FACTORS AFFECTING PROGNOSIS AND MORTALITY IN SEVERE COVID-19 PNEUMONIA PATIENTS.

Fatality rate in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases has been reported to be 3.4% worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors that determine prognosis and mortality in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients.

Is the prognostic nutritional index a predictor of Covid-19 related hospitalizations and mortality?

Introduction: Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a novel inflammation marker that useful in predicting prognosis of certain conditions. We aimed to study PNI of the outpatient and inpatient subjects with established Covid-19 and also aimed to compare PNI of deceased and survived Covid-19 patients.

Methods: The patients with Covid-19 whom presented to outpatient or inpatient clinics of Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital were enrolled to the study.

C-reactive protein-to-lymphocyte ratio is a reliable marker in patients with COVID-19 infection: the CLEAR COVID study.

Objective: COVID-19 infection is characterized with elevation of inflammatory markers in bloodstream. A novel inflammatory marker, C-reactive protein (CRP)-to-lymphocyte ratio (CLR), is suggested to be associated with inflammation. We aimed to compare the CLR values of the deceased COVID-19 patients to the CLR of survived subjects.

Post-COVID Pulmonary Function Test Evaluation.

Objective: Since the lung is the most affected organ by COVID-19 disease, we aimed to evaluate the pulmonary function test, presence of hypoxemia, and Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale in 3- to 6-month post-COVID period.

Material And Methods: Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale, pulse oxygen saturation, and pulmonary function test were evaluated in 67 outpatients/inpatients after 3-6 months following COVID-19 (positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal swab) disease. Pre-COVID pulmonary function test parameters were available in 33 patients, and these were compared with post-COVID pulmonary function test parameters.

C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio in Patients with Prediabetes and Diabetes Mellitus: HbA1c and Inflammation.

Background: Inflammation has a significant status in both the pathogenesis and complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study is to compare the C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin ratio (CAR) values in controlled DM, uncontrolled DM, prediabetes groups grouped by HbA1c as well as in a group of healthy individuals.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 6,993 DM patients, 770 prediabetes patients, and 1,340 healthy individuals were included.

C-reactive protein to lymphocyte count ratio is a promising novel marker in hepatitis C infection: the clear hep-c study.

Objective: Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is one of the most important health problems affecting the significant rate of world population and it may lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. C-reactive protein to lymphocyte count ratio (CLR) is used in estimating inflammatory burden. Therefore, this study aimed to compare CLR values between CHC patients and healthy controls and between CHC patients with and without fibrosis.

Is there any link between atrial arrhythmias and inflammatory bowel disease?

Background: Inflammation plays an important role in the development of cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and arrhythmia. The aim of this study was to evaluate atrial conduction times (ACTs) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in which systemic chronic inflammation is evident.

Methods: In this cross-sectional, prospective, single-center study, 79 IBD patients (51 ulcerative colitis; 28 Crohn's disease) and 70 healthy controls were included.

The association between serum uric acid to high density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: the abund study.

Objective: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which is characterized by lipid being deposited into hepatocytes, affects nearly one in three adults globally. Inflammatory markers were suggested to be related with hepatic steatosis. Uric acid to HDL cholesterol ratio is proposed as a novel inflammatory and metabolic marker.

Evaluation of epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness as a marker of atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Background And Aim: this study aimed to compare carotid intima media (CIMT) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) measurements, which are considered as markers for the detection of early atherosclerosis in healthy controls and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cases.

Methods: a total of 60 IBD patients (25 Crohn's disease and 35 ulcerative colitis) and 60 healthy patients (as a control group) were included in the study. The measurements of CIMT and EAT were performed using echocardiography and ultrasonography, respectively.

Colistin nephrotoxicity increases with age.

Background: Colistin (COL) has become the backbone of the treatment of infections due to extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria. The most common restriction to its use is acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate risk factors for new-onset AKI in patients receiving COL.