Prognostic Value of Vertebral Bone Density in the CT Scans of Sepsis Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

Aim: To evaluate the prognostic value of vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) and its relationship with mortality using the computed tomography (CT) scans of sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Methods: In this retrospective study, patients diagnosed with sepsis at the intensive care unit between January and December 2022 were evaluated. Bone density was manually measured from the vertebral body using axial CT images.

The Prognostic Value of Vertebral Bone Density on Chest CT in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic value of the vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) on chest computed tomography (CT) in COVID-19 patients. The chest CT of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were evaluated for Pneumonia Severity Score (PSS) as the ratio of the volume of involved lung parenchyma to the total lung volume. In addition, BMD was manually measured from the vertebral corpus using axial CT images.

Frequency of hepatic steatosis and its association with the pneumonia severity score on chest computed tomography in adult COVID-19 patients.

Background: Recent studies of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) demonstrated that obesity is significantly associated with increased disease severity, clinical outcome, and mortality. The association between hepatic steatosis, which frequently accompanies obesity, and the pneumonia severity score (PSS) evaluated on computed tomography (CT), and the prevalence of steatosis in patients with COVID-19 remains to be elucidated.

Aim: To assess the frequency of hepatic steatosis in the chest CT of COVID-19 patients and its association with the PSS.

Comparison of the Efficacy of Dry Needling and High-Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy with Clinical Status and Sonoelastography in Myofascial Pain Syndrome.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of high-power pain threshold (HPPT) ultrasound therapy applied to the trigger points and dry needling (DN) in myofascial pain syndrome.

Design: Sixty-one patients were randomly assigned to an HPPT (n = 30) and dry needling (n = 31) groups. The primary outcome measures were the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS), both at 1 week and 4 weeks after treatment.

Tracking down the footprints of bad paternal relationships in dissociative disorders: A diffusion tensor imaging study.

Preclinical studies indicate that stress early in life can cause long-term alterations in brain development. Studies have shown alterations in the brain functions of patients after experiencing trauma. Our aim is to examine whether the integrity of white matter tracts might be affected in dissociative disorder (DD) patients.

Microstructural Changes of Anterior Corona Radiata in Bipolar Depression.

Objective: In bipolar disorder, dysregulation of mood may result from white matter abnormalities that change fiber tract length and fiber density. There are few studies evaluating the white matter microstructural changes in bipolar I patients (BD) with depressive episodes. The present study aimed to evaluate anterior corona radiata in BD patients with depressive episode using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI).

Diffusion-weighted MRI in the differential diagnosis of uterine endometrial cavity tumors.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of quantitative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement in the differential diagnosis of the uterine endometrial cavity tumors (UECT).

Methods: This study included consecutive 36 female patients with UECT. The groups were formed as follows: group 1, patients with endometrial carcinoma; group 2, patients with endometrial polyp; group 3, patients with submucosal leiomyoma; and additionally group A, patients with malignant lesion; group B patients with benign lesion.

Changes in spastic muscle stiffness after botulinum toxin A injections as part of rehabilitation therapy in patients with spastic cerebral palsy.

Objective: To investigate changes in stiffness in the gastrocnemius (GCM) muscle following rehabilitation therapy and botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections in patients with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: The study included 16 children with spastic CP (Group 1) and 17 healthy children (Group 2). The children with CP received BTX-A injections and underwent rehabilitation therapy.