Do nonobese patients with Behçet's disease have insulin resistance?

Background: Some studies have investigated the relationship between Behçet's disease (BD) and insulin resistance; however, since they did not exclude obese patients from their sample, it remains unclear whether BD itself causes insulin resistance independently of obesity.

Methods: The study included 60 patients with BD and 45 age-, gender-, and body mass index (BMI)-matched healthy controls. Obese patients with a BMI of ≥30 kg/m² were excluded.

Impact of preoperative cardiology consultation prior to intermediate-risk surgical procedures.

Background: Patients undergoing noncardiac, nonvascular surgery (NCNVS) are at risk of perioperative cardiovascular events. However, benefits of cardiology consultation (CC) in patients with known or suspected cardiac disease undergoing intermediate-risk NCNVS is unknown.

Methods: The study group included 700 consecutive patients referred for CC before intermediate-risk NCNVS in a tertiary-care teaching hospital.

Effect of transfusion of washed red blood cells on serumpotassium level in hemodialysis patients.

Background/aim: This study aimed to compare washed red blood cell (WRBC) transfusion versus nonwashed RBC (NWRBC) transfusion in terms of posttransfusion potassium levels in dialysis patients on a day when the patient did not receive dialysis.

Materials And Methods: The patients were randomly assigned into two groups, i.e.

The Role of Left Atrial Volume Index in Patients with a First-ever Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Background: Although an enlarged left atrium has recently emerged as a marker of adverse outcomes in various diseases, its discriminatory value and prognostic role in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) are not well studied. We studied whether left atrial volume index (LAVI) predicts mortality and discriminates stroke subtypes after AIS.

Methods: We prospectively followed 310 consecutive first-ever AIS patients aged 50 years or older who were admitted to the hospital within 24 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms.

Proteinuria associated with mTOR inhibitors after kidney transplant.

Objectives: The mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors sirolimus and everolimus are immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients, but adverse events may include proteinuria. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of sirolimus and everolimus on creatinine clearance and proteinuria after kidney transplant.

Materials And Methods: This study was a prospective evaluation period of 50 patients (age, 16-65 y) who had kidney transplant.

Acute kidney injury in the elderly hospitalized patients.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate acute kidney injury (AKI), occurrence of recovery and risk factors associated with permanent kidney injury and mortality in the elderly individuals.

Design: Evidence for this study was obtained from retrospective cohort study from our center.

Patients: A total of 193 patients (>65 years, mean age: 79.

Impact of perioperative acute ischemic stroke on the outcomes of noncardiac and nonvascular surgery: a single centre prospective study.

Background: Although ischemic stroke is a well-known complication of cardiovascular surgery it has not been extensively studied in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the predictors and outcomes of perioperative acute ischemic stroke (PAIS) in patients undergoing noncardiothoracic, nonvascular surgery (NCS).

Methods: We prospectively evaluated patients undergoing NCS and enrolled patients older than 18 years who underwent an elective, non-daytime, open surgical procedure.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: current state of knowledge, new developments and future directions.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy affecting women in late pregnancy or early puerperium. Although initially described in the late 1800s, it has only recently been recognized as a distinct cardiac condition. The reported incidence and prognosis varies according to geography.

Urinary gamma-glutamyl transferase-to-creatinine ratio as an indicator of tubular function in Bence Jones proteinuria.

Increased urinary gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity suggests early renal tubular damage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the urinary GGT activity as a marker of renal injury in different types of Bence Jones Proteinuria (BJP). One hundred and three individuals with BJP were included in the study.

Increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Objective: The increased incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been reported previously. We aimed to evaluate the presence of metabolic syndrome and to assess the insulin resistance associated with chronic inflammation in patients with PsA.

Methods: Fifty-nine (34 females, 25 males) consecutive PsA patients were enrolled in this study.

Thyroid functions after contrast agent administration for coronary angiography: a prospective observational study in euthyroid patients.

Objective: This study aims to investigate long-term effects of iodinated radiographic contrast media used for coronary angiography (CAG) on the thyroid function in euthyroid patients.

Methods: In a prospective observational cohort study, nonionic iodinated contrast material was electively used in 101 patients for coronary angiography. The patients were recruited without age restrictions and, at baseline, all had normal levels of free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4) and thyrotropin (TSH).

Thyroid autoimmunity and Behçet's disease: is there a significant association?

Background: Behcet's disease (BD) could be regarded as an autoimmune disease in many aspects. Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) is frequently accompanied by other various autoimmune diseases. Nevertheless, there is not still enough data showing the association between BD and ATD.

Factor V Leiden mutation-related chronic skin ulcers.

Chronic skin ulcers require extensive, systemic differential diagnosis; thus, they are difficult to diagnose and treat. Transient or persistent hypercoagulable states are among the rare causes of skin ulcers. Here, we present the case of a 27-year-old woman patient with recurrent, nonhealing skin ulcers of 8 years' duration, who had been treated unsuccessfully with various medications under different diagnoses at different clinics.

Does smoking affect thyroid gland enlargement and nodule formation in iodine-sufficient regions?

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of smoking on thyroid nodule formation and goiter development in healthy subjects living in Istanbul, an iodine-sufficient region. This study was designed as a prospective, randomized, and observational study.

Methods: Included in the study were voluntary hospital staff and relatives of patients between the ages of 28 and 71 who had no known disease or drug use, who have been living in Istanbul and had been smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day for at least 10years.

Severe hypercalcemia due to teriparatide.

Osteoporosis that is by far the most common metabolic bone disease, has been defined as a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk of fracture. Anabolic therapy with teriparatide, recombinant human parathyroid hormone (PTH 1-34), stimulates bone formation and resorption and improves trabecular and cortical microarchitecture. Teriparatide is indicated for the treatment of men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk for fracture, including those who have failed or are intolerant of previous osteoporosis therapy.