Factors influencing the prescription of add-on long-acting muscarinic antagonists in real-world asthma management: Insights from a national registry.

Current guidelines recommend adding long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) in patients with uncontrolled asthma, despite the use of moderate to high doses of inhaled steroid-long-acting beta agonists (ICS/LABA). This study aims to analyze the factors related to the prescription of add-on LAMA in clinical practice for asthma patients, shedding light on physicians' preferences. This study included adult asthma patients on add-on LAMA and ICS/LABA monitored for at least one year in a national registry comprising 2053 asthmatics.

Picturing asthma in Turkey: results from the Turkish adult asthma registry.

Introduction: National data on asthma characteristics and the factors associated with uncontrolled asthma seem to be necessary for every country. For this purpose, we developed the Turkish Adult Asthma Registry for patients with asthma aiming to take a snapshot of our patients, thereby assigning the unmet needs and niche areas of intervention.

Methods: Case entries were performed between March 2018 and March 2022.

Prognosis Markers and Patient Health Behavior of COVID-19 on Treatment in Turkey.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, the medical sector services to the public were reportedly not appropriate. Due to the novelty of the disease, the patients were not aware of the right treatment and what health facilities were required. The current research is designed to determine the relationship between prognosis markers and patient health behavior in treatment of COVID-19 patients in Turkey.

Prevention of Scarring of Lung Parenchyma in COVID-19 Patients through Glucocorticoid Treatment.

The objective of this research was to determine the impact of glucocorticoid treatment on preventing scarring of lung parenchyma in COVID-19 patients by considering their health behavior. A sample of 65 Turkish patients who had pneumonia and were hospitalized between March/December 2020 were included in this research. The data for this research was collected after the consent of the hospital.

Pulmonary aspergilloma management: 5 years of experience from a tertiary hospital.

Introduction: Pulmonary aspergilloma (PA) is a chronic lung infection. Lobectomy is the recommended surgical modality. However, recent studies have suggested that wedge resection may be better than lobectomy.

Does Cardiovascular Disease Risk Decrease after Smoking Cessation in Occupational Risk Groups?

Objectives: Smoking cessation is very important for workers due to the possibility of exposure to additional environmental risks in the workplace environment. This study was performed to determine the changes in the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) and 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) of employees before smoking cessation and after 6 months.

Materials And Methods: Five hundred and sixty-two employees who want to quit smoking were included in the study.

Respiratory Systems of Dental Technicians Negatively Affected during 5 Years of Follow-Up.

Background: Dental laboratory technician is one of the professions in which dust exposure is frequently experienced and therefore the health of workers has to be monitored.

Aims: In this study, changes in the pulmonary functions and of pneumoconiosis frequencies among dental technicians after five years were investigated by comparing the results of two screenings carried out in 2008 and 2013.

Study Design: Cohort study.

The evaluation of the dust-related occupational respiratory disorders of dental laboratory technicians working in Denizli Province.

Introduction: Dental laboratory technicians (DLTs) get exposed to fibrinogen dusts that are very risky dusts in terms of health. In this study, respiration complaints, pneumoconiosis frequencies and working conditions of the dental technicians in Denizli were investigated.

Methods: All of the registered DLTs working in Denizli were included in the study.

Mental health screening and increased risk for anxiety and depression among treatment-seeking smokers.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the risk for mental health disorders between smokers and non-smokers and to assess the risk for depression and anxiety according to addiction severity.

Methods: This cross-sectional study assesses the mental health status and relationship with the severity of nicotine addiction in a sample of smokers admitted to Pamukkale University Hospital Smoking Cessation Clinic (n = 101) from 1 June 2012 to 31 August 2012 compared to a group of non-smokers from the general population (n = 101). We conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews to collect sociodemographic data; we assessed the participants' mental health status with the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and we measured nicotine addiction severity with the Fagerström Test.