Workplace Violence in the Health Sector in Turkey: A National Study.

Violence in the workplace is an increasing occupational health concern worldwide. Health care workers are at high risk of assault. To develop, monitor, and manage prevention policies, baseline data should be available.

Therapeutical potential of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cell transplantation in patients with type 2 diabetic critical limb ischemia.

Aim: The aim was to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) in critical limb ischemia (CLI) of type 2 diabetic patients.

Method: Forty diabetic patients with CLI were enrolled and randomized to treatment and control groups. In the treatment group, the patients received subcutaneous injections of recombinant human G-CSF (30 MU/day) for 5 days to mobilize stem cells.

Influence of a prophylaxis paste on surface roughness of different composites, porcelain, enamel and dentin surfaces.

Objective: To investigate the effect of a prophylaxis paste on surface roughness of different composites, enamel, dentin and porcelain surfaces.

Methods: Three different composites (FiltekZ250/Group1, Filtek Supreme XT/Group2, Premise/Group3), enamel/Group4, dentin/Group5 and porcelain/Group6 samples were used in this study. All specimens were prepared flat by SiC discs and polished with a diamond polishing paste.

The effects of polyphenol-containing antioxidants on oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications.

Background: The hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress in diabetes mellitus (DM) is the major factor in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications. The phenolic compounds are potent antioxidants that can reverse the factors leading to cardiovascular complications in DM. The aim of this study was to determine the antagonizing effects of a polyphenol-rich antioxidant supplement containing pomegranate extract, green tea extract, and ascorbic acid, on oxidative stress in Type 2 diabetic patients.

A case-control study on the etiology of urinary bladder cancer in Istanbul, Turkey.

Background: Urinary bladder cancer is the third leading cancer in male in Turkey. The incidence rates of bladder cancer are 13.0 and 2.

Story of benzene and leukemia: epidemiologic approach of Muzaffer Aksoy.

In 1974, Professor Muzaffer Aksoy established a link to leukemia in humans as a result of occupational exposure to benzene. The aim of this study is to evaluate his epidemiological approach for his investigation on the effects of benzene and to bring attention to the benzene problem in Turkey. Dr.

Vibration and its effects on the body.

Objectives: To assess the effects of machine-induced vibration on workers and to determine effective precautions for vibration-induced trauma.

Subjects And Methods: The study group consisted of 114 workers who were randomly selected: 50 rock drill workers and 64 truck heavy vehicle operators. Fifty-four office workers were designed as controls.

Personality characteristics, psychological symptoms and anxiety levels of drivers in charge of urban transportation in Istanbul.

The purpose of the study was to examine whether poor working conditions influenced drivers' psychological health, and to identify drivers' personality characteristics. The subjects were 208 bus drivers working in the European sector in Istanbul. Their personality characteristics, psychological symptoms and anxiety levels were investigated using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the Symptom Check List (SCL90-R) and Spielberger's State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Impairment of colour vision in patients with n-hexane exposure-dependent toxic polyneuropathy.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of n-hexane on visual function and to determine the duration of any symptoms related to workplace exposure. The study involved 26 workers diagnosed as having polyneuropathy following n-hexane exposure. The FM-100 Hue test was used to determine colour discrimination in study volunteers.

The effect of sociocultural status on periodontal conditions in pregnancy.

Background: The effects of sociocultural status on periodontal conditions in pregnant women have been reported by a number of researchers and there have been speculations about the effects of hormonal changes, patients' systemic health, and socio-cultural characteristics on periodontal health during pregnancy.

Methods: This study evaluates the periodontal condition of 61 pregnant women at their first, second, and third trimesters, and the relation between the demographic (age, professional level, education) and clinical variables (previous periodontal care, frequency of tooth brushing). The clinical indices, including plaque index, gingival index, and probing depth measurements were repeated at the first, second, and third trimesters.

Exposure to benzene in Turkey between 1983 and 1985: a haematological study on 231 workers.

A study was performed to determine the content of benzene in the air and solvents and thinners used by 231 workers in 40 small or large workplaces in Istanbul and Izmit. The benzene value in the air of a tyre cord manufacturing factory where two cases of acute leukaemia were recorded in a six year period was 110 ppm. In nine of 47 thinners (19.

Changes in brain and lung angiotensin converting enzyme activity in various shocks.

The brain and lung angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activities of the rats subjected to haemorrhagic, hypovolemic or endotoxic shock and of the mice immunized and then intravenously challenged with bovine serum albumin were determined by means of a spectrophotometric method. The lung ACE activities of all the shock groups were found significantly higher than those of their Control groups whereas only the brain ACE activities of the rats in endotoxic shock and the mice in anaphylactic shock showed a significant increase compared to their own control values. The results were interpreted as supporting evidence for the idea that peripheral and central renin-angiotensin systems may play a deleterious role in shock.

Vasopressin release by D-aspartic acid, morphine and prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) in DI Brattleboro rats.

The L-asparaginase activities of the brains of the Wistar, heterozygous and homozygous Brattleboro rats divided into three parts namely the anterior, middle and posterior which respectively contained cerebral cortex, hippocampus + midbrain + thalamus + hypothalamus cerebellum + pons + medulla oblongata were estimated. The L-asparaginase activities of all the three parts in the homozygous Brattleboro rats were significantly higher than in the Wistar rats as well as in the heterozygous Brattleboro rats. Twenty min following the injections of 200 mg/kg D-aspartic acid, 20 mg/kg morphine, 200 mg/kg D-aspartic acid + 20 mg/kg morphine, 6 mg/kg prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) and 6 mg/kg PLG + 20 mg/kg morphine the L-asparaginase activities of all three parts of the homozygous Brattleboro rat brains were found to be significantly inhibited.

Feeding, drinking, urine osmolality in DI Brattleboro rats: changes by morphine, naloxone, D-amino acids, prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG).

Brattleboro rats placed in metabolism cages were injected with morphine (Mor), naloxone (Nal), D- and L-aspartic acid (D- and L-Asp), D-phenylalanine (D-Phe), D-leucine (D-Leu) and prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG), alone and in suitable combinations. Food and fluid intake, urine outflow, faeces weight, rectal temperature and urinary osmolality were determined at the end of seven hours period of time. Mor, Nal, D-Asp and PLG alone caused a significant decrease in food and fluid intake, urine volume and faeces weight and a significant increase in urinary osmolality being the osmolality of the Mor, D-Asp and PLG injected groups higher than 300 mOsmol/kg.