Publications by authors named "Orbay Harmandar"

Background: The consequences of COVID-19, such as respiratory failure and mortality, require the search for fast and effective solutions. The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the effect of extracorporeal hemadsorption on mortality in severe COVID-19 cases hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: Our study is retrospective, single-center, and observational.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the role of angiopoietin-2 levels in COVID-19 patients and their association with the need for intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization.
  • It involved 180 patients, with 43 requiring ICU care and findings showing significantly higher angiopoietin-2 levels in those patients (p = 0.018).
  • Angiopoietin-2 levels may help predict ICU hospitalization, with a specific cut-off value of 64.5 ng/L, but the sensitivity was moderate (59%) and specificity was low (42%).
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/. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a life-threatening disease characterized by a prothrombotic state. Because homocysteine (Hcy) is a potential biomarker in thrombotic disease, this article aims to highlight the role of Hcy in the prognosis of COVID-19 pneumonia.

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Objective: To determine the frequency and severity of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia (FM).

Methods: We included 152 women with FM (mean age 45.4 +/- 12.

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In this study, we evaluated the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and thalassemia minor (TM) patients and associated factors. In addition, we investigated the prevalence of IDA in outpatients with fibromyalgia, and its effect on clinical findings. The study included 205 IDA, 40 TM patients and 100 healthy controls.

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We aimed to evaluate the prevalences of self-reported anxiety and depression symptoms in hematological malignancy patients and to determine the association between the presence of these disorders and the results of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). One hundred and forty patients with a diagnosis of a hematological malignancy completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the General Health Questionnaire. Patients with higher anxiety scores were more frequently inpatients, had higher EORTC general symptom scores, and they had lower cognitive, emotional, social functioning and global quality of life (QoL) scores (all p values <0.

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Upper lobe fibrobullous disease is a well-known finding in advanced stages of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this report, we present a 57-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with a right apical cavitary lesion after coming to us with the complaint of haemoptysis. The patient underwent upper lobe segmentectomy and an aspergilloma was detected.

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