Correlations of the Circadian Rhythmicity of Blood Pressure With Erectile Dysfunction.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) share common pathophysiological mechanisms. This study aimed to assess the relationship between ED and its severity with the risk of developing CVD by analyzing changes in the circadian blood pressure (BP) rhythm. In the study, 24-h BP levels of 192 (94 with ED and 98 controls) participants with no history of CVD were evaluated using an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) device.

Bioinformatics-driven untargeted metabolomic profiling for clinical screening of methamphetamine abuse.

Purpose: Amphetamine-type stimulants are very common, and their usage is becoming a very big social problem all over the world. Thousands of addicts encounter several health problems including mental, metabolic, behavioral and neurological disorders. In addition to these, there are several reports about the elevated risk of tendency on committing criminal cases by addicted persons.

Antimicrobial resistance pattern and uropathogens distribution in children visiting a referral hospital in Mogadishu.

Studies concerning epidemiology and drug susceptibility patterns of pediatric urinary tract infection in developing countries are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance pattern and uropathogens distribution in children. Four-year retrospective study included 840 participants in all pediatric age groups whose urine had been cultured.

The evaluation of the metabolic and autonomic predictors of cardiovascular diseases in relation to prostatic hyperplasia symptoms.

Objectives: High prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is present in benign prostatic hyperplasia patients. Risk prediction models were developed for early identification of these cardiovascular risks. We aimed to evaluate cardiovascular metabolic and autonomic predictors in relation to lower urinary tract symptoms' severity evaluated by the IPSS score.

The relationship of benign prostatic hyperplasia's symptoms severity with the risk of developing atrial fibrillation.

Background: Attention is drawn to the increased incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients recently. Early predicting of AF in these patients can help in decreasing its clinical consequences. The aim of our study is to determine the association between BPH symptoms and AF predictors atrial electromechanical delay (AEMD) and the P-wave dispersion (PWD).

The relationship between erectile dysfunction and the Atherogenic Index of Plasma.

The objective of this study was to compare the Atherogenic Index of Plasma (AIP) values as indicators of subclinical atherosclerosis among 124 patients with erectile dysfunction, which was thought to be vasculogenic and 126 control subjects who had no erectile dysfunction, and to compare cardiac performance values between both the groups using exercise stress tests (EST). Erectile function was assessed using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) questionnaire form. AIP values were studied and compared between patients with ED (IIEF  <  22) and those without ED (IIEF  >  22) using the log TG/HDL-C formula.

Subureteral Injection with Small-Size Dextranomer/Hyaluronic Acid Copolymer: Is It Really Efficient?

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of patients with vesicoureteral reflux, which were treated with subureteral injection of small-size (80-120 m) dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer (Dx/HA). Data of 75 children (105 renal units) who underwent STING procedure with small-size Dx/HA for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in our clinic between 2008 and 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. Preoperative reflux grade and side, injection indication, postoperative urinary infections and urinary symptoms, voiding cystourethrogram, and renal scintigraphy results were evaluated.

Changes in Cajal cell density in ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children.

Introduction: Congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction is one the most common causes of neonatal hydronephrosis. The etiology of the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction has not been clearly established. The presence of a hypoplastic, adynamic ureteral segment is thought to be the major cause of an UPJ obstruction.

The Impact of Gene Polymorphisms on the Success of Anticholinergic Treatment in Children with Overactive Bladder.

Aim: To determine the impact of gene polymorphisms on detrusor contraction-relaxation harmony in children with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

Materials And Methods: Toilet trained children older than 5 years of age with LUTS and normal neurological examination underwent videourodynamic study. The control group was composed of age matched children with no voiding complaints.

Surgical treatment of pulmonary hydatid disease in children: report of 122 cases.

Background/purpose: The aim of this study was to review the authors' surgical experience in pediatric pulmonary hydatid disease focusing on clinical presentation, parenchyma saving operations, and long-term results.

Methods: One hundred twenty-two children with pulmonary hydatid cyst were treated surgically over the last 2 decades and were reviewed retrospectively. There were 66 boys and 56 girls with a mean age of 9 years.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: experience with 341 cases.

Objective: Until recently, thoracoscopy had been used primarily for diagnostic purposes for more than 80 years in thoracic diseases. In this report we reviewