Publications by authors named "N Kececioglu"
The association of residential mold exposure and adenotonsillar hypertrophy in children living in damp environments.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
September 2016
Background: There are many consequences of mold exposure related to respiratory system health of children This retrospective cohort study aims to find the association between adenoid hypertrophy and mold exposure in children living in damp environments.
Methods: Children with history of recurrent respiratory tract infections were enrolled in the study between June 2012 and June 2013 and were followed up for adenoid hypertrophy from June 2013 to June 2016. One hundred and forty two children were residents of moldy houses and 242 were living in normal houses.
Background: We reported pregnancy outcomes after kidney transplantation in a single transplant center.
Methods: We reviewed the perinatal outcomes of female kidney transplant patients of reproductive age (18-40 years) from 1987 to 2011.
Results: A total of 246 patients were reviewed.
Objective: Paired-exchange kidney transplantation (PKD) has gained in importance because of the difficulty to obtain suitable organs. The aim of this study was to compare the biochemical and clinical parameters of PKT with those of living-related kidney transplantation (LD).
Method: We compared 272 PKD performed in 3 transplant centers with 1885 LD.
Objectives: Recent identification of several mechanisms by which statins decrease recruitment of monocytes and T cells into the arterial wall and inhibit both T-cell and B-cell activation and proliferation in vitro prompted us to study the immunomodulatory effects of statins. In this study, we examined the effect of simvastatin therapy on lymphocyte cross-match positivity in kidney transplantation candidates.
Methods: Simvastatin therapy (20 mg/d) was administered to 25 patients (18 men, 7 women of mean age 34 +/- 11.
Background: The literature indicates few studies on kidney patients' perception of the donor kidney. In light of this fact, we decided to explore this issue with adult patients.
Methods: We carried out a phenomenological study with 40 adult kidney patients.