Assessing the performance of chat generative pretrained transformer (ChatGPT) in answering chronic kidney disease-related questions.

Background: Chatbots produced by artificial intelligence are frequently used in health information today. We aimed to investigate the reliability and reproducibility of the answers given by Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT), one of the most used chatbots, to frequently asked questions related to chronic kidney failure.

Methods: We reviewed frequently asked questions related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) from social media platforms and Internet.

Association between fracture type and the risk of bleeding in intertrochanteric femur fractures.

Introduction: The current study aimed to determine the association between fracture type and pre-operative hemoglobin level decrease in intertrochanteric fractures. Further, the erythrocyte unit required in replacement therapy until discharge according to fracture type was evaluated.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 194 patients diagnosed with intertrochanteric femur fracture who received proximal femoral nail implantation.

Tympanometric changes and eustachian tube function in patients with hypothyroidism.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the tympanometric changes and eustachian tube function (ETF) in patients with hypothyroidism.

Methods: Automatic ETF tests were performed and tympanometric measurements were evaluated to assess ETF in 40 patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism and a 40-patient euthyroid control group. Levothyroxine sodium tablet treatment was started in patients with hypothyroidism.

Effects of levosimendan versus dobutamine on left atrial function in decompensated heart failure.

Background: Although the effects of levosimendan on the left ventricle (LV) have been studied, its effect on left atrial (LA) function is poorly understood, despite its key role in optimizing LV function.

Objective: To compare the effects of levosimendan and dobutamine on LA and LV function in patients with decompensated heart failure (DHF).

Methods: Seventy-four patients (mean [+/- SD] age 64+/-10 years) with DHF and an LV ejection fraction of 35% or lower were randomly assigned to receive levosimendan (n=37) or dobutamine (n=37).

Serum carbohydrate antigen 125 levels in advanced heart failure: relation to B-type natriuretic peptide and left atrial volume.

Aims: To assess the relation between serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA 125) and parameters of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure in patients with advanced heart failure (AHF).

Methods: Forty-nine patients (mean age 67+/-10 years) with LV ejection fraction (EF) < or =0.35 and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV symptoms of heart failure were enrolled.