Adolescent Attitudes Toward the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine in Kocaeli, Turkiye.

Background The adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rate is relatively high in developed countries and it is not widespread in Turkiye. This paper explores what factors influence the decision on the acceptance of the HPV vaccine by adolescents. Methods Data from 206 adolescents was gathered via a survey completed after consent from the parents and themselves between May 2022 and September 2022.

The relationship between soong classification and fracture characteristics with implant removal for distal radius fractures: a comparative study of 795 cases.

Introduction: Although there is no consensus in the literature, it is believed that the Soong classification system and fracture pattern are risk factors for plate removal in distal radius fractures.

Hypothesis: The aim of this large-scale study was to evaluate the relationship between Soong classification, fracture pattern, and implant removal in distal radius fractures.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 795 patients who underwent surgery using a volar locking plate for distal radius fractures at our clinic between 2005 and 2022.

Prenatal-Postnatal Outcomes and Prognostic Risk Factors of Fetal Volvulus: Analysis of 26 Cases.

Objective: The aim of the current study was to reveal ultrasonographic and clinical features, prenatal-postnatal outcomes and prognostic risk factors of fetal volvulus.

Method: This retrospective study evaluated all cases of fetal volvulus diagnosed between 2018 and 2024 at the Perinatology center of Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases Training and Research Hospital. In the vast majority of cases, the pediatric surgery team confirmed the conclusive diagnosis of volvulus during the postnatal period.

Molecular analysis of 31 cases with fetal skeletal dysplasia.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the prenatal ultrasound findings of fetuses with skeletal dysplasia and to evaluate the genetic variations by molecular genetic analysis.

Methods: Between August 1, 2018 and March 1, 2023, we conducted a retrospective case series at a tertiary referral center involving patients with fetal skeletal abnormalities. For cases referred for a possible diagnosis of fetal skeletal dysplasia, an ultrasound database and prenatal genetic counseling records were first searched.

Fetal bradyarrhythmias: classification, monitoring and outcomes of 40 cases at a single center.

Objectives: To assess congenital fetal bradyarrhythmias with regard to etiological causes, features, risk factors, and prognosis.

Methods: This retrospective study involved fetuses with fetal bradyarrhythmias. All fetuses were evaluated by ultrasonography.

How reliably does prenatal echocardiography predict urgent balloon atrial septostomy in fetuses with d-TGA?

Objective: To analyze the prenatal and postnatal outcomes of fetuses with d-TGA and to determine whether prenatal echocardiography may predict postnatal urgent BAS.

Study Design: A retrospective study of fetuses with d-TGA, for which fetal echocardiography was performed at our tertiary hospital from January 2018 to May 2023. We assessed the appearance of the septum primum and the FO flap in the four-chamber view as to whether the FO had a restrictive appearance during measurement of the diameter of the FO at its maximal angle to the attachment point.

Analysis of the factors affecting school attendance in pediatric fractures.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the average duration of school absence according to the type of fracture and the factors affecting the duration of absence in children who had difficulty going to school after an acute orthopedic injury.

Methods: Patients between the ages of 6 and 17 who applied to the emergency department of our hospital and were treated for orthopedic trauma during a teaching period between September 2022 and December 2022 were examined. This study was designed prospectively.

Informing the design of a digital intervention to support sexually transmissible infection care in general practice: a qualitative study exploring the views of clinicians.

Background: Strengthening sexually transmissible infection (STI) management in general practice is prioritised in Australian STI strategy. Digital interventions incorporating clinical decision support offer a mechanism to assist general practitioners (GPs) in STI care. This study explored clinicians' views towards a proposed digital intervention for supporting STI care in Australian general practice as a first step in the tool's design.

Prognostic Value of Vertebral Bone Density in the CT Scans of Sepsis Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

Aim: To evaluate the prognostic value of vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) and its relationship with mortality using the computed tomography (CT) scans of sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Methods: In this retrospective study, patients diagnosed with sepsis at the intensive care unit between January and December 2022 were evaluated. Bone density was manually measured from the vertebral body using axial CT images.

Use of dual energy CT urography in evaluation of urinary stone and complex cyst.

Background: Dual-energy computed tomography scans can provide significant benefits to the urinary system. The aim of this study is to determine the limitations and benefits of using dual energy CT urography in patients with urinary system stones and cysts.

Methods: In the analysis of the images, the virtual noncontrasted images obtained from the combined nephrogenicexcretory phase and the true noncontrasted images were evaluated.

How Reliable Are Digital Radiographs for Evaluating Intra-articular Displacement in Ankle Epiphyseal Fractures: Can Computed Tomography Be Eliminated?

Background: The amount of intra-articular displacement of the fracture is the main issue when deciding the treatment method between conservative or surgical means in intra-articular fractures. In this study, we aimed to determine the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of measuring intra-articular displacement and to compare the digital radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) evaluations in distal tibia intra-articular epiphyseal fractures.

Methods: Thirty-seven patients with digital radiography and CT scans were included in the study.

Evaluation of Risk Factors Associated With Antihypertensive Treatment Success Employing Data Mining Techniques.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of potential risk factors on antihypertensive treatment success.

Methods: Patients with hypertension who were treated with antihypertensive medications were included in this study. Data from the last visit were analyzed retrospectively for each patient.

Ocular blood flow and choroidal thickness in ocular hypertension.

