Publications by authors named "Nezihe Ciftaslan Goksenoglu"
Introduction: Palliative care is a multidisciplinary therapy formed by physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual support of patients and families. The aim of the present study is to compare the survival rates of the intensive care unit (ICU) and palliative care unit (PCU).
Materials And Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study was performed using the database of an intensive care unit.
Background-aim: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) failure rate is reported to be 5%-60% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Despite all precautions and well-known reasons, the risk factors of NIV failure are unclear for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with acute respiratory failure (ARF). The aim of this study was to examine risk factors for NIV failure in COPD patients with ARF, other than well defined.
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- - Early detection and treatment of infections in patients using non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) for chronic respiratory failure (CRF) may help lower hospital admissions by assessing inflammatory markers such as CRP, procalcitonin, and NLR.
- - The study analyzed 49 patients with conditions like COPD, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and interstitial lung disease, noting characteristics, symptoms, and inflammatory marker levels to compare stable versus acute attack states.
- - Procalcitonin emerged as a more effective marker for distinguishing acute attacks from stable conditions when compared to CRP and NLR, suggesting its potential role in guiding treatment decisions for patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.
Background: Complete blood count parameters provide novel inflammatory markers, namely neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR). We aimed to assess any differences in these novel inflammatory markers according to exacerbation severity in patients with COPD in both eosinophilic and neutrophilic endotypes.
Method: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary education hospital.
Background: The safety of beta-blockers as a heart rate-limiting drug (HRLD) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) has not been properly assessed in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. This study aims to compare the use of beta-blocker drugs relative to non-beta-blocker ones in COPD patients with ARF due to heart rate-limiting with respect to length of ICU stay and mortality.
Methods: We performed a retrospective (January 2011-December 2012) case-control study in a level III ICU in a teaching hospital.