The Effect of Local Cold Therapy on Myalgia Pain.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of local cold therapy in reducing myalgia pain levels among emergency room patients.

Methods: This was a pre-test/post-test randomized controlled study. Standard treatment (non-steroid analgesic anti-inflammatory parenteral medications) was implemented with one group, while the other groups received cold therapy and standard treatment.

Severe Early-Onset Obesity and Diabetic Ketoacidosis due to a Novel Homozygous c.169C>T p.Arg57* Variant in Gene.

Introduction: Early-onset severe obesity is usually the result of an underlying genetic disorder, and several genes have recently been shown to cause syndromic and nonsyndromic forms of obesity. The " () gene encodes for a centrosomal and ciliary protein. Homozygous variants in the gene are extremely rare causes of early-onset severe monogenic obesity.

Implementation of a high fidelity simulation based training program for physicians of children requiring long term invasive home ventilation: a study by ISPAT team.

Introduction: The number of children requiring long-term invasive home ventilation (LTIHV) has increased worldwide in recent decades. The training of physicians caring for these children is crucial since they are at high risk for complications and adverse events. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a comprehensive high-fidelity simulation-based training program for physicians caring for children on LTIHV.

Is magnetic resonance imaging or cone beam computed tomography alone adequate for the radiological diagnosis of symptomatic temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis? A retrospective study.

This study was performed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) alone and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) alone in patients with clinical symptoms of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ-OA). Fifty-two patients (83 joints) with clinical signs of TMJ-OA were included in the study. Two examiners evaluated CBCT and MRI images.

The value of dual-energy computed tomography in the evaluation of myocarditis.

Purpose: The inflammation of the heart muscle is referred to as acute myocarditis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has become the primary method for a non-invasive assessment of myocardial inflammation. However, there are several drawbacks of CMR.

High-resolution dielectric anisotropy investigation of carbon nanotube-smectic-A liquid crystal dispersions: An upper limit of the latent heat and the pretransitional anomaly at the nematic-smectic-A transition.

Within the entire mesomorphic range, high-precision dielectric anisotropy data with the high-temperature resolution is presented for a highly polar smectic-A liquid crystal 8CB (octylcyanobiphenyl) as well as 8CB nanocomposites doped with both pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (p-MWCNTs) and carboxyl group (-COOH) functionalized MWCNTs (f-MWCNTs). The temperature variation of the nematic order parameter across both the nematic-isotropic (N-I) and the nematic-smectic-A (N-Sm-A) phase transitions of the neat 8CB and 8CB+MWCNT nanocomposites has then been derived from the dielectric anisotropy data within the framework of the Maier-Meier theory. With the inclusion of MWCNTs, both the N-I and the N-Sm-A transition temperatures have been noted to shift to lower temperatures as compared to the 8CB host.

Factors Influencing Stereopsis Outcomes in Adults Following Strabismus Surgery.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate binocular vision after adult strabismus surgery and to investigate the predictive factors on improvement stereoacuity.

Methods: Patients aged upper from 16 years who underwent strabismus surgery in our hospital reviewed retrospectively. Age, existence of amblyopia, pre-operative and postoperatively fusion ability, stereoacuity, and deviation angle were recorded.

Evaluation of pulmonary artery stiffness and right ventricle functions in polycythemia vera patients by transthoracic echocardiography.

Introduction: Polycythemia vera (PV) is known to be a subgroup of chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms and is recognized as a cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Pulmonary artery stiffness (PAS) is a relatively new noninvasive echocardiographic index developed to evaluate the structural features and functions of the pulmonary vascular bed. In this study, we aimed to evaluate right ventricular (RV) functions and PAS in PV patients and healthy controls.

Evaluation of the Optic Nerve Head Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Systemic Sclerosis Patients.

Purpose: To quantify microvascular vessel density in the optic disc using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SS); to determine whether there is a difference in values between patients and controls; and to correlate the OCTA measurements with disease activity, damage risk, and drug usage.

Methods: Patients aged 20 - 76 years who were followed up after a diagnosis of SS and age- and gender-matched controls. The patients underwent RTVue-XR AngioVue OCTA imaging in this cross-sectional observational study.

Evaluation of the optic nerve head and macular vessel density in keratoconus patients using optical coherence tomography angiography- a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Our study evaluated macular and optic disc vascular density (VD) changes in patients diagnosed with keratoconus, as compared with gender and age-matched healthy controls, in relation to the keratoconus stage.

Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study included adult patients who received a diagnosis of keratoconus at the Cornea Clinic. All scans consisted of two 4.

Utilizing Piezo Acoustic Sensors for the Identification of Surface Roughness and Textures.

This study examines surface roughness measurements via piezo acoustic disks and appropriate signal processing. Surface roughness is one characteristic of surface texture that can have various irregularities inherent to manufacturing methods. The surface roughness parameters and corresponding surface profiles are acquired by a stylus profilometer.

Comparison of self versus expert-assisted feedback for cricothyroidotomy training: a randomized trial.

Background: The self-video feedback method may have the potential to provide a low-cost alternative to physician-driven simulation-based training. This study aimed to assess the utility of two video feedback methods by comparing the improvement in performing cricothyroidotomy procedure following self video feedback (trainees review their performance by themselves) and expert-assisted video feedback (trainees review their performance while an emergency physician provides additional feedback).

Methods: This study was pretest-posttest and two-group designed research performed at a university simulation center with 89 final-year medical students and used a cricothyroidotomy simulation model.

Comparison of the Efficacy of Systemic Versus Local Steroid Treatment in Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Cohort Study.

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.

The relationship between bioelectrical impedance parameters and pulmonary artery stiffness in obese subjects.

Objectives: Obesity is a public health problem that needs to be treated and it occurs as a result of excessive fat accumulation in the body. The relationship between obesity and pulmonary hypertension is well known. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between pulmonary artery stiffness, right ventricular functions and bioelectrical impedance parameters in obese, overweight, and healthy individuals.

The Effectiveness of Different E-Learning Modalities in Enhancing Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Principles, Knowledge, and Communication Skills of Undergraduate Paramedic Students.

Introduction: Paramedic students should have the crucial cognitive and psychomotor skills related to neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (N-CPR).

Study Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of blended learning on the theoretical knowledge and preliminary knowledge of the psychomotor skills, adherence to the algorithm, and teamwork in simulation-based education (SBE) of N-CPR.

Methods: This randomized, prospective study was conducted on 60 fourth-semester paramedic students.

Determination of anomalous pulmonary venous return with high-pitch low-dose computed tomography in paediatric patients.

Background: In this study, we aimed to image pulmonary venous return anomalies and associated cardiovascular and pulmonary abnormalities by high-pitch low-dose computed tomography (CT) in children.

Materials And Methods: Forty-one patients with total or partial anomalous pulmonary venous return anomalous between May 2012 and June 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The anomalies were determined using high-pitch low-dose CT.

Mirror aneurysms of extracranial internal carotid arteries in a patient with beta-thalassemia major.

Beta-thalassemia major is a chronic disorder characterised by severe anemia. This patient with beta-thalassemia major is the first magnetic resonance (MR) angiographic case for symmetric mirror aneurysms of the extracranial internal carotid arteries. For diagnosis of vascular complications requires angiographic procedures such as catheter angiography, computed tomography angiography, MR angiography, or Doppler ultrasonography.