Purpose: Ocular hypertension (OHT) is a clinical entity characterized by elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) without optic nerve damage. In the presence of other risk factors, OHT may progress to glaucoma. This study aimed to evaluate ocular blood flow (OBF) and choroidal thickness (CT), which may be markers and/or risk factors that could assess the progression of OHT to glaucoma.

Analysis of the factors that are important in re-displacement in pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures treated with a spica cast.

Background: There is no detailed data on the factors affecting the re-displacement in pediatric femoral fractures treated with closed reduction and early spica casting. This study aimed to investigate the factors effective in re-displacement in pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures (PDFF) treated with spica casting.

Methods: In all, 151 displaced PDFF were evaluated retrospectively.

The Prognostic Value of Vertebral Bone Density on Chest CT in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic value of the vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) on chest computed tomography (CT) in COVID-19 patients. The chest CT of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were evaluated for Pneumonia Severity Score (PSS) as the ratio of the volume of involved lung parenchyma to the total lung volume. In addition, BMD was manually measured from the vertebral corpus using axial CT images.

Frequency of hepatic steatosis and its association with the pneumonia severity score on chest computed tomography in adult COVID-19 patients.

Background: Recent studies of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) demonstrated that obesity is significantly associated with increased disease severity, clinical outcome, and mortality. The association between hepatic steatosis, which frequently accompanies obesity, and the pneumonia severity score (PSS) evaluated on computed tomography (CT), and the prevalence of steatosis in patients with COVID-19 remains to be elucidated.

Aim: To assess the frequency of hepatic steatosis in the chest CT of COVID-19 patients and its association with the PSS.

Use of the forgotten joint score (FJS)-12 to evaluate knee awareness after isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with and without meniscus repair or partial meniscectomy.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare knee awareness, based on the FJS-12 score, among three patient groups: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), ACLR + meniscus repair and ACLR + partial meniscectomy. The relationship between FJS-12 scores and scores on other instruments (Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, Tegner Activity Level Scale, KOOS and WOMAC) was also evaluated.

Methods: Forty-three patients were divided into group A (isolated ACLR) group B (ACLR + meniscectomy) and group C (ACLR + meniscus repair).

Angiographic Morphology of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms and Their Association with Rupture Risk.

Aim: To estimate the rupture risk of anterior communicating artery (AComA) and AComA-related aneurysms according to their localization, angiographic architecture, and morphological features.

Material And Methods: In this study, 124 patients with AComA and AComA-related anterior system aneurysms were retrospectively evaluated. The aneurysms were classified according to their morphological appearance and angiographic architecture.

Efficiency and reporting confidence analysis of sequential dual-energy subtraction for thoracic x-ray examinations.

We aimed to report and compare accuracy, reproducibility, and reporting confidence between thoracic dual-energy subtraction (DES) and routine posterior-anterior chest radiography (PA-CR) techniques. We obtained DES (D1-D4) images from 96 patients using DES and a high-resolution dynamic flat-panel detector in combination. We compared the DES images of these patients with their PA-CR images.

The association of profilin-1 levels with survival in chronic kidney disease.

Background: Profilin-1 is a ubiquitous, actin-binding protein that plays an important role in the regulation of actin polymerization and cytoskeleton remodelling and contributes to vascular dysfunction. We conducted this study to investigate the association of serum profilin-1 levels with fatal and nonfatal CVE in a cohort of patients with stage 1-5 CKD.

Materials And Methods: Serum concentrations of profilin-1 levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Undetected Peripheral Arterial Disease Among Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias.

Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was reported to increase the risk of dementia(s) even more than stroke. We assessed the prevalence of PAD in a group with definite diagnosis of dementia.

Methods: Patients aged 65 years or older with Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), or AD-VaD were enrolled (n = 162, mean age: 78.

IL-33 and ST2 levels in chronic kidney disease: Associations with inflammation, vascular abnormalities, cardiovascular events, and survival.

Objective: Increased inflammation, associated with the increase in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage, has a very important influence in vascular injury and cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the levels of IL-33 and ST2 in the different stages of CKD and to determine their effect on vascular damage and cardiovascular events (CVE).

Methods: This was an observational cohort study in which serum IL-33 and ST2 were obtained from 238 CKD (stages 1-5) patients.

Comparison of Amniotic Fluid Cytokine Levels in Postterm and Term Pregnancy: a Prospective Study.

Background: To evaluate amniotic fluid pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels in women with postterm and term pregnancies in labor and not in labor.

Methods: The study involved three groups: postterm (Group 1, n = 29), term in labor (Group 2, n = 28), and control (Group 3, n = 30). All groups were compared with respect to age, gravidity, parity, obstetric history, gestation week, cervical dilatation and effacement, maternal serum C-reactive protein and white cell count, amniotic interleukin 4, 6, and 10 levels, birthweight, and cord blood pH.

Endostatin in chronic kidney disease: Associations with inflammation, vascular abnormalities, cardiovascular events and survival.

Background And Aims: Endostatin, generated from collagen XVIII, and endorepellin, possess dual activity as modifiers of both angiogenesis and endothelial cell autophagy. Plasma endostatin levels are elevated in a large number of diseases, and may reflect endothelial cell dysfunction. Few data on endostatins are available for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Chitotriosidase as a novel biomarker of early atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients.

Introduction: Increasing evidence suggests that inflammation and increased macrophage activity have a central role in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. It is shown that chitotriosidase (CHIT-1) is a marker of macrophage activity in atherosclerotic plaque, and is found associated with severity of atherosclerotic lesion. There is no data about CHIT-1 activity of hemodialysis patients in the literature.