Risk indices that predict in-hospital mortality of elderly patients.

Background/aim: Mortality in the elderly population tends to be higher than in all other age groups; the risk factors that predict mortality among those in this age cohort are not fully understood. This large-scale clinical study aimed to identify effective risk factors that predict mortality in the elderly population with a particular focus on age and hospitalization status.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed outcomes from patients with clinical follow-up between July 2015 and January 2020 at 29 Mayıs State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Is inguinal hernia a risk factor for varicocele in the young male population?

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the inguinal hernia over the development of varicocele, in cases with accompanying inguinal hernia.

Methods: The continuous variables were calculated from mean and standard deviation, and intermittent variables were calculated over percentage and frequency. Normality testing was performed on continuous variables using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

Effects of B2O3 (boron trioxide) on colon cancer cells: our first-step experience and in vitro results.

Boron oxide (B2O3) is derived from dehydration of boric acid and is a colorless, semitransparent, crystalline compound that is moderately soluble in water. On the other hand, boron oxide is chemically hygroscopic. This gives the molecule the ability to soak up water and adhere to tissues.

Mapping and prediction of organ procurement in cases resulting in mortality due to traumatic injuries: A matched cohort analysis.

Background: The prediction of posttraumatic potential organ donors is a complex process. The aim of this study is to evaluate the organ procurement process in trauma-related injuries and determine the medical markers in organ donors and posttraumatic mortal patients at the first level emergency, in emergency surgical service, and surgical intensive care departments.

Methods: In this retrospective study, after the approval of the ethics committee, the records of the patients in the emergency surgery unit, the operating room, and the organ donors in surgical intensive care unit between the years 2000 January-2011 December were examined.

The correlation between Injury Severity Score, vital signs, and hemogram values on mortality in firearm injuries.

Background: Several scoring systems have been and continue to be developed in numerous countries with the goal of quickly and accurately assessing the severity of trauma injuries. The aim of this study was to identify factors that help to determine the gravity of damage and to minimize it, in order to reduce mortality and morbidity. It is important that the criteria set for the determination of the severity of trauma are objective, measurable, and comparable.

Can serum progranulin levels be a biomarker following gastric ulcer therapy?

Introduction: Progranulin is a novel growth factor that has several physiological and pathological roles such as cell growth, tumourigenesis, embryogenesis, wound healing, and inflammation.

Aim: To compare the pre-treatment and post-treatment serum levels of the angiogenic factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and progranulin in peptic ulcer (PU) patients with a healthy control group.

Material And Methods: Serum VEGF, TNF-α, and progranulin levels were studied with ELISA in 42 PU patients (antral ulcer (AU): 22, duodenal ulcer (DU): 20) and 15 healthy controls.

Predictive Factors of Operative Hemodynamic Instability for Pheochromocytoma.

Pheochromocytoma is an uncommon catecholamine-secreting tumor in which resection is often associated with hemodynamic instability (HI). In this study, we aim to clarify the factors affecting surgical HI in patients who underwent surgery with the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. All patients who underwent surgery with the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma between 2008 and 2015 were analyzed retrospectively.

Seat Belt Use and its Effect on Abdominal Trauma: A National Trauma Databank Study.

We sought to use the National Trauma Databank to determine the demographics, injury distribution, associated abdominal injuries, and outcomes of those patients who are restrained versus unrestrained. All victims of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) were identified from the National Trauma Databank and stratified into subpopulations depending on the use of seat belts. A total of 150,161 MVC victims were included in this study, 72,394 (48%) were belted.

Is prehospital endotracheal intubation associated with improved outcomes in isolated severe head injury? A matched cohort analysis.

Introduction: Prehospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) following traumatic brain injury in urban settings is controversial. Studies investigating admission arterial blood gas (ABG) patterns in these instances are scant.

Hypothesis: Outcomes in patients subjected to divergent prehospital airway management options following severe head injury were studied.