Hospital-acquired pressure injury: our seven years of experience.

Objective: A pressure injury (PI) happens on the skin and in deeper tissues. Generally, it occurs due to prolonged compression over bony structures. A PI, when occurring during a hospital stay, is regarded as a hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI), and is considered as a marker for patient care quality.

Evaluation of irrational drug use of individuals over the age of 18 who applied to a university hospital.

Background: Irrational drug use not only causes a delay in the treatment of patients, failure to achieve full well-being, drug interactions and side effects, drug resistance but also creates economic negativities such as waste of resources and unnecessary workload. This study aims to investigate the irrational drug use behaviors of individuals over the age of 18 who applied to a university hospital.

Methods: This sectional study included 1247 people over the age of 18 who applied for Gazi University Health, Research and Application Center.

Evaluation of the effect of methylprednisolone and N-acetylcystein on anastomotic degeneration and regeneraton of the facial nerve.

Objectives: This study was aimed to determine the effects of methylprednisolone and N-acetylcystein on nerve healing in facial nerve anastomosis.

Methods: Thirty rabbits were randomly divided into 3 groups: Group I: control group received no medication; Group II: 50mg/kg/day N-acetylcystein administered group; Group III, 1mg/kg/day Methylprednisolone administered group. All rabbits underwent the same standard surgical procedure.

Efficacy of glial growth factor and nerve growth factor on the recovery of traumatic facial paralysis.

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of Glial growth factor (GGF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) on nerve regeneration in facial nerve anastomosis. In this study, approximately a 1-mm segment was resected from the facial nerve and the free ends were anastomosed. All animals underwent the same surgical procedure and 30 rabbits were grouped randomly in three groups.

[Ear symptoms accompanying temporomandibular joint diseases].

Objectives: We investigated symptoms of otologic diseases in patients with temporomandibular joint diseases.

Patients And Methods: The study included 44 patients (26 females, 18 males; mean age 36+/-10.7 years; range 21 to 58 years) with temporomandibular joint disease.

[The levels of vitamins A, E, B12 and folic acid in noise-induced hearing loss].

Objectives: To investigate the levels of vitamin A, E, B12, folic acid in employees with hearing loss due to noise.

Patients And Methods: Employees in a local hydroelectric powerhouse who suffered from hearing loss due to noise were included in the study. Study and control groups were composed of 28 employees (mean age 37+/-5 years) and 30 voluntary subjects (mean age 36+/-4 years), respectively.

Roles of free radicals, nitric oxide, and scavenging enzymes in nasal polyp development.

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO), free oxygen radicals, and scavenging enzymes in the development of nasal polyp (NP) disease. This study included 41 patients who underwent endoscopic surgery because of NPs. Control specimens were taken from the inferior turbinate of 32 patients who underwent septoplasty.

The role of viruses in idiopathic peripheral facial palsy and cellular immune response.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of viruses on the idiopathic peripheral facial palsy and show the interaction of immune system.

Materials And Methods: The levels of immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM antibodies against to varicella-zoster virus (VZV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV), and mumps virus in venous blood taken from patients in the amount of 10 mL have been investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) were also examined.

Comparative analysis of serum homocysteine, folic acid and Vitamin B12 levels in patients with noise-induced hearing loss.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the levels of homocysteine, folic acid, and Vitamin B12 in subjects with noise-induced hearing loss. Furthermore, possible links between these parameters and noise-induced hearing loss were aimed to be evaluated.

Methods: In the present study, blood samples were obtained from all subjects after overnight fasting for biochemical analysis.

Early stage impacts of tonsillectomy on immune functions of children.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in the humoral and cellular immunity of patients with chronic tonsillitis before and 1 month after tonsillectomy.

Patients And Methods: 37 patients scheduled for tonsillectomy were enrolled in this study. The levels of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD19+, CD25+ and CD16+ + 56+ were measured for cellular immunity, and levels of IgG, IgA, IgM, C3 and C4 were measured for humoral immunity in blood samples taken from these patients before and 1 month after the operation.

Ectopic thyroid and Hashimoto's thyroiditis arising from a thyroglossal duct cyst: a case report.

A seventy-five-year-old male patient presented with a palpable smooth mass that moved upwards on swallowing, extending from the hyoid bone to the cricoid cartilage. Ultrasonography, scintigraphy, and thyroid hormone measurements showed the mass free from the thyroid gland. Following a diagnosis of infected thyroglossal duct cyst by fine needle aspiration biopsy, the mass was removed by surgery.