Practices of Patient Relatives Aimed at Preventing Pressure Injuries and Their Experiences of Coping with the Burden of Care: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: To determine the practices and coping experiences of the relatives of patients with pressure injuries (PIs).

Methods: The authors used a qualitative, phenomenologic research design. They interviewed 20 relatives of patients with PIs face-to-face using an in-depth semistructured interview form.

Assessment of autonomic nervous system functions and cardiac rhythms in patients using isotretinoin.

Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze the potential effects of isotretinoin, frequently used in the treatment of acne vulgaris these days.

Material And Methods: For this purpose, we used the methods of sympathetic skin response (SSR) electrophysiological analysis and electrocardiographic (ECG) analysis in patients using isotretinoin. Thirty patients who were diagnosed with acne vulgaris and treated with oral isotretinoin with a dose of 0.

Evaluation of dapoxetine treatment success in lifelong premature ejaculation patients with penile sympathetic skin response.

Hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system may play an important role in primary premature ejaculation (PPE), and dapoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, plays a role in its treatment. We evaluated the success of dapoxetine treatment in PPE patients with a penile sympathetic skin response (PSSR). Of 63 patients who were admitted to our outpatient clinic between March 2017 and December 2017 with a complaint of premature ejaculation and diagnosed with PPE, 56 completed treatment (minimum 12 tablets) with on-demand use 30 mg of dapoxetine and returned for a follow-up appointment.

Comparison of cytokines and prooxidants/antioxidants markers among adults with refractory versus well-controlled epilepsy: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the serum adiponectin, interleukin (IL)-6 and oxidative stress in epilepsy patients who are refractory or non-refractory to treatments.

Method: The study comprised 31 refractory epilepsy, 29 well-controlled epilepsy patients and control group including 29 healthy individuals. The serum adiponectin, IL-6, total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status levels (TOS) and oxidative stress index (OSİ) were determined.

The association between serum vitamin B deficiency and tension-type headache in Turkish children.

This study aimed to determine the relationship between serum vitamin B level and tension-type headache. The study groups consisted of 75 patients (40 females, 35 males) with headache and a control group of 49 healthy children (25 females, 24 males). Serum vitamin B level < 200 pg/ml was defined as deficient, and < 160 pg/ml as severely deficient.

The effect of demographic features on aortic arch anatomy and its role in the etiology of cerebrovascular disease.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the distribution of aortic arches, the relationship with demographic characteristics, and the results of carotid and vertebral artery stenting procedures in patients diagnosed with cerebrovascular disease through the intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA) technique.

Methods: A retrospective examination was performed on 288 patients diagnosed with cerebrovascular disease, who underwent DSA in the Department of Neurology of Gaziantep University Medical Faculty and Kahramanmaraş¸ Sütçü Imam University Medical Faculty. The patients were examined in respect of demographic features and aortic arch anatomic structure characteristics.

An investigation on the effects of carbamazepine and sodium valproate on neuromuscular transmission.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sodium valproate (SV) and carbamazepine (CBZ) on neuromuscular transmission using single-fibre electromyography (SFEMG) in patients with epilepsy. We performed SFEMG during the voluntary contraction of extensor digitorum communis muscle. 30 epileptic patients taking SV, 25 epileptic patients taking CBZ, and 25 age-matched healthy volunteers were included in the study.

Hirayama disease (monomelic amyotrophy) clinically confused for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Hirayama disease (HD) is a rare motor neuron disorder that involves a single upper extremity. It is clinically characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hand and forearm. This article presents a 19-year-old woman who visited the orthopedics outpatient clinic with weakness and atrophy in her right hand and was clinically diagnosed with advanced stage carpal tunnel syndrome and scheduled for surgical intervention; she was later diagnosed with HD by an electrophysiological study.

Oxidative injury associated with stenting of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Background: After carotid artery stenting (CAS), neurological complications that cannot be explained with imaging methods may develop. In our study we aimed to show, using oxidative stress markers, isolated oxidative damage and resulting neurological findings following CAS in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Patients And Methods: We included 131 neurologically asymptomatic patients requiring CAS.

Habituation of sympathetic skin response in migraine and tension type headache.

This study aimed to investigate the changes of habituations in the autonomic function of patients suffering from migraine or tension type headache through sympathetic skin responses. Patients with migraine without aura (n=26), with episodic tension type headache without migraine (n=28) and 30 healthy controls were studied. During continuous stimulation, four blocks of 20 responses were sequentially recorded.