Assessment of resting electrocardiogram, P wave dispersion and duration in different genders applying for registration to the School of Physical Education and Sports - results of a single centre Turkish Trial with 2093 healthy subjects.

Background: The 12-lead electrocardiogram shows a broad range of abnormal patterns in trained athletes. The primary end point of this study was to investigate P wave dispersion, and P wave durations and related factors in different genders applying for registration to the School of Physical Education and Sports.

Methods And Results: From 2006 to 2009, a total of 2093 students - 1674 boys with a mean age of 19.

The treatment results of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis and factors affecting treatment outcome.

The treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is complicated and results are not always satisfactory. We aimed to investigate treatment results of our patients, relapse rates, factors affecting treatment outcome. We evaluated prospectively, 142 patients, who had been hospitalised with diagnosis of MDR-TB in our clinic between January 1995-December 2000 at Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

Assessment of P-wave dispersion on 12-lead electrocardiography in students who exercise regularly.

Background: P-wave dispersion, an electrocardiographic marker, is an independent predictor of atrial fibrillation. P-wave dispersion is associated with inhomogeneous and discontinuous propagation of sinus impulses. The aim of this study was to investigate P-wave dispersion in students who apply for registration to School of Physical Education and Sports.

[Follow-up hemoglobin concentrations in ICU: relationship between diagnostic blood loss and daily fluid balance].

Unlabelled: To evaluate DeltaHb (daily changes of hemoglobin concentrations) in nonbleeding critically ill patients, and to investigate its relation with diagnostic blood loss (DBL) and fluid balance (FB). Hospital records of 34 nonseptic patients who stayed in respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) at least 72 hours with no evidence of acute bleeding, renal failure and bleeding diathesis, were evaluated retrospectively. Demographics, clinical features, acute physiology assessment and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II scores, daily Hb levels, DBL and FB were recorded.