Psychological state and predictors of psychiatric morbidity in COVID-19 patients six weeks after discharge.

To be able to detect possible psychological distress and long-term deterioration caused by COVID-19, following the patient, who has recovered, is crucial. Therefore, this study (i); aims to examine the ongoing fear-loss of control, the rate of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder levels following the 6th week after discharge; (ii) to examine the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on anxiety, and depression and (iii) within the same context to reveal the developmental markers of psychiatric morbidity and the risk group. The study includes 180 patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 diagnosis.

Are Lymphocytes and Eosinophils Associated with the COVID-19 Severity: A Large, Retrospective Study.

Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 is an ongoing disease with high morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate the relationship between demographics, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and the coronavirus disease 2019 severity at hospital admission.

Material And Methods: A retrospective, observational cross-sectional study was carried out with 5828 coronavirus disease 2019 patients between March 11, 2020, and November 30, 2020.

Use of Radiology, D-Dimer, and Mean Platelet Volume Combination as a Prognostic Marker in Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease-19 Patients.

Introduction: The search for biomarkers that could help in predicting disease prognosis in the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is still high on the agenda.

Objective: To find out the efficacy of D-dimer and mean platelet volume (MPV) combination as a prognostic marker in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with bilateral infiltration.

Materials And Methods: Study design: Retrospective observational cohort.

Evaluation of nephrotoxicity and prognosis in patients treated with colistin due to hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Introduction: Colistimethate sodium (CMS) is frequently used in the treatment of nosocomial multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections. Nephrotoxicity is the most important side effect. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of colistin on nephrotoxicity and to assess prognosis in patients treated with CMS due to hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP).

Obesity might be a good prognosis factor for COPD patients using domiciliary noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

Cachexia is known to be a deteriorating factor for survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but data related to obesity are limited. We observed that obese patients with COPD prescribed long-term noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) had better survival rate compared to nonobese patients. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective observational cohort study.

Approach of pulmonologists in Turkey to noninvasive mechanical ventilation use at home for chronic respiratory failure.

Introduction: To define approach of pulmonologists in Turkey to noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) use for chronic respiratory failure (CRF), the most currently applied technique for home mechanical ventilation.

Patients And Methods: A 38-question survey, developed and tested by the authors, was distributed throughout Turkey to 2205 pulmonologists by e-mail.

Result: Twenty-seven percent of the pulmonologists responded (n=596).

Approach of pulmonologists in Turkey to noninvasive mechanical ventilation use in acute respiratory failure.

Introduction: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) has been increasingly used worldwide for acute respiratory failure (ARF), especially in patients with chronic lung disorders. We aimed to define the approach of pulmonologists in Turkey to NIV use for ARF management.

Materials And Methods: A 38-question survey, developed and tested by authors, was distributed by e-mail to a total of 2.

Thrombocytopenia: A Risk Factor of Mortality for Patients with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the intensive care unit (ICU) and long-term mortality in sepsis patients with/without thrombocytopenia on the fifth day of ICU admission.

Materials And Methods: The retrospective observational cohort study was performed in a teaching hospital, and patients with sepsis who stayed more than 4 days in the ICU between January 2012 and December 2012 were included. Patients were divided into two groups according to thier platelet count at fifth day of ICU stay: Group 1, < 150.

Comparison of exercise capacity in COPD and other etiologies of chronic respiratory failure requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation at home: retrospective analysis of 1-year follow-up.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to compare the change in 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) in 1 year as an indicator of exercise capacity among patients undergoing home non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) due to chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) caused by different etiologies.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary pulmonary disease hospital in patients who had completed 1-year follow-up under home NIMV because of CHRF with different etiologies (ie, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], obesity hypoventilation syndrome [OHS], kyphoscoliosis [KS], and diffuse parenchymal lung disease [DPLD]), between January 2011 and January 2012. The results of arterial blood gas (ABG) analyses and spirometry, and 6MWD measurements with 12-month interval were recorded from the patient files, in addition to demographics, comorbidities, and body mass indices.

Case fatality rate related to nosocomial and ventilator-associated pneumonia in an ICU: a single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Background: Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) have been associated with financially significant economic burden and increased case fatality rate in adult intensive care units (ICUs). This study was designed to evaluate case fatality rate among patients with NP and VAP in a respiratory ICU.

Methods: In 2008-2013, VAP and NP in the ICUs were included in this retrospective single-centre cohort study.

Does eosinophilic COPD exacerbation have a better patient outcome than non-eosinophilic in the intensive care unit?

Background: COPD exacerbations requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission have a major impact on morbidity and mortality. Only 10%-25% of COPD exacerbations are eosinophilic.

Aim: To assess whether eosinophilic COPD exacerbations have better outcomes than non-eosinophilic COPD exacerbations in the ICU.

Does Total Parenteral Nutrition Increase the Mortality of Patients with Severe Sepsis in the ICU?

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the independent association between total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and nosocomial infection and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in patients with severe pulmonary sepsis.

Material And Methods: The present study was designed as a retrospective observational cohort study. We enrolled all patients with severe sepsis due to pulmonary infections who stayed more than 24 h in the respiratory ICU between January 2009 and December 2010.

Full-Time ICU Staff in the Intensive Care Unit: Does It Improve the Outcome?

Objectives: Patients with various severities are cared for in the intensive care unit (ICU) by an experienced ICU physician. We aimed to assess whether there is any difference in intubated ICU patient management when undertaken by a 24-hour intensivist versus a periodic experienced specialist in the ICU.

Material And Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study was done in a tertiary teaching hospital ICU.

How do COPD comorbidities affect ICU outcomes?

Background And Aim: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) frequently require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for application of mechanical ventilation (MV). We aimed to determine whether comorbidities and clinical variables present at ICU admission are predictive of ICU mortality.

Methods: A retrospective, observational cohort study was performed in a tertiary teaching hospital's respiratory ICU using data collected between January 2008 and December 2012.

Reasons for ICU demand and long-term follow-up of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cohort.

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) can necessitate mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients with COPD. We evaluated the reasons COPD patients are admitted to the ICU and assessed long-term outcomes in a retrospective cohort study in a respiratory level-III ICU of a teaching government hospital between November 2007 and April 2012. All COPD patients admitted to ICU for the first time were enrolled and followed for 12 months.

The safety of beta-blocker use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit.

Background: The safety of beta-blockers as a heart rate-limiting drug (HRLD) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) has not been properly assessed in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. This study aims to compare the use of beta-blocker drugs relative to non-beta-blocker ones in COPD patients with ARF due to heart rate-limiting with respect to length of ICU stay and mortality.

Methods: We performed a retrospective (January 2011-December 2012) case-control study in a level III ICU in a teaching hospital.

Castleman's disease presenting as a pleural mass in the thoracic cavity.

A 61-year-old non-smoking Turkish woman presented with chest pain for 10 months. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a solitary, relatively well circumscribed, heterogeneous mass of 4 x 6 cm diameter in left posterior-lateral hemithorax. On thoracotomy, an extraparanchymal mass destructing the ribs was determined.

C-reactive protein as a predictor of mortality in patients affected with severe sepsis in intensive care unit.

Background: Severe sepsis is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). Numerous biomarkers have been assessed to predict outcome and CRP is widely used. However, the relevance for mortality risk of the CRP level and the day when it is measured have not been well studied.

Management of kyphoscoliosis patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit and during long term follow up.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the ICU management and long-term outcomes of kyphoscoliosis patients with respiratory failure.

Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study was performed in a respiratory ICU and outpatient clinic from 2002-2011. We enrolled all kyphoscoliosis patients admitted to the ICU and followed-up at regular intervals after discharge.