Awareness on Organ Donation Among Young People.

Objectives: This study investigated the level of organ donation awareness among students at vocational schools of different sectors in order to measure of awareness of organ donation among young population of our society.

Materials And Methods: Voluntary participants consisted of 404 students who were in their second term at vocational schools affiliated to our university. Participants were from a health services vocational school (n = 167; 41.

The relationship between burnout and work engagement levels of nurses and physiotherapists working during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all health professionals worldwide. This has also influenced their working lives, affecting burnout and work engagement.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between burnout and work engagement among nurses and physiotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Helicobacter Pylori Colonization Density is an Important Risk Factor for Eradication Therapy.

Background And Aims: Despite the known risk factors, it is not clear why the same treatment protocol for Helicobacter pylori infection (H. pylori) doesnot show a similar effect in patients with common risk factors. We hypothesized that as the severity of H.

Is the choice of anesthesia during gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures a result of anxiety?

Background And Study Aims: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy (CS) are vital endoscopic procedures in the diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal tract diseases. Endoscopic procedures can be performed with or without anesthesia as per patient preferences. These procedures can cause some anxiety in almost all patients, and the degree of anxiety differs for each individual.

The Effect of Helicobacter pylori on the Presentation and Clinical Course of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection.

Objectives: Novel coronavirus 2019 (corona virus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) binds angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptors to enter the cell. These receptors are widely expressed in the intestine, and COVID-19 may cause gastrointestinal symptoms via these receptors during the course of the disease. Helicobacter pylori is known to increase the expression of ACE-2 receptors in the gastrointestinal tract.

Fecal microbiota transplantation is a rescue treatment modality for refractory ulcerative colitis.

Background: Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) provides to replace beneficial bacteria with more favorable microbiomes in recipient with dysbiosis. The aim of the present study was to prospectively investigate the efficacy of FMT by assessing the clinical and endoscopic response in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who had failed anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive therapy.

Methods: In this prospective and uncontrolled study, 30 patients with UC were included.

The effect of postural control and balance on femoral anteversion in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

[Purpose] The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between femoral anteversion and functional balance and postural control in children with spastic cerebral palsy. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty children with spastic cerebral palsy (mean age=12.4 ± 4.

Acute effect of scapular proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) techniques and classic exercises in adhesive capsulitis: a randomized controlled trial.

[Purpose] The aim of our study was to compare the initial effects of scapular proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques and classic exercise interventions with physiotherapy modalities on pain, scapular dyskinesis, range of motion, and function in adhesive capsulitis. [Subjects and Methods] Fifty-three subjects were allocated to 3 groups: scapular proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation exercies and physiotherapy modalities, classic exercise and physiotherapy modalities, and only physiotherapy modalities. The intervention was applied in a single session.

Pulse Wave Velocity, Intima Media Thickness, and Flow-mediated Dilatation in Patients with Normotensive Normoglycemic Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have increased risk for atherosclerosis. The cause of increased cardiovascular risk is not fully understood. Chronic inflammatory process may predispose to atherosclerosis.

The Effect of Balance Training by Tetraks Interactive Balance System on Balance and Fall Risk in Parkinson's Patients: A Report of Four Cases.

This pilot study aimed to investigate the effect of balance training by Tetraks Interactive Balance System (TIBS) on balance and fall risk in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease. Four patients with Parkinson's disease between the ages of 56 and 70 years (61.25±6.

Levels of soluble CD40 ligand and P-Selectin in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We aimed to research whether the levels of soluble P-selectin (sP-selectin) and soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L), markers of endothelial function, are altered in subjects with NAFLD having no confounding factors for atherosclerosis. sCD40L, sP-selectin, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) indexes were measured in 50 NAFLD subjects and 30 healthy controls.

Do the changes in the serum levels of IL-2, IL-4, TNFalpha, and IL-6 reflect the inflammatory activity in the patients with post-ERCP pancreatitis?

Background: Acute pancreatitis is the major complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure and there are some reports showing cytokine changes in ERCP-induced pancreatits.

Goals: To investigate the association between early changes (within 24 hours) in the serum interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha, and IL-6 levels and the development of post-ERCP pancreatitis.

Study: Forty five consecutive patients who underwent therapeutic ERCP and 10 patients with acute pancreatitis without ERCP were enrolled to the study.

Transgastric migration of retained intraabdominal surgical sponge: gossypiboma in the bulbus.

A 55-year-old hemiplegic woman with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was referred to our clinic for upper gastrointestinal system bleeding and for a high level of cholestatic enzymes. She had a medical history of cerebra vascular accident three years previously and cholecystectomy one year previously. We performed gastroscopy and saw a retained surgical sponge in the bulbus.

Accurate positioning of the 24-hour pH monitoring catheter: agreement between manometry and pH step-up method in two patient positions.

Aim: To investigate the agreement between esophageal manometry and pH step-up method in two different patient positions.

Methods: Eighteen subjects were included in the study. First, the distance from the nose to the proximal border of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) was measured manometrically.

Endoscopic treatment of pancreatic duct disruption due to blunt abdominal trauma: a case report.

It is very difficult to determine and treat injury of the main pancreatic duct and its outcomes secondary to blunt abdominal trauma. In this study, we present a 21-year-old male patient with percutaneous pancreatic fistula due to blunt pancreatic damage. We defined the pancreatic duct disruption along with contrast media leakage by means of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography.

Elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations as a predictor of steatohepatitis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Background: Although steatosis is common in patients with severe hyperhomocysteinemia due to deficiency of cystathionine beta-synthase, there are no satisfactory data on homocysteine concentrations in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The main aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical significance of plasma homocysteine concentrations in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Methods: Seventy-one non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients, 36 patients with chronic viral hepatitis and 30 healthy persons were enrolled in the study.

Enteral nutrition via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and nutritional status of patients: five-year prospective study.

Background: Since it was described in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been a widely used method for insertion of a gastrostomy tube in patients who are unable to swallow or maintain adequate nutrition. The aim of the present paper was to determine the complications of PEG insertion and to study pre- and post-procedural nutritional status.

Methods: During the period of March 1999-September 2004, placement of PEG tube was performed in 85 patients (22 women and 63 men).

Efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with Billroth II anastomosis.

Background/aims: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure is quite difficult to perform in patients with Billroth II anastomosis because of anatomical alterations. The aim of this study is to evaluate retrospectively the results of ERCP applications done in patients with Billroth II operation.

Methodology: Out of the 1632 patients who underwent ERCP between 1992 and 2002, 27 (1.

Continuity of cytokine activation in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a recessively inherited inflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and polyserositis. It has been considered that miscellaneous cytokines take part in the pathogenesis of the disease. The aim of this study was to investigate serum levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in patients with FMF.

Leptin levels in the acute stage of ulcerative colitis.

Background And Aims: Leptin, a recently discovered protein, acts as a hormonal feedback signal in regulating adipose tissue mass via hypothalamic mechanisms. Inflammatory bowel disease is often associated with anorexia and weight loss. The aim of the present study was to investigate serum leptin levels during the time course of the acute phase of ulcerative colitis (UC) and to evaluate whether leptin leads to anorexia and bodyweight loss in these patients.

Treatment of choledocholithiasis in pregnancy: a case report.

Some difficulties have been encountered in treating pregnant patients with choledocholithiasis because of the probable harmful effect of scopic irradiation on fetus when endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is necessary. In this paper, we present such a patient, in whom endoscopic stone extraction without scopic examination was successfully carried out in the guidance of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) before the ERCP procedure.