Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Postextubation Dysphagia Screening Tool.

Patients who have been intubated ≥48 hours are at risk of dysphagia. Evaluation of swallowing before starting oral feeding after extubation is necessary to prevent aspiration and the problems caused by aspiration. The Postextubation Dysphagia Screening tool is a validated and reliable tool used to evaluate extubation-induced dysphagia.

Evaluation of Long-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases Readmitted to Intensive Care Units Due to Acute Respiratory Failure: Point Prevalence Study.

Objective:  Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused morbidity and mortality worldwide. Besides the acute effects, subacute and long-term effects are defined as long-COVID causing morbidity. The intensive care unit (ICU) data of long-COVID-19 cases were evaluated with the participation of 11 centers.

Risk factors for carbapenem-resistant infections in Intensive Care Units: a multicentre case-control study with a competing-risks analysis.

Aim: This study investigated the risk factors for the development of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections in adult patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

Methods: A multicentre case-control study was conducted in ICUs in three tertiary hospitals in Turkey. The cases were patients culture-confirmed CRKP and a condition associated with healthcare-associated infections.

Vaccination status of COVID-19 patients followed up in the ICU in a country with heterologous vaccination policy: A multicenter national study in Turkey.

Objective: Vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-2) prevents the development of serious diseases has been shown in many studies. However, the effect of vaccination on outcomes in COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care is not clear.

Methods: This is a retrospective multicenter study conducted in 17 intensive care unit (ICU) in Turkey between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021.

Adverse outcomes and maternal complications in pregnant women with severe-critical COVID-19: a tertiary center experience.

Objectives: This study aimed to present perinatal outcomes, clinical challenges, and basic ICU management in pregnant women with severe-critical COVID-19 at our tertiary referral center.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, patients were divided into two groups, whether they survived or not. Clinical characteristics, obstetric and neonatal outcomes, initial laboratory test results and radiologic imaging findings, arterial blood gas parameters at ICU admission, and ICU complications and interventions were compared between groups.

Effectiveness of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for COVID-19 Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case-Control Study.

Objective: Many methods are used in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which causes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and there are conflicting reports in the literature regarding the results of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy, which is one of those methods. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of MSC treatment applied together with standard treatments on survival.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective case-control study evaluates the survival effect of MSC treatment administered to patients treated in intensive care after the development of ARDS due to COVID-19 between March 2020 and March 2021.

Comparison of clinical and radiological characteristics of COVID-19 patients with and without pneumothorax and/or pneumediastinum.

Introduction: Pneumothorax (PTX) and pneumomediastinum (PM) are frequently encountered in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and complicate the management of these patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the risk factors that cause PTX/PM complications in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 pneumonia and the effects of these complications on the course of the disease.

Materials And Methods: A total of 503 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in the COVID-19 ward or intensive care unit (ICU) between September 2020 and December 2020 were included in the study.

Difficult airway management and emergency tracheostomy in a patient with giant goiter presenting with respiratory arrest: A case report.

Giant goiter is commonly asymptomatic or progresses with nonspecific symptoms, such as pain, hoarseness and dysphagia. In rare cases, enlargement of the thyroid may cause compression of the trachea and lead to life-threatening complications. As a result of iodization programs implemented throughout the world to address iodine deficiency disorders, giant goiter is rare today.

COVID-19 Pneumonia and Intensive Care Treatment of a Lung Transplant Recipient.

In the COVID-19 pandemic presently affecting the whole world, solid-organ transplant recipients under immunosuppressive therapy are at higher risk than the general population. COVID-19 infection primarily affects the lungs, and so the risk is further increased in lung transplant recipients. The course of COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients is unclear.

Risk factors for noncatheter-related Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care units: A multicenter case-control study.

Candida bloodstream infections are associated with high mortality among critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Studies that explore the risk factors for candidemia may support better patient care in intensive care units. We conducted a retrospective, multicenter case-control study to investigate the risk factors for noncatheter-related Candida bloodstream infections (CBSI) in adult ICUs.

Combined portal, splenic and mesenteric venous thrombosis in inactive ulcerative colitis with heterozygous mutation in MTHFR gene: A rare case of thrombophilia.

Thrombophilia is a rare but potentially catastrophic phenomenon occurring in patients having tendency of thrombosis. It may lead to serious complications. The etiology of thrombophilia is thought to be multifactorial and related to both acquired and inherited factors.