Ineffectiveness of therapeutic plasma exchange as a last resort in severe COVID-19 cases: Experience from a tertiary intensive care unit.

Aim: Several studies have suggested that cytokine release syndrome (CRS) can be controlled by therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) treatment. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of TPE treatment in patients who developed life-threatening respiratory failure syndrome (SARS) due to COVID-19 infection.

Methods: In this retrospective, case-control study, patients, who developed SARS, were infected with the COVID-19 virus, and required intensive care unit (ICU) admission were included.

Tocilizumab Reduces Lung Injury in a Rat Lung Ischemia and Reperfusion Model.

Objective: In this study, the effect of tocilizumab (TCZ) on lung tissue in lung ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats was investigated.

Material And Methods: A total of 24 Wistar rats were divided into 4 equal groups, with 6 rats in each group: Left lung I/R was applied to I/R groups. In the I/R groups, the left lung hilum was clamped for 45 minutes, and then the clamp was removed and reperfused for 120 minutes.

COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with impaired fasting glucose, newly diagnosed diabetes and pre-existing diabetes: a tertiary center experience.

COVID-19 infection is known to increase mortality in patients with diabetes. We aim to demonstrate the differences in disease course and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 regarding the presence of impaired fasting glucose, pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM) or new-onset DM. 236 patients with positive reverse transcription-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 were included in this single-center, retrospective observational study between March 2020 and May 2021.

Long term erectile function results of radical perineal prostatectomy.

Introduction: Although many patients are being treated by radical prostatectomy (RP), there is still insufficient information about the changes in long-term erectile function after RP. Our aim is to examine long term, up to 5 year erectile function status of patients after Radical Perineal Prostatectomy (RPP).

Materials And Methods: One hundred and thirty-two patients, who underwent bilateral nerve-sparing Radical Perineal Prostatectomy (RPP) in between January 2012 and January 2017, with preoperative age≤70, prostate volume<80g, transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsy Gleason score (GS)<7, prostate specific antigen (PSA) value<10ng/mL, and cT stage≤2 (N0, M0) were included into this study.

The Effects of Fluid Balance Disorders on Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Disease in the Internal Medicine Clinic.

Backgorund: Previous studies conducted on critical patients in intensive care units have shown that fluid balance disorder (FBD) increases mortality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of FBD on mortality of patients hospitalized in internal medicine ward.

Methods: The present study was designed as an observational study and follow-up period of the patients began in the first 8 hours of admission to the emergency room who had hypervolemia findings in physical examination were included in the fluid balance FB (+) group; those who had any of the dehydration findings were included in FB (-) group, those who had both hypervolemia and dehydration findings were included in FB (mix) group, and those with normal examination findings were included in FB (N) group.

Uric acid albumin ratio as a predictive marker of short-term mortality in patients with acute kidney injury.

Objective: We aimed to investigate uric acid and albumin ratio (UA/A) as a marker of short-term mortality in acute kidney injury (AKI). Both uric acid and albumin are strongly correlated with the development and mortality of AKI.

Methods: The patients hospitalized from May 2019 to September 2019 for AKI were included in this study.

Relationship between Vitamin D Deficiency, Albuminuria, Peripheral Artery Disease and 5-year Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Objective: To investigate the effects of vitamin D deficiency, albuminuria and peripheral artery disease (PAD) relationships, on 5-year mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) .

Methodology: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Internal Medicine, Kartal Dr Lutfi Kırdar City Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey, from August 2015 to August 2020.

Peripheral arterial disease diagnosed by ankle-brachial index: Predictor for early renal replacement therapy in chronic kidney disease.

Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between ankle-brachial index (ABI) and need for early renal replacement therapy (RRT) in predialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A total of 112 patients (62% men) with pre-dialysis CKD, seen in the outpatient clinic, were included, and ABI was obtained as per standard protocol. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was defined as ABI <0.

OVERTREATMENT AND HYPOGLYCEMIA PREVALENCE IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH TYPE-2 DIABETES IN THE TURKISH POPULATION.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of over-treatment and hypoglycemia in Turkish type-2 diabetes patients and to identify the risk factors.

Methods: Patients ≥ 65 years, having a minimum 5 years of type-2 diabetes, were included in the study. Patients' body mass index, mean HbA1c level, disease onset and medications related with their co-morbidities were recorded.

The effects of radioactive iodine therapy on olfactory function.

Purpose: To determine the possible adverse effects of radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment on the olfactory functions of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: This prospective clinical study included 63 Turkish patients who had been diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma only to ensure homogeneity. The Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center olfactory test was administered at 1 week before treatment and at the third week and the first year after treatment.

Submental Ultrasonographic Parameters among Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Objective This study aimed to determine the value of submental ultrasonography (US) parameters for diagnostic workup among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to determine whether there is a correlation between US findings and the severity of OSA. Study Design Cross-sectional analysis. Setting Tertiary education hospital.

Pre-emptive peritonsillar dexamethasone vs. levobupivacaine infiltration for relief of post-adenotonsillectomy pain in children: a controlled clinical study.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of the pre-emptive local infiltration of dexamethasone vs. levobupivacaine on postoperative pain and morbidity in pediatric adenotonsillectomy patients.

Methods: A total of 60 patients (32 males and 28 females), aged 3-14 years, were included in this double-blind prospective randomized controlled clinical study from September of 2011 until May of 2012.

'Stepped procedure' in laparoscopic cyst decortication during the learning period of laparoscopic surgery: Detailed evaluation of initial experiences.

Background: We evaluated the importance and efficacy of 'stepped procedure' in laparoscopic cyst decortication as an initial experience in it.

Materials And Methods: A 36 renal cyst cases were included. The stepped retroperitonoscopic cyst excision divided into three groups.

Results of primary ossiculoplasty and prognostic factors in canal wall-down tympanoplasty.

The ideal goals of chronic middle ear surgery should be the permanent removal of disease and the preservation of good hearing function. The postoperative outcome of hearing and the status of middle ear after canal wall-down tympanoplasty with primary ossiculoplasty were studied in 192 ears with chronic middle ear disease. Cholesteatoma was present in 121 (63.