The impact of sarcopenia and obesity on mortality of older adults: five years results.

Aim: Sarcopenia and obesity can cause severe physical and metabolic complications. We aimed to investigate the risk of mortality associated with sarcopenia and obesity in older adults.

Method: We designed a retrospective, observational cohort study showing the 5-year mortality of older patients in a tertiary geriatric outpatient clinic.

Effects of idiopathic erythrocytosis on the left ventricular diastolic functions and the spectrum of genetic mutations: A case control study.

Background: We have aimed at exposing left ventricular diastolic functions and the presence of known genetic mutations for familial erythrocytosis, in patients who exhibit idiopathic erythrocytosis.

Methods: Sixty-four patients with idiopathic erythrocytosis (mean age, 46.4 ± 2.

Effects of omalizumab on allergic conjunctivitis.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of subcutaneous omalizumab therapy on the allergic conjunctivitis symptoms of patients being treated for asthma.

Methods: A total of 84 eyes of 42 patients who were receiving subcutaneous omalizumab therapy for asthma and complained of allergic conjunctivitis symptoms underwent complete ophthalmic examination. All of the patients were graded according to signs and symptoms and duration of symptoms, evaluated using an ocular severity index (SI) and quality of life questionnaires.

Effect of Omalizumab on Nasal Symptoms in Asthma and Perennial Allergic Rhinitis.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of omalizumab on nasal symptoms in patients having allergic asthma with rhinitis symptoms.

Study Design: Cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: University of Health Sciences, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey, between October and November 2019.

An unusual presentation of brucellosis: hepatic microabscesses.

Hepatic abscess due to Brucella species is an extremely rare complication especially in acute illness. Here, we report a case of hepatic microabscesses probably caused by in a 33-year-old woman with acute infection who was successfully treated with a combination of doxycycline and rifampicin for 3 months.