Publications by authors named "J Sedef Gocmen"
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- Early diagnosis of occult cancer in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients might lead to quicker treatment and better outcomes, prompting this study to compare mortality rates based on when cancers were diagnosed.
- The research analyzed data from AIS patients treated between 2015 and 2020, finding that out of 3894 patients, 1.5% were diagnosed with new cancer within a year, with a nearly even split between those diagnosed during hospitalization and after discharge.
- Results indicated no significant difference in long-term mortality between the two groups, suggesting that the timing of cancer diagnosis does not impact survival rates, highlighting the need for larger studies to verify these findings.
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- Cancer patients have a higher risk of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and may have a cardiac right-to-left shunt (RLS), but the relationship between RLS and cancer in AIS is unclear.
- In a study of 2,236 AIS patients, only 4.6% had active cancer, and RLS was found less frequently in these patients compared to those without cancer.
- The findings suggest that arterial causes could be more significant than paradoxical embolism in cancer-related strokes, indicating a need for further research on treatment options like patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for these patients.
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- * Researchers have developed polyethylene glycol (PEG)-like thin films using a custom plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD) method to improve the antifouling properties of catheters, aiming to reduce bacterial attachment.
- * Experimental results indicated that these PEG-like coated catheters significantly decrease bacterial and protein attachment over a 30-day period, with supporting evidence from various analytical techniques showing no toxicity.
Background And Aim: Identification of paraneoplastic hypercoagulability in stroke patients helps to guide investigations and prevent stroke recurrence. A previous study demonstrated an association between the absence of the susceptibility vessel sign (SVS) on brain MRI and active cancer in patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy. The present study aimed to confirm this finding and assess an association between the absence of the hyperdense vessel sign (HVS) on head CT and active cancer in all stroke patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Candida infections are gaining more attention for the last few decades so diagnostic tools are very important for early diagnosis. Conventional identification of yeasts is time-consuming, molecular methods are more complicated and relatively expensive gold-standard methods. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was put into the market due to its speed and high accuracy.
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