A life-threatening haemoptysis case that would have been defined as idiopathic before the COVID-19 era.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by respiratory infection which can show very different clinical pictures, somewhat changing medical paradigm. Hemoptysis defined as idiopathic can be seen as much as 15%. Currently, increasing hemoptysis cases are being reported in medical coronavirus literature.

Mapping the tobacco retailers in edirne, Turkey.

Objective: The youth smoking rate is on the rise in Turkey. Although many marketing bans have been effectively implemented, regulations related to retail tobacco outlets have gone unnoticed and have not been effectively supervised. In this study, we aimed to show the lack of legal regulation related to the high retail tobacco outlet density with displays.

Did unprogrammed tobacco control efforts over seven years decrease smoking prevalence in the medical school?

Medical students will have significant roles in combating against death tool of tobacco. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether any decrease in the smoking prevalence of the medical students over seven years of many tobacco control efforts. A self-administered questionnaire was carried out among 764 of 854 (89.

Integration of GARD Turkey national program with other non-communicable diseases plans in Turkey.

For the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD), an action plan on NCDs is intended to support coordinated, comprehensive and integrated implementation of strategies and evidence-based interventions across individual diseases and risk factors, especially at the national and regional levels by World Health Organization (WHO). The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) is making every attempt to align with WHO's non-communicable diseases action plan. GARD activities have been commenced in over 40 countries and in 11 countries an integrated NCD action plan is being prepared or has already been initiated.

The WHO global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases in Turkey (GARD Turkey).

In order to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the 61st World Health Assembly has endorsed an NCD action plan (WHA resolution 61.14). A package for essential NCDs including chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) has also been developed.

A low prevalance of purified protein derivative test positivity in Turkish patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Association with clinical features and HRCT findings.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the frequency of purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test positivity and associated clinical features in RA patients.

Materials And Methods: We included 94 (80 F, 14 M, mean age: 55.8) consecutive RA patients with a disease duration of 8.

The cost of lung cancer in Turkey.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the individual and societal burden of lung cancer in Turkey. A total of 103 cases with lung cancer attended our department between January 2002 and February 2003 were included in our study prospectively. The primary outcome measure was the cost of disease until death of the patients or the end of study.

Lung cancer histopathology in the Thrace region of Turkey and comparison with national data.

Following the trends in lung cancer (LC) morbidity and mortality rates can show past trends of cigarette smoking and can give clues on some geographical factors. The demographics of LC patients and the histopathologic distribution of their disease in the Thrace region of Turkey have yet to be defined. A retrospective chart review of primary LC patients admitted to the pulmonology department of Trakya University Hospital between 1992 and 2001 was performed.

Antituberculosis drug resistance and associated risk factors in the European section of Turkey.

Background: We carried out this study in order to establish the prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and to determine risk factors for the development of resistance in Trakya region of Turkey.

Methods: Pattern of drug resistance in 214 M. tuberculosis isolates from patients with tuberculosis treated at the regional tuberculosis dispensaries were included in the study.

Thallium-201 SPECT in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: in relation with chemotherapeutic response, survival, distant metastasis and p53 status.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between 201Tl tumor uptake, chemotherapeutic response, metastasis, p53 status and survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: A total of 23 patients underwent 201Tl SPECT. In 9 patients, 2nd 201Tl SPECT study were performed 1 week after the 3rd cycle of chemotherapy (ChT), and early (ER) and delayed (DR) tumor/normal lung ratios and retention indices (RI) were obtained.

99mTc-MIBI SPET in non-small cell lung cancer in relationship with Pgp and prognosis.

Higher technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) uptake in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported to be associated with a positive response to chemotherapy. It has previously been found that in tumour cells, P-glycoprotein (Pgp) expression is of importance for tracer uptake. However, some studies have indicated that Pgp expression does not play an important role in (99m)Tc-MIBI uptake in NSCLC; indeed, a negative correlation between (99m)Tc-MIBI uptake and Pgp expression has been reported.

Monitoring the chemotherapeutic response in primary lung cancer using 99mTc-MIBI SPET.

Prediction and evaluation of the response to chemotherapy (CTx) are important for the correct and cost-effective treatment of patients with primary lung cancer. Although fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is accepted as the most useful and accurate nuclear medicine technique for this purpose, its expense and limited availability restrict its use. Compared with PET agents, technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI), which is used in nuclear oncology, is cheaper and available in any nuclear medicine clinic.

Monitoring the chemotherapeutic response in primary lung cancer using (99m)Tc-MIBI SPET.

Prediction and evaluation of the response to chemotherapy (CTx) are important for the correct and cost-effective treatment of patients with primary lung cancer. Although fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is accepted as the most useful and accurate nuclear medicine technique for this purpose, its expense and limited availability restrict its use. Compared with PET agents, technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI), which is used in nuclear oncology, is cheaper and available in any nuclear medicine clinic.

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica.

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare disorder with unknown aetiology. We report one case of TO in a patient with non-Hodgkin pulmonary lymphoma and benign epidermal and trichylemmal cysts on the periorbital region and scalp. To the authors' knowledge, the coincidence of these processes has never been described before.

High resolution computed tomographic findings in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Background: Although chest radiographs usually provide adequate information for the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis, minimal exudative tuberculosis can be overlooked on standard chest radiographs. The aim of the present study was to assess the findings of active pulmonary tuberculosis on high resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) scans, and to evaluate their possible use in determining disease activity.

Methods: Thirty two patients with newly diagnosed active pulmonary tuberculosis and 34 patients with inactive pulmonary tuberculosis were examined.