The effect of acupressure on sleep quality of older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background And Objective: The effects of acupressure on sleep quality and insomnia symptoms have been studied in various groups of haemodialysis patients, those undergoing surgery, and those living in elderly care homes. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of acupressure on sleep quality in elderly people.

Methods: This study was conducted with a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of brief diabetic foot ulceration risk checklist.

Objective: This study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish translation of brief diabetic foot ulceration risk checklist (BDURC).

Methods: This methodological study was conducted at the diabetes clinic of a state hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. The data were collected with the BDURC developed by Zhou et al.

The Effect of ShotBlocker on Pain and Patient Satisfaction for Spinal Anesthesia: A Randomized Trial.

Background: During spinal anesthesia, patients may experience pain and discomfort associated with dermal puncture. It may also cause involuntary movement, which often disturbs the patient's posture thus affecting the success of spinal anesthesia. Different methods have been studied to cope with needle-related pain.

The effect of acupressure (GB30) on intramuscular injection pain and satisfaction: Single-blind, randomised controlled study.

Aims And Objective: To evaluate the effect of acupressure on intramuscular injection pain, satisfaction and vital signs.

Background: Pain at the injection site may lead to discomfort and may affect patients' compliance to treatment.

Design: This was a prospective, single-blind, crossover study.

Comparison of hemodynamic responses to endotracheal intubation with the GlideScope video laryngoscope and Macintosh laryngoscope in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery.

Background: This study aimed to compare hemodynamic response to endotracheal intubation using GlideScope and Macintosh laryngoscopes in patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery.

Methods: A total of 74 patients were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly assigned into two groups either a GlideScope (n=37) or a Macintosh laryngoscope (n=37).

Fetal Cleft Lip/Palate Surgery: End of a Dream?

Recognition that a fetus can scarlessly heal in intrauterine life led to various animal studies in the mid 1980s exploring the possibility of fetal cleft lip/palate surgery. The idea of scarless cleft repair seemed like a possible dream after the promising results from the early animal studies. In this review, we analyze the progress made in the 30 years since our first experience with animal models.

How important is the butyrylcholinesterase level for cesarean section?

Objectives: Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), commonly known as pseudocholinesterase or non-neural cholinesterase, hydrolyzes neuromuscular blocker agents containing choline esters such as succinylcholine that is widely used in rapid sequence induction (RSI) for general anesthesia. The aim of this study is to compare plasma BChE levels and investigate the affects and relationship of succinylcholine on BChE levels in preeclamptic, gestational diabetic and healthy pregnants.

Study Design: We designed a prospective, controlled, pilot single-center study.

Treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis of the trunk with radiofrequency ablation.

Objectives: Although Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy is a widely accepted treatment method for patients with palmar hyperhidrosis, compensatory hyperhidrosis of the trunk remains a challenging side effect of the procedure. No satisfactory treatment options for this side effect were available until now. In this study, we aimed to define a new procedure for the treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis of the trunk.

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Occurring in the Postoperative Period.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy simulates acute myocardial infarction, and it is characterised by reversible left ventricular failure. A case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy diagnosed after emergency angiography performed in a patient with evidence of acute myocardial infarction in the postoperative period will be described in this report. Transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TUR-BT) was performed in a 92-year-old male patient by the urology clinic.

Effects of dexpanthenol and N-acetylcysteine pretreatment in rats before renal ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Background: We investigated the anti-inflammatory and protective effects of concomitant use of dexpanthenol (DXP) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) induced ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of kidney.

Methods: Forty rats were randomly divided into 5 groups. In all groups except for Group 1(Sham), renal arteries bilaterally occluded with vascular clamp for IR injury.

The effects of gabapentin on acute and chronic pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Background And Objective: To find out whether preoperative gabapentin use had a favourable effect on long-term postoperative pain in patients undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Methods: Sixty male patients--aged 20-40 years--who were scheduled for unilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy under spinal anaesthesia were included in this prospective, randomized, double-blind study. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups: the gabapentin group (n=30) received single-dose 1.

Ecthyma-gangrenosum-like lesions associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) manifests as a skin lesion and is commonly associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia in immunocompromised patients. Other viral, fungal and bacterial agents can also cause EG. The first clinical observation is grouped vesicles with surrounding erythema.