 patients: 50 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 between February 2021 and March 2022, 50 patients with bacterial community-acquired pneumonia and 50 healthy controls. In comparisons of exhaled CO levels among the groups, there was no significant difference between patients with bacterial pneumonia and controls, whereas patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had significantly higher exhaled CO levels compared with both the bacterial pneumonia and control groups (p < 0.

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The use of deep learning (DL) techniques for automated diagnosis of large vessel occlusion (LVO) and collateral scoring on computed tomography angiography (CTA) is gaining attention. In this study, a state-of-the-art self-configuring object detection network called nnDetection was used to detect LVO and assess collateralization on CTA scans using a multi-task 3D object detection approach. The model was trained on single-phase CTA scans of 2425 patients at five centers, and its performance was evaluated on an external test set of 345 patients from another center.

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Background: Although pulmonary fibrosis secondary to COVID-19 infection is uncommon, it can lead to problems if not treated effectively in the early period. This study aimed to compare the effects of treatment with nintedanib and pirfenidone in patients with COVID-19-related fibrosis.

Methods: Thirty patients who presented to the post-COVID outpatient clinic between May 2021 and April 2022 with a history of COVID-19 pneumonia and exhibited persistent cough, dyspnea, exertional dyspnea, and low oxygen saturation at least 12 weeks after diagnosis were included.

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Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of abdominal computed tomography (CT) findings in patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and interrogate the relationship between abdominal CT findings and patient demographic features, clinical findings, and laboratory test results as well as the CT atherosclerosis score in the abdominal aorta.

Methods: This study was designed as a multicenter retrospective study. The abdominal CT findings of 1.

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Inflammatory granulomatous mastitis is a benign inflammatory disease of the breast mostly presenting in puerperal women. The disease is characterized by recurrent bouts of mastitis with clinical picture of hyperemia, breast mass, and swelling of the breast with or without purulent discharge depending on the severity of the underlying inflammatory process. Although no true prevalence and incidence have been reported in the literature, there are several reported studies setting forth a predilection in specific ethnic groups and/ or geographical areas.

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Alveolar echinococcosis is a life-threatening zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. The disease usually primarily involves the liver and shows tumor-like growth. Early diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis is difficult because the disease is usually asymptomatic in the early stages.

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Background: Bladder paraganglioma is a neuroendocrine tumor that accounts for less than 0.1% of all bladder tumors. Symptoms caused by catecholamine release such as hypertension, palpitation, syncope, and macroscopic hematuria are the most common findings.

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Objective: This study aimed to determine the role of magnetic resonance imaging in minimizing radiation exposure, especially in the follow-up of pulmonary nodules.

Methods: Patients who applied to our hospital between April 2013 and August 2018 for various reasons and had lung-mediastinal dynamic magnetic resonance imaging and thoracic computed tomography were included in the study. A total of 194 patients were included in the study, involving 84 females and 110 males.

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Purpose: In addition to the highly variable clinical presentation of acute COVID-19 infection, it can also cause various post-acute signs and symptoms. In our study, we aimed to examine the efficacy of anti-fibrotic therapy in patients who developed pulmonary fibrosis after COVID-19.

Methods: In total, 15 patients who applied to the Post-Covid Outpatient Clinic between May 2021 and August 2021 and were diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia, and whose cough, dyspnea, exertional dyspnea and low saturation continued to be present at least 12 weeks after the diagnosis, were included in the study.

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Introduction: Steroid therapy is known to be effective against granulomatous mastitis. We aimed to compare the efficacy of local versus systemic steroid administration in patients with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.

Materials And Methods: This prospective cohort study included 58 patients who had either local (n = 42) or systemic (n = 16) treatment due to granulomatous mastitis between 2015 and 2019.

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Granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM) is a rare and chronic benign inflammatory disease of the breast. Difficulties exist in the management of GLM for many front-line surgeons and medical specialists who care for patients with inflammatory disorders of the breast. This consensus is summarized to establish evidence-based recommendations for the management of GLM.

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Background: We investigated whether levosimendan prevents contrast medium nephrotoxicity with glycerol aggravation in rats.

Methods: Forty-eight Wistar albino rats were assigned to eight groups (n = 6 × 8). No medication was administered to group I (controls); glycerol (intramuscular injection of 25% glycerol, 10 mL/kg) group II; intravenous iohexol 10 mL/kg to group III; glycerol and iohexol to group IV; iohexol and intraperitoneal levosimendan 0.

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A 19-year-old woman presented to our ED with complaints of backache and massive hemoptysis. Her medical history included acute dyspnea that developed within hours caused by angioneurotic edema 6 months earlier. Two days later, she was given thrombolytic treatment because of massive pulmonary thromboembolism.

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