Prognostic Impact of Sarcopenic Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sarcopenic obesity is a condition in which the coexistence of sarcopenia and obesity may have unfavorable prognostic implications in cancer. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effects of sarcopenic obesity on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. A systematic literature search was conducted in the Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science databases for articles up to February 8, 2024.

Preoperative nutritional factors as predictors of postoperative early outcomes in colorectal cancer - A prospective cohort study.

Introduction: in colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery, preoperative nutritional factors are often overlooked or underestimated. This situation represents a significant deficiency that may negatively affect patients' postoperative recovery processes. Objective: the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of preoperative malnutrition, sarcopenia, obesity, and dietary inflammatory potential on early postoperative outcomes in CRC.

Evaluation of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), hypoxia-induced factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) and apelin 13 levels as new potential biomarkers for pulmonary thromboembolism: A prospective clinical study.

Aim: The objective was to evaluate the serum levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), hypoxia-induced factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α), and apelin 13 in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) and to investigate their diagnostic and prognostic role in PE patients with different mortality risk groups.

Material And Methods: This study was conducted in a tertiary referral center and included 124 subjects with 94 cases of PE and 30 cases of healthy control group. All subjects were 18 years of age or older.

Implications of obstructive sleep apnea on reproductive health: a study on anti-Mullerian hormone levels.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the association between anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) levels and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed to evaluate AMH levels in 68 premenopausal women diagnosed with OSA at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine. OSA severity was scored according to the 2018 AASM guidelines using a 16-channel Embla device.

The role of irisin in predicting obstructive sleep apnea severity among obese individuals: a comparative analysis.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of circulating irisin levels in discriminating the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in obese individuals.

Methods: This study was conducted on obese volunteers with and without OSA. All volunteers underwent polysomnography.

Do pre-burn center management algorithms work? Evaluation of pre-admission diagnosis and treatment adequacy of burn patients referred to a burn center.

Interventions for burn management until the patient is transferred to a burn center affect mortality and morbidity. Therefore, adherence to the developed algorithms is an important issue. This study aimed to determine deficiencies in different aspects of the implementation of these algorithms during the pre-admission diagnosis and treatment processes of patients referred to our burn center.

Factors determining the therapeutic level of positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Objectives: In daily practice, we encounter with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) patients who require different levels of positive airway pressure (PAP) despite having a similar apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI). We aimed to determine the parameters contributing to the determination of the therapeutic level of PAP.

Methods: Data on 548 patients who underwent polysomnography and PAP titration were analysed retrospectively.

Blood prestin levels in COVID-19 patients.

Background: Many studies have found that viral infections affect different tissues, including the inner ear. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a viral infection, is a significant health problem worldwide. Prestin is a motor protein with important functions both in the outer hair cells of the inner ear and in cardiac tissue.

The Efficiency of Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Differentiation of Malign and Benign Cavitary Lung Lesions.

Purpose: The present study investigates the diagnostic efficiency of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in differentiating between malignant and benign cavitary lesions on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI).

Materials And Methods: This prospective study included 45 consecutive patients identified with a cavitary lung lesion with a wall thickness of ≥5 mm on thoracic computed tomography in our clinic between 2020 and 2022, and who underwent thoracic DWI within 1 week of their original computed tomography. ADC measurements were made on DWI by drawing a region of interest manually from the cavity wall, away from the lung parenchyma in the axial section where the lesion was best demonstrated.

Effect of combined use of tolterodine and continuous positive airway pressure vs continuous positive airway pressure only treatment on overactive bladder symptoms in women with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a randomized clinical trial.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with urological symptoms, including overactive bladder (OAB). This study aims to determine whether combined tolterodine and CPAP therapies are more effective for patients with OSAS than CPAP treatment only.

Methods: Women who underwent polysomnography test and were diagnosed with moderate-to-severe OSAS with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) were included in the study.

Analysis of endogenous oxidative damage markers and association with pulmonary involvement severity in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.

Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 virus affects many organs, especially the lungs, with widespread inflammation. We aimed to compare the endogenous oxidative damage markers of coenzyme Q10, nicotinamide dinucleotide oxidase 4, malondialdehyde, and ischemia-modified albumin levels in patients with pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 and in an healthy control group. We also aimed to compare these parameters between patients with severe and non-severe pulmonary involvement.

Evaluation serum levels of YKL-40, Periostin, and some inflammatory cytokines together with IL-37, a new anti-inflammatory cytokine, in patients with stable and exacerbated asthma.

Introduction: As asthma has a wide range of inflammatory pathways, the researchers were focused on the markers that may be associated with exacerbation and stability in asthma.

Objective: Our aim is to investigate the serum levels of some inflammatory markers and cytokines in stable and exacerbated asthmatic patients.

Methods: The study included in 59 non-smoker asthma patient (Exacerbated=25, Stable=34) and 30 healthy volunteers.

NOX4, MDA, IMA and oxidative DNA damage: can these parameters be used to estimate the presence and severity of OSA?

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) involves recurrent obstructive apnoeas and hypopnoeas which cause cyclic hypoxia, reoxygenation and formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We aimed to investigate a member of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX) family of enzymes, specifically (NOX4), not previously studied in humans, as well as 8-OHdG/106dG, MDA and IMA, which are known to be associated with oxidative stress. We also evaluated these parameters in predicting the presence and severity of OSA.

Delftia acidovorans pneumonia with lung cavities formation.

Case Description: A 52-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with complaints of cough, sputum, fever and fatigue. The patient has been receiving immunosuppressive therapy for thrombocytopenic purpura for 5 years.

Clinical Finding: Inspiratory crackles were heard on both hemithorax.

Ewing's sarcoma of the lung: A rare case.

The Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT) incorporates both the wellrecognized primary bone and the extraskeletal soft tissue sarcomas. Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) and ESFT have a similar neural phenotype and can be considered in the same entity. Here, we will present 28 years old patient with Ewing Sarcoma.

Shear-Wave Elastography in the Characterization of Pleural Effusions.

The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy of shear-wave elastography (SWE) in the differentiation of transudative and exudative pleural effusions. This monocentric study comprised 60 cases (17 transudative, 43 exudative).Transthoracic SWE was performed in 60 cases for whom to use thoracentesis for the pleural fluid analysis was planned.

Usability of Transthoracic Shear Wave Elastography in Differentiation of Subpleural Solid Masses.

In this study, the effectiveness of transthoracic ultrasound elastography in the benign and malign distinction of subpleural/pleural solid lesions was investigated.Between July 2015 and December 2016, 33 consecutive patients with subpleural solid lesions detected via computed tomography (CT) of the thorax were identified and prospectively included in this study. The average for each lesion's shear wave velocity (SWV) value was detected, and benign and malignant lesions' SWV values are statistically compared.

Red cell distribution width and uric acid in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), characterized by recurrent partial or complete pharyngeal closure, resulting in apnea or hypopnea, is closely associated with cardiovascular disorders (CVDs). Elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) and serum uric acid (SUA) levels have also been associated with CVDs and the consequent mortality. The aim of this study is to determine SUA levels and RDW in patients with OSA which is major a risk factor for CVDs.

Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with an estimated prevalence in the general population of 2-5%. Its main clinical features are loud snoring and breathing stoppage during sleep. Ischemia could be a consequence of noise-induced hearing loss because cochlear oxygen tension is reduced during and after noise exposure.

Two-year survival of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects requiring invasive mechanical ventilation and the factors affecting survival.

Objective: To investigate two-year survival rates and the factors affecting survival in patients of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring invasive mechanical ventilation.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at Yuzuncuy?l University, Van, Turkey, and comprised record of in-patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who required invasive mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit of the Pulmonary Diseases Department between January 2007 and December 2010. Correlation between survival and parameters such as age, gender, duration of illness, history of smoking, arterial blood gas values, pulmonary artery pressure, left ventricular ejection fraction, body mass index and laboratory findings were investigated.

The relationships among the levels of oxidative and antioxidative parameters, FEV1 and prolidase activity in COPD.

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive condition characterized by poorly reversible airflow limitations associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lung.

Methods: We investigated whether prolidase levels in serum, total antioxidant status, total oxidative status (TOS), and the oxidative stress index (OSI) were associated with the etiopathogenesis of COPD, and whether there is a relationship between prolidase activity and oxidative parameters and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with COPD. This study included 91 patients with COPD and 15 control cases.

The Relationship Among Oxidative and Anti-Oxidative Parameters and Myeloperoxidase in Subjects With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent breathing disorder in sleep. It is characterized by intermittent hypoxia leading to hypoxemia, hypercapnia, sleep fragmentation, and increased respiratory efforts. We evaluated the relationship between OSA and myeloperoxidase activity, the oxidative stress index (OSI), total anti-oxidative capacity (TAC), and total oxidative capacity (TOC).

Loeffler's syndrome: an interesting case report.

Loeffler's syndrome is an acute pneumonia with an unclear cause. One fourth of Loeffler's syndrome patients are idiopathic, although the most common etiologic causes include parasites. Asymptomatic form is usually a reversible, self-limited disease, which does not require a specific treatment regimen.