Objective: Pregnancy is a natural physiological process, but certain conditions can increase the risk, leading to high-risk pregnancy. Several risk factors may cause high-risk pregnancy. The leading ones are chronic diseases, anemia, multiple pregnancies, premature rupture of membrane, preeclampsia, obesity, frequent pregnancy, and advanced maternal age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Acute bronchiolitis is one of the most common reasons for hospitalization in infants. Although patients with acute bronchiolitis generally have a good prognosis, death can also occur. In this study, we evaluate the immature platelet fraction (IPF) as an indicator of the severity of acute bronchiolitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUrgent measures were taken for those at the age of 65 and over who were at the risk group all over the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is known that many individuals at the age of 65 and over have experienced anxiety due to the uncertainties.This study aimed to determine the anxiety and death anxiety in individuals aged 65 and over who were isolation at home due to being diagnosed with COVID-19 or being in contact during the pandemic process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We aimed to reveal how chronic diseases, age and gender affected morbidity and mortality in patients with Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19).
Methods: Medical records of all reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive COVID-19 patients followed up in hospital and home isolation between 13 of Mar 2020 and 12 of May 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were from Kayseri Province, Turkey.