[Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis B, C and D in Adults in Trabzon, Türkiye].

Viral hepatitis are infections that can cause liver damage, become chronic, lead to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and ultimately result in death due to their ability to spread in the community through blood and infected body fluids. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and hepatitis D (HDV) transmitted through blood among individuals living in Trabzon province and to examine the factors potentially associated with seroprevalence. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Trabzon province, located in the northeast of Türkiye, including a total of 10 districts, including the central district.

An evaluation of traumatic deaths associated with animal attacks: A 10-year autopsy study.

Background: Just as throughout the world in general, deaths related to animal attacks continue to be a public health problem in Turkey. A decrease in areas of natural habitat because of human invasion, and the use of these areas for hunting, wood-cutting, recreational and sporting activities has increased the possibility of humans encountering wild animals.

Methods: A physical retrospective screening was made of the forensic records of a total of 8944 autopsy cases in the Forensic Medicine Institute of the Trabzon Group Directorate in the 10-year period between Januarry 2007 and December 2016.

Deaths due to 'patpat' accidents in the Black Sea Region, Turkey.

Background: Overtime, agricultural machines have been designed appropriate to more simple needs, instead of tractors which have a wide area of use. An example of these is the 'patpat,' so named because of the sound of the motor, and for which the main purpose is ploughing.

Methods: A patpat is a single-axle, two-wheeled tractor with a trailer attached.

Partial remission in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: an analysis based on the insulin dose-adjusted hemoglobin A1c.

Objectives: Most patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience a transient phase of partial remission (PR). This study aimed to identify the demographic and clinical factors associated with PR.

Methods: This was a longitudinal retrospective cohort study of 133 children and adolescents with T1D.

Clinical, sonographical, and pathological findings of pediatric thyroid nodules.

Thyroid nodules are less frequent in children than in adults. A higher rate of malignancy is highlighted in this group. We aimed to analyze the clinical, laboratory, and ultrasound (US) findings of children and adolescents with benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

Reference intervals for serum 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and ultrasonographic adrenal gland sizes in healthy newborns.

Serum 17α- hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) and bilateral adrenal sizes are pivotal for clinical practice in both diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal disorders during the first month of life. Our aims were to determine the reference ranges for serum 17OHP and bilateral adrenal gland sizes according to sex and age groups in healthy term newborns. A total of 156 healthy newborns, aged 4-7 days (Group 1) or 26-30 days old (Group 2) were included in the study.

Turkish Final Year Medical Students' Exposure to and Attitudes Concerning Drug Company Interactions: A Perspective from a Minimally Regulated Environment for Medical Students.

Interactions between drug companies and medical students may affect evidence-based medical practice and patient safety. The aim of this study was to assess drug company-medical student interactions in a medical faculty where limited specific national or institutional regulations apply between drug companies and medical students. The objectives of the study were to determine the exposure and attitudes of final year medical students in terms of drug company-medical student and physician interactions, to identify factors affecting those attitudes and to provide data for policymakers working on the regulation of interactions between drug companies and medical students.

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of Needs Based Biopsychosocial Distress Instrument for Cancer Patients (CANDI).

Background: Needs based biopsychosocial distress instrument for cancer patients (CANDI) is a scale based on needs arising due to the effects of cancer.

Objectives: The aim of this research was to determine the reliability and validity of the CANDI scale in the Turkish language.

Patients And Methods: The study was performed with the participation of 172 cancer patients aged 18 and over.

Are the last grade medical students aware of the danger of synthetic cannabinoids?

Synthetic cannabinoids are drugs which are increasingly used by especially adolescents and young people. In recent years hospital admissions even concluding with deaths have been observed. Therefore, the awareness of medical students, who will be in challenge with this new drug abuse, is an important issue.

Fatal poisoning of chilhood in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey (2009-2013).

Poisoning is a major problem worldwide among children. Nonetheless, the offending agent, the associated morbidity and mortality vary from place to place and show changes over a period of time. The aim of this study was to investigate the medico-legal paediatric autopsies of childhood poisonings in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey.

Willingness to Receive the Influenza A(H1N1) Vaccine and its Determinants among University Students during the 2009 Outbreak in Turkey.

Objective: The study aimed to determine the willingness to receive the Influenza A(H1N1) vaccine and its determinants in a large group of university students.

Materials And Methods: This is a self-administered questionnairre based cross-sectional study. Students being educated at health and non-health faculties were invited to participate in this attitude survey.

The effect of ice skating on psychological well-being and sleep quality of children with visual or hearing impairment.

Purpose: Physical exercise and sports have a key role in preventing physical and psychiatric problems in children. However, children with a disability often experience difficulty participating in physical activity due to a lack of suitable opportunities. Participation in an accessible sport is particularly important for these children, but studies examining which sports are beneficial for which disability groups are rare.

Energy drink use in university students and associated factors.

The use of energy drinks is common among adolescents and young age groups. The purpose of this study was to determine energy drink consumption status in students at the Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey and the factors affecting this. The research was performed at the Karadeniz Technical University among a total of 2001 students attending the Administration Department, the Physical Education Department, the Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department and the Faculty of Medicine.

Forensic child and adolescent psychiatry: from field experiences to education standards.

Objective: Forensic evaluation of children is one of the most problematic areas of child and adolescent psychiatry. In this study we aimed to examine Turkish Child and adolescent psychiatrists' attitudes and problems in forensic psychiatry.

Method: Thirty nine (80%) of all practitioners who are on their compulsory medical service programme countrywide were reached and requested to complete a questionnaire.

Animal-related injuries: epidemiological and meteorological features.

This is a retrospective and registry-based descriptive study including animal- related injuries represented by the most crowded Emergency Department (ED) in Eastern Turkey over a period of two years. Animal-related injuries were 0.2% of all ED admittances; dominant in males and were high in summer.

Interactions between exhaled CO, smoking status and nicotine dependency in a sample of Turkish adolescents.

The aim of this study was to show the interactions between nicotine dependency, exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) and smoking status including environmental passive tobacco smoke exposure in a sample of Turkish adolescents. This study was a cross-sectional research conducted among high school students of Erzurum province (n=536). The level of exhaled CO of all participants who accepted to participate in the study was measured by Microbio CO Analyzer (Microbio Med).