Evaluation of brain metabolism using F18-FDG PET/CT imaging in patients diagnosed with lung cancer.

Objectives: Brain imaging of regional metabolic changes in cancer patients can provide insights into cancer biology. We aimed to detect regional metabolic changes in the brains of untreated lung cancer patients without brain metastases using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoroglucose PET/computed tomography.

Methods: The study included 44 lung cancer patients and 17 non-cancer patients as controls.

The effects of aromatherapy and music on pain, anxiety, and stress levels in palliative care patients.

Aim: Pain and anxiety levels in palliative care patients negatively impact their quality of life, highlighting the need for research on non-pharmacological methods. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of music and aromatherapy interventions on pain, anxiety, and stress levels in these patients.

Material And Methods: The research was designed as a single-blind, four-group, randomized controlled trial.

Developing an ethical attitude scale for pain management in nursing.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to develop the 'Developing an Ethical Attitude Scale for Pain Management in Nursing' to assign the ethical attitudes of nurses in pain management.

Methods: The population of the study comprised nurses (n=411) working in a university hospital in İzmir. The Ethical Attitude Scale in Nursing Pain Management was developed in five sub-dimensions: 'Care and Dignity,' 'Ethical Values,' 'Attitude,' 'Rights,' and 'Pain Management.

Importance of Source Control in the Subgroup of Intra-Abdominal Infections for Septic Shock Patients: Analysis of 390 Cases.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of septic shock (SS) associated with intraabdominal infections (IAI) as well as associated mortality and efficacy of early source control in a tertiary-care educational hospital.

Methods: Patients who had SS with IAI and consulted by Infectious Diseases consultants between December 2013 and October 2022 during night shifts in our centre were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: A total number of 390 patients were included.

Intravenous high-dose anakinra drops venous thrombosis and acute coronary syndrome in severe and critical COVID-19 patients: a propensity score matched study.

In our study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of high-dose intravenous anakinra treatment on the development of thrombotic events in severe and critical COVID-19 patients. This retrospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary referral center in Aksaray, Turkey. The study population consisted of two groups as follows; the patients receiving high-dose intravenous anakinra (anakinra group) added to background therapy and the patients treated with standard of care (SoC) as a historical control group.