Lipid kinetics in patients with non-fermenting Gram-negative bacterial ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Objectives: In non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli (NFGNB) infections, the interaction between the immune system of the host and the bacteria plays a more important role in determining the pathogenesis than the virulence factors of bacteria per se. We aimed to evaluate the sequential changes in the inflammatory response, including the lipid profile, antimicrobial susceptibility, and outcomes in NFGNB ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).

Methods: A total of 81 patients who developed NFGNB VAP were divided into two groups, namely multi-drug resistant (MDR) (n=51) and non-MDR (n=30) groups.

A one-year descriptive epidemiology of zoonotic abortifacient pathogen bacteria in farm animals in Turkey.

This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of 10 suspicious pathogenic bacteria in 250 stomach contents of aborted calf, lamb, and goat foetuses in 2019. The 155 positive samples obtained from PCR consisted of 53 (58.88 %) bacteria from 90 lamb samples, 10 (43.

Neostigmine treatment protocols applied in acute colonic pseudo-obstruction disease: A retrospective comparative study.

Background/aims: When conservative methods fail, neostigmine is recommended in the pharmacological treatment of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO). The objective of this study was to analyze the response of patients to different neostigmine protocols.

Materials And Methods: Patients diagnosed with ACPO in the intensive care unit between January 2015 and September 2017 were retrospectively studied.

The communication between patient relatives and physicians in intensive care units.

Background: Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are often physically unable to communicate with their physicians. Thus, the sharing of information about the on-going treatment of the patients in ICUs is directly related to the communication attitudes governing a patient's relatives and the physician. This study aims to analyze the attitudes displayed by the relatives of patients and the physician with the purpose of determining the communication between the two parties.