Effect of non-invasive bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block on postoperative pain in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty surgery: a randomized controlled study.

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the impact of preoperative sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB) on postoperative pain and assess intraoperative and postoperative analgesic consumption in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty.

Methods: In this prospective, randomized controlled study, 72 patients were included and divided into two groups: group 1 (36 patients) received the sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB), while group 2 (36 patients) served as the control group. Patient assessments, using the numerical rating scale (NRS), were conducted at the postoperative first hour, fourth hour, and 24 hour.

Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Objective: The incidence of acute kidney injury during the hospital stay in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 varies between 8% and 17% in studies. This rate is at the highest levels among the critical patient group monitored in the intensive care unit (23% [14-35%]). In this study, we aimed to assess the incidence of acute kidney injury development, effective factors, and clinical outcomes of patients monitored in the intensive care unit due to coronavirus disease 2019.

Indicators that determine disease course in COVID-19 patients.

Background: In this study, it was tried to determine the factors affecting the clinical process in patients who were followed up in hospital for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: The study, which was designed as a single-center and retrospective cohort, included 658 patients admitted to the service due to COVID-19. The patients were grouped and compared as the patients followed up in the wards (Group 1) and those admitted to ICU (Group 2), between those who were intubated (Group I) in the ICU and those who were not (Group NI), and between patient groups who died (Group M) and survived (Group NM) among those who were intubated.

Liver function as a predictor of mortality in COVID-19: A retrospective study.

Introduction And Objectives: In many studies, varying degrees of liver damage have been reported in more than half of the COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of liver biochemical parameters abnormality on mortality in critical COVID-19 patients who have been followed in the ICU since the beginning of the pandemic process.

Materials And Methods: In this study 533 critical patients who admitted to the ICU due to COVID-19 were included.

Maternal deaths due to COVID-19 disease: The cases in a single center pandemic hospital in the south east of Turkey.

Coronavirus-19 disease is still a pandemic health problem and uncertainty in the management of severe or critically ill pregnant women confuses continually the obstetricians. The nationwide maternal mortality rate due to covid-19 still has not been presented in any study in Turkey. The study includes four maternal mortality cases in a referral single pandemic center in our country.

Effects of Adding a Combined Infraorbital and Infratrochlear Nerve Block to General Anaesthesia in Septorhinoplasty.

Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the hypothesis that preoperative bilateral infraoptic nerve (ION) and infratrochlear nerve (ITN) blocks under general anesthesia with sevoflurane and remifentanil reduced the incidence of emergence agitation (EA), pain scores, and the analgesic consumption after the septorhinoplasty.

Patients And Methods: Our study was conducted as a prospective randomized, double-sided blind study. Fifty-two patients whose septorhinoplasty operation was planned under general anesthesia were included in the study.

Can Platelet Count and Mean Platelet Volume be Used as Markers of Postdural Puncture Headache in Obstetric Patients?

Objective: In this study, considering the importance of platelet function in inflammatory processes, we explored whether there are relationships of platelet indices with postdural puncture headache (PDPH) and pain developing after use of spinal needles and whether patient characteristics contribute to the development of PDPH.

Methods: This prospective, observational study included 76 patients (Group 1) with PDPH and 93 patients (Group 2) without PDPH. The postoperative hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count (PC), and mean platelet volume (MPV) values were recorded, along with age, blood type, Rh factor, gravida, parity, and gestational age.

Efficacy of HA330 Hemoperfusion Adsorbent in Patients Followed in the Intensive Care Unit for Septic Shock and Acute Kidney Injury and Treated with Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration as Renal Replacement Therapy.

Introduction: Blood purification is an option for treatment of the source of sepsis when correcting patients' septic shock-induced clinical status. We investigated the efficacy of HA330 hemoperfusion adsorbent application with renal replacement therapy in patients with septic shock and acute kidney injury.

Methods: This prospective observational study involved 23 patients diagnosed with sepsis who underwent continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration and HA330 hemoperfusion for 2 h once daily for 3 days.

A Two Parameters for the Evaluation of Hypovolemia in Patients with Septic Shock: Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility Index (IVCCI), Delta Cardiac Output.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between inferior vena cava collapsibility index and changes in cardiac output measured during passive leg raising test in patients with spontaneous breathing and septic shock. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-six patients were included in the study. All of these 56 patients were diagnosed with septic shock and had spontaneous breathing under continuous positive airway pressure.

Medical Folk Remedy: Two Cases of Garlic Burns.

Over the years, many cultures have used herbs for serious health problems. Garlic (Allium sativum) pose hypocholesterolemic, fibrinolytic, antidiabetic, and antibiotic actions. However, it has unusual adverse effects such as chemical burns and contact dermatitis when used topically.