The effect of the challenges experienced by nurses during the pandemic on their intention to leave work: the mediating role of the performance.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, negative working conditions in the nursing profession have worsened, and nurses have experienced various challenges that have increased their intention to leave work. Findings on the role of nurse performance under such conditions are limited.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the role of performance in the effect of the challenges experienced by nurses during the pandemic on their intention to leave work.

The effect of ruminative thoughts on sexuality in obese women.

Objectives: Ruminative thoughts play a significant role in the pathogenesis of disorders such as anxiety and depression. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of ruminative thoughts on the sexual functions of obese and non-obese women.

Methods: This case-control study included individuals sexually active women aged 18 and above, and under 46 years, who applied to the university hospital's obesity clinic in 2021 and had not previously been diagnosed with the patient and/or their partner with organic and/or psychiatric diseases that could cause sexual dysfunction and/or being under treatment, as well as pregnancy.

Reducing Test Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Educational assessments can affect students' mental health, particularly during a pandemic. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are widely efficacious for reducing test anxiety, as well as general anxiety and rumination. However, the effectiveness of these two therapies for students during COVID-19 is unclear.

The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Brief Irritability Test.

Objective: Although irritability is a widely used term, it has no universal definition. Irritability is an emotional process that can be defined by a tendency to negative emotional states. No Turkish scale has been developed or adapted to measure irritability in adults.

Sexual behaviour change in seronegative limbic encephalitis due to the involvement of the left amygdala.

Limbic encephalitis (LE), a rare cause of encephalitis, generally presents with neuropsychiatric manifestations, memory deficits, seizures, and movement disorders. The case of a 41-year-old female patient with LE involving the left amygdala is presented. The patient was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of unconsciousness and seizures.

Intravenous immunoglobulin in hemolytic disease of the newborn: A moving target in time.

Background: Alloimmune hemolytic disease of the newborn (AIHDN) results in hemolysis, anemia, hyperbilirubinemia with the potential for brain damage. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been investigated as an alternative low-risk procedure for the treatment of AIHDN in addition to traditional treatment methods such as phototherapy and exchange transfusion (ET).

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of IVIG therapy in decreasing ET needs based on risk factors and clinical outcomes.

Safety of an operculoinsulectomy in the language-dominant hemisphere for refractory epilepsy.

Background: Operculoinsular cortectomy is increasingly recognized as a therapeutic avenue for perisylvian refractory epilepsy. However, most neurosurgeons are reluctant to perform this type of procedure because of feared neurological complications, especially in the language-dominant hemisphere, as the insula is involved in speech and language processes. The goal of this retrospective study is to quantify the incidence and types of speech and language deficits associated with operculoinsulectomies in the dominant hemisphere for language, and to identify factors associated with these complications.

Relation of Repetitive Thinking Styles with Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between the repetitive thinking styles and anxiety and depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). One hundred IBD outpatients (39 active and 61 remission) attending the gastroenterology clinic and 100 healthy controls were included.The rumination and worry scores of IBD patients, particularly in their active period, were significantly higher than controls.

Comparison of Work-Related Stress between Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Doctors: A Single Center Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: In this study we aimed to examine and compare the stress levels and the factors affecting stress levels of physicians working in Emergency Medicine (EM) and Internal Medicine (IM) Departments.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study performed in a research and training hospital. The study population consisted of 39 physicians.

Post-traumatic embitterment symptoms among woman victims of February 28th post-modern coup of Turkey after two decades: A comparative cross-sectional study.

Background: Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) is characterized by embitterment reaction to stressful life events, which are seen as unjust and as a violation of basic beliefs. On 28 February 1997, a so-called post-modern coup took place in Turkey, declaring a ban on hijab which had a significant impact on women's lives by eliminating them from public sphere if they were to wear hijab.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of PTED symptoms among woman victims of the coup after two decades, and to investigate its correlations.

Acute Peritoneal Dialysis in Premature Infants.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the underlying causes and outcomes of less than 1500 g birth weight infants who underwent acute peritoneal dialysis (PD).

Methods: Case records of infants with birthweight less than 1500 g from January 2015 to June 2018 were reviewed.

Results: The median (range) birth weight and gestational age of the patients were 720 g (555-1055) and 26 weeks (23-27.

Is the First Postnatal Platelet Mass as an Indicator of Patent Ductus Arteriosus?

Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether there is an association between the platelet mass and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure in premature newborns.

Methods: Preterm infants (gestational age ≤33 weeks) with hemodynamically significant PDA (group 1, n = 178) and a control group of preterm infants without PDA (group 2, n = 211) were retrospectively evaluated between August 1, 2013 and July 30, 2015 in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Platelet counts and platelet indices including mean platelet volume (MPV), and platelet mass (platelet count x mean platelet volume) in the first 24 hours of life, demographic findings and morbidities were recorded.

Efficacy of levetiracetam in premature infants: our experience and review of the literature.

To evaluate levetiracetam (LEV) efficacy in preterm infants admitted in NICU. Clinical characteristics of 26 preterm infants treated with LEV were evaluated retrospectively. The results were compared with those of 44 preterm infants from the literature who were given LEV.

Neonatology oxidative status in preterm infants with premature preterm rupture of membranes and fetal inflammatuar response syndrome.

Background: The aim of this study, to determine an index of oxidative stress index in preterm infants less than 34 weeks gestational age with premature preterm rupture of membrane (PPROM) and fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS).

Methods: This study was designed as a prospective study. Fifty-one premature infants less than 35 weeks of gestational age were included in the study.

Does platelet mass influence the effectiveness of ibuprofen treatment for patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants?

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the platelet mass in the first 24 h of life is effective on closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) or not.

Study Design: Preterm infants with a gestational age of < 32 weeks, hospitalized at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and requiring medical treatment (intravenous or oral ibuprofen) for hemodinamically significant PDA (hsPDA) were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into two groups after first course of pharmacologic treatment according to closure of PDA (Group 1: PDA closure, Group 2: PDA without closure).

Metabolic syndrome in patients undergoing coronary angiography.

Introduction: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is basically a cluster of cardiovascular risks that involve changes in metabolic and hemodynamic indicators; various organizations have defined it with small differences. Metabolic syndrome is a lethal endocrinopathy starting with insulin resistance and inviting a chain of systemic disorders such as abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, hypertension (HT) and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Material And Methods: This prospective and descriptive study was conducted at the Cardiology Clinic of a Private Hospital in Osmaniye between January 2014 and May 2014.

Beneficial effects of methylene blue on the acute phase of corrosive esophageal burn in rats.

Introduction: The aim of the article is to investigate the beneficial effects of methylene blue (MB) on the acute phase of experimental corrosive esophageal burns.

Materials And Methods: A total of 21 male Sprague-Dawley rats were allocated into three groups with an equal number in each group. In Group 1 (control), the esophageal lumen was irrigated with saline.

The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor overexpression in experimental necrotizing enterocolitis.

Purpose: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious condition, predominantly observed in premature infants. We used an experimental NEC model to investigate the effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) cloned into a plasmid.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four newborn Wistar albino rats were randomized equally into three groups as follows: control, NEC and NEC+VEGF.

Protective effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on stricture formation in corrosive esophageal burns in rats.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on stricture formation in corrosive esophageal burns.

Materials And Methods: A total of 21 male rats were divided equally into three groups. In Group 1 (burn) and Group 2 (burn + DMSO) burns were induced in the distal esophagi with a 30% NaOH solution.

Primary school teachers' knowledge about and attitudes toward anaphylaxis.

Background: One in 10,000 children experiences an anaphylactic attack, every year. It has been demonstrated that 82% of these attacks occur in children of school age and that most of the attack-related deaths have occurred in schools. In this study, we aimed to investigate primary school teachers' knowledge about and attitudes toward anaphylaxis.

Impact of early weight loss on growth of Caesarean delivered babies: how long does it last?

Background: We hypothesized that Caesarean delivered babies might experience excessive weight loss during neonatal period.

Aim: To investigate amount of weight loss among Caesarean delivered babies with exclusive breastfeeding and to identify role of relative weight change (RWC) in early postnatal period on the growth of infants in subsequent months.

Methods: We studied healthy infants born ≥36 completed weeks, by Caesarean section between September 2008 and August 2009, with Apgar scores >7.

The effect of Helicobacter pylori and economic status on growth parameters and leptin, ghrelin, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I concentrations in children.

Background: It was suggested that gastric colonization with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) was associated with suboptimal nutrition and growth in childhood. Furthermore, several studies indicated a relationship between H.