Impact of Earthquakes on Lung Health.

Earthquakes are catastrophic natural disasters that cause extensive damage to infrastructure and disrupt the lives of millions worldwide. Beyond the immediate physical and psychological damage caused by earthquakes, these events can significantly impact respiratory health. The inhalation of dust, smoke, particulates, toxic gases, and asbestos exposure can lead to various respiratory health pathologies.

The Relationship Between Respiratory Complaints and Urine Aluminum Levels in Aluminum Factory Workers.

Objective: This prospective case-control study aimed to investigate the forms and conditions of respiratory effects in workers working in an Aluminum Profile Factory.

Methods: All male (42 person, mean age: 32.2 ± 6.

An assessment of post-COVID-19 infection pulmonary functions in healthcare professionals.

Background: The medium- and long-term effects of COVID-19 infection on pulmonary function are still unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the pulmonary functions in healthcare professionals who had persistent complaints after contracting COVID-19 and returning to work.

Methods: The study included COVID-19-infected healthcare professionals from the Düzce University Medical Faculty Hospital who volunteered to participate.

Treatment cost of chest diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: Case analysis at the Düzce University Hospital.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine the cost of Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) patients who were treated as outpatients and inpatients at Düzce University Health Application and Research Center (DUHARH) Chest Diseases Clinic before and after the pandemic from the perspective of the Social Security Institution (SSI).

Materials And Methods: The study included 26.438 patients who applied to the Chest Diseases clinic in DUHARH before the COVID-19 pandemic (March 10 2019-March 10 2020) and after (March 11 2020-March 11 2021) and 2.

The evaluation of both the expression and serum protein levels of Caspase-3 gene in patients with different degrees of SARS-CoV2 infection.

To evaluate the effects of Caspase-3 (CASP3) gene expression and serum levels on preventing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. A total of 41 individuals (male: 21; female: 20) with SARS-CoV-2 infection were included in the current study. Hemograms were examined from patient blood samples, and CASP3 gene expression levels were detected.

Relationship between Diagnosis Period and Internal and External Air Quality in Patients with Tuberculosis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between bacteriological case definitions and indoor and outdoor air quality parameters in tuberculosis (TB).

Materials And Methods: A total of 200 patients with TB diagnosed and treated in our hospital during 2012-2018 were included to this study. The air monitoring measurement parameters of the National Air Quality Network [particulate matter 10 (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), air temperature, air pressure, and relative humidity] for the same time period were obtained from the web page http://laboratory.

The effects of non-invasive mechanic ventilator modes on intraocular pressure in COPD patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not fully reversible disease that is characterized by progressive restricting airflow. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) treatment can be used in COPD patients who had type 2 respiratory failure. This study aimed to determine the effect of BPAP S/T and AVAPS modes on intraocular pressure (IOP), central corneal thickness (CCT) in 40 type 2 respiratory failure patients with COPD.

Should isoniazid prophylaxis be prescribed to the patients under tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonists independent of tuberculin skin test?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to present the follow-up results of 110 patients who were given anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) therapy for rheumatic and dermatologic diseases in a country with a high rates of active and latent tuberculosis bacillus infection.

Material And Methods: Between February 2008 and January 2015, 110 cases in the age range of 23-77 who are using anti-TNF-α were included in the study retro-prospectively.

Results: 52.

Assessment of the frequency of deep venous thromboembolism in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

The present study aimed to investigate the frequency of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) among patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Patients who referred the preliminary diagnosis of OSAS were included in this study. D-dimer levels of all patients were measured, and D-dimer (+) patients were evaluated by Doppler USG of the lower-extremity.

Are serum eosinophilic cationic protein levels of toll collectors affected by diesel exhaust exposure?

Objective: There are few studies on the diesel exhaust particulates (DEP) / eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) level relationship. This study aimed to detect ECP levels in a highly DE exposed group, named as toll collectors.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, levels of serum ECP, rates of respiratory symptoms, mean levels of respiratory functions, smoking status, and variations in peak expiratory flow (PEF) during weekends and working days were compared for 68 toll collectors (TC) (range of age, 24-48 years) and 28 controls (range of age, 25-61 years).

The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and apolipoprotein E genetic variants.

Background: Clinical and epidemiological studies indicate that obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has a strong genetic basis.

Objectives: To investigate the apolipoprotein E (APOE) alleles as a genetic risk factor in OSAS.

Methods: A total of 73 patients (37 male) were included.

Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function tests in security and safety products plant workers.

Objective: Lock and key factory workers are under the risk of metal pneumoconiosis and occupational asthma. In this cross-sectional study, it's aimed to evaluate the relationship between metal dust exposure and respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function tests of workers in different section of lock and key factory.

Methods: 54 male workers (mean age, 32.

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Design: Case series.

Setting: School of Medicine, Düzce University, Turkey.

Respiratory symptoms and functions in barn workers.

Introduction And Aim: The presented study was undertaken to investigate the respiratory health problems in family barns with one or more cows and at least one family member working in the barn.

Methods: 150 workers (128 female, 22 male) from 4 villages of Yığılca district near the city of Düzce in north-west Turkey were enrolled in this study between October - December 2011. An Occupational and Environmental Chest Diseases questionnaire developed by the American Thoracic Society, pulmonary function test, physical examination and investigation for nasal eosinophil were performed in all subjects.

Serum IgE antibodies against hazelnut in hazelnut processing workers.

Aim. Previous studies have shown a higher sensitization rate to hazelnut in processing workers but no relation was found between the respiratory symptoms in workplace and hazelnut sensitization. Material and Method.

Annual changes in forced expiratory flows in toll collectors: results from a four years observation.

Diesel exhaust (DE) has been accused for various health outcomes including exacerbation of asthma, chronic bronchitis. Exposure to DE has long-term effects on lung development in children and reductions in lung function have been reported. The aim of the study was to evaluate the annual changes in forced expiratory flows among toll collectors in Duzce city from 2002 to 2005.

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and asthma.

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) is potentially a proatherosclerotic metalloproteinase and a new inflammatory marker. Investigators sought to evaluate the significance of PAPP-A in patients with asthma. Blood samples were collected from 35 patients and 20 control subjects.

Effect of symptom-to-treatment interval on prognosis in lung cancer.

Aims And Background: To evaluate the relationship between delayed diagnosis and the degree of invasion and survival in lung cancer.

Methods: One hundred and three patients (96 men) with lung cancer were included. Stages in the diagnosis of lung cancer were classified as follows: symptom-to-doctor interval, i.

Serum neopterin concentrations in healthy healthcare workers compared with healthy controls and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare serum neopterin levels in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis, healthy healthcare workers who had close contact with patients, and healthy volunteers. All of the healthy volunteers stated that they had not encountered possible risk factors for exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Material/methods: Thirty-nine patients, 39 healthy healthcare workers, and a control group of 39 healthy volunteers who had no infection or other diseases were included in this study.

Association between varicocele and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between varicocele and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) via color duplex sonography.

Materials And Methods: Forty-four male patients with COPD (age range, 50-89 years; mean +/- SD, 66 +/- 9) and 44 male healthy controls (age range, 47-75 years; mean +/- SD, 65 +/- 6) were evaluated with color duplex sonography for unilateral or bilateral varicocele.

Results: The incidence of right, left, and bilateral varicocele was 47.

Hypobaric-hypoxia-induced pulmonary damage in rats ameliorated by antioxidant erdosteine.

Free radical-mediated injury to lung and pulmonary vasculature is an important mechanism in hypoxia-induced lung damage. In this study, we aimed to investigate the potential protective effects of erdosteine as an antioxidant agent on hypobaric hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Adult male rats were assigned randomly to three groups.

The status of alternative treatment in cancer patients in Turkey.

This study was designed to measure the frequency at which Turkish patients with cancer resort to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A total of 704 patients referred to the Gülhane Military Medical Academy and Ankara Numune Training Hospital between September 2002 and January 2003 were asked about the CAM therapies they used. Of these, 276 patients (39.

Which patients are able to adhere to tuberculosis treatment? A study in a rural area in the northwest part of Turkey.

The purpose of this study was to investigate various factors, including demographical, socioeconomical, clinical and radiological features, of adherent and nonadherent patients with tuberculosis (TB) who were admitted to a university hospital between 1998 and 2003. One hundred and one patients (65.5%) and 53 patients (34.

[Thrombotic, fibrinolytic and proliferative activities of pulmonary vascular bed in secondary pulmonary hypertension].

Objective: To determine whether pulmonary vascular bed contributes to the development of in situ thrombosis and vascular remodelling in secondary pulmonary hypertension (SPH) via changes in its local secretory activities.

Methods: Seventy-one patients with the diagnosis of secondary pulmonary hypertension (38 females, mean age 40.36+/-1.