"COVID-19: The final nail in the coffin for physical examination" Evaluation of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on physical examination habits of residents in a university hospital: A cross-sectional survey.

Aims: It is evident that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the medical practice and training of residents. In this study, we evaluated the physical examination (PE) habits of residents working in a university hospital and how their PE practices did change during the pandemic.

Methods: This single-centre, non-interventional, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital using an online survey questionnaire between 5 and 20 October 2020.

Mean platelet volume in familial Mediterranean fever related AA amyloidosis and comparison with common primary glomerular diseases.

Background/aim: Compared to healthy controls, mean platelet volume (MPV) is frequently higher in patients with Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) but lower in AA amyloidosis patients. The reason for the difference in MPV levels in FMF patients with and without AA amyloidosis is unclear. The aim of the study was to determine whether low MPV is unique to AA amyloidosis or MPV is similarly low in all glomerular diseases as a result of proteinuria and/or renal dysfunction.