Effect of Music on Anxiety and Pain Levels of Patients Undergoing Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Rationale And Objectives: Despite being a minimally invasive procedure, biopsy can cause pain and anxiety in patients. Therefore, it is important to reduce the pain and anxiety levels of patients. The present study aims to investigate the effect of music on patient anxiety and pain levels during thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy.

Predictive value of Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) for the severity of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction.

Purpose: Our aim was to investigate the association of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) score with erectile dysfunction (ED), therefore, we prospectively evaluated the relationship between penile doppler ultrasonography (PDU) findings, PNI and Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) scores in patients with ED.

Methods: A total of 414 patients' characteristics, laboratory findings, SHIM and PNI scores were recorded. The PNI is calculated using the formula: 10 × serum albumin + 0.

A rare complication of pericardiocentesis: Pneumopericardium.

Pneumopericardium is the presence of air in the pericardial sac. Pneumopericardium after pericardiocentesis has been rarely reported in the literature. In the present case, we report a patient who presented with tamponade physiology during COVID-19 and developed pneumopericardium after emergency pericardiocentesis.

Analysis of Thyroid Gland Problems with Shear Wave Elastography in Children with Celiac Disease.

Background: The rate of autoimmune thyroiditis in children with celiac disease (CD) is high relative to the normal population. Since the majority of these patients are also euthyroid, thyroid imaging methods are gaining significance in diagnosis and follow-up. This study examines the effectiveness of thyroid ultrasonography (US) and thyroid shear wave elastography (SWE) in diagnosing thyroid disease in children with CD.

The correlation between posterior cruciate ligament buckling sign and meniscofemoral ligaments: A radiological study.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the correlation between posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) buckling phenomena and the presence or absence of the anterior meniscofemoral ligament (aMFL).

Patients And Methods: Between January 2012 and January 2019, magnetic resonance imaging of a total of knee joints of 199 patients (163 males, 16 females; mean age: 31.5±5.

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy may predict 30-day mortality in patients with COVID-19.

Purpose: There is scarce data on the impact of the presence of mediastinal lymphadenopathy on the prognosis of coronavirus-disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to investigate whether its presence is associated with increased risk for 30-day mortality in a large group of patients with COVID-19.

Method: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 650 adult laboratory-confirmed hospitalized COVID-19 patients were included.

COVID-19 Pulmonary Infection with Pneumothorax in a Young Patient.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has spread all over the world in a short time and was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). During COVID-19 pandemic, chest computed tomography (CT) imaging has become an important tool with high sensitivity for diagnosis due to the low positive rate of the real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Furthermore, the chest CT has played an important role in the diagnosis of underlying pulmonary lesions.

Computed Tomography Findings Predicting the Need for Surgery in Cases of Small Bowel Obstruction: Emphasis on Duodenal Distension.

Objective: The aim of the study is to retrospectively evaluate the utility of computed tomography (CT) findings, especially newly defined duodenal distension, for predicting the need to operate on small bowel obstruction (SBO) cases.

Methods: During a 51-month period, 228 patients (100 women and 128 men; mean age, 55 years) were included in this study, among 438 patients who were hospitalized with a prediagnosis of SBO. The final study population was then divided into 2 groups: a surgery group (n = 76) and a conservative group (n = 152).

Is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome related to nocturia?

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Methods: This multicenter study was performed on 122 male patients with dyspnea and/or sleep disorder. Patient characteristics were recorded.

Evaluation of ABO blood groups and blood-based biomarkers as a predictor of growth kinetics of renal angiomyolipoma.

Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of the ABO blood groups and blood-based biomarkers on the growth kinetics of renal angiomyolipoma (AML).

Methods: A total of 124 patients with AML who were followed-up between 2010 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients' characteristics were recorded, including age, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, smoking history, and ABO blood group.

Is the plasma endocan level a reliable predictor for the severity of erectile dysfunction?

Purpose: The aim of our study was to assess the correlation between serum endocan level and erectile dysfunction (ED).

Methods: A total of 92 patients were reviewed in this study after institutional review board approval. The patients' characteristics were recorded, including age, body mass index, blood pressure, smoking history, serum creatinine, glucose, lipid profile, total testosterone, and Beck Depression Inventory scores.