Predicting hospital mortality in COVID-19 hemodialysis patients with developed scores.

Various risk scores such as COVID-GRAM Critical Illness Risk Score (COVID-GRAM), quick COVID-19 Severity Index (qCSI), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) have been developed to determine critical illness in hospitalized patients. None of these risk scoring systems was evaluated in HD patients who indeed carry the highest risk of developing critical illnesses. We aimed to evaluate, in hemodialysis (HD) patients with COVID-19, the performance of these scoring systems for the need of intensive care unit (ICU) and mortality.

Relationship between Sarcopenia and Mortality in Elderly Inpatients.

Objective: Sarcopenia, a geriatric syndrome, is an indicator of poor prognosis in elderly inpatients. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of sarcopenia on mortality in elderly patients.

Materials And Methods: Mobile/immobile geriatric inpatients, treated in the internal medicine ward between February and November 2018, were included in the study between Days 2 and 7 of hospitalization.

Primary skeletal muscle lymphoma: A case report.

Primary lymphomas of the bone or skeletal muscle are rare. Three mechanisms of lymphomatous involvement of the muscle have been described, namely direct invasion from adjacent involved lymph nodes or bone, metastatic spread and, least commonly, primary muscle lymphoma. We herein present a rare case of primary mucle non-Hodgkin lymphoma with a description if the associated clinicopathological findings and a review of the relevant literature.

Autopsies in the elderly: Erzurum study.

Introduction: Clinical and forensic autopsies are the best methods for determining cause of death. The aim of this study was to determine demographic and etiologic characteristics in geriatric forensic cases analyzed in Erzurum, Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Autopsy reports and prosecution documents of decedents aged 65 and older autopsied in the Morgue Specialization Department of the Forensic Medicine Institute, Erzurum Division between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2015 were screened retrospectively.

The value of C-reactive protein in infection diagnosis and prognosis in elderly patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the value of C-reactive protein level in the diagnosis and prognosis of infection in elderly patients.

Study Population: This prospective study included inpatients in the palliative care unit during the 1-year period between January 2016 and January 2017. Patients' demographic data, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score, and Charlson Comorbidity Index were recorded.

High C-Reactive Protein and Low Albumin Levels Predict High 30-Day Mortality in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy.

Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) enables long-term enteral feeding. The aim of this study was to identify biomarkers that may guide the decision of whether to perform the elective procedure of PEG.

Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent PEG in our hospital from 2010 to 2016 were screened retrospectively.

Mean platelet volume in euthyroid patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

Mean platelet volume (MPV) is the measure of platelet size. MPV possibly is a simple way to estimate platelet activity. In this study, we aimed to investigate MPV levels in euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients.

Coexistence of liver hydatid cyst and brucellosis in an adolescent.

A 15-year-old girl, who was evaluated for arthralgia of knees, was diagnosed as having brucellosis by serum agglutination and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay tests. Physical examination of the patient revealed massive hepatomegaly. Abdominal ultrasonography and computerised tomography showed a single large cystic lesion of the liver.

The effects of mycophenolate mofetil on encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis model in rats.

Introduction: Encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a devastating complication of peritoneal dialysis. We aimed to investigate the effects of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment in experimental EPS in rats.

Methods: 40 nonuremic Wistar albino rats were divided equally into 4 groups: control rats received 2 ml isotonic saline intraperitoneally daily for 3 weeks without any other treatment.

What does the dialysate level of matrix metalloproteinase 2 tell us?

Long-term peritoneal dialysis leads to encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), which is a rare but often fatal complication. The pathogenesis of EPS is characterized by increased inflammation, neoangiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and fibrosis. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), which degrades type IV collagen, plays an important role in pathogenesis.

Octreotide lessens peritoneal injury in experimental encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis model.

Aim: Encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis is characterized by neoangiogenesis and fibrosis. Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue is a well-known antifibrotic, antiproliferative and anti-angiogenic agent. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of octreotide in encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis-induced neoangiogenesis and fibrosis and compare the results with resting.

A novel angiogenesis inhibitor, sunitinib malate, in encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.

Introduction: Encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is characterized by neoangiogenesis and fibrosis. Increased inflammation is the leading cause of EPS. In turn, neoangiogenesis is both a consequence of and contributor to inflammation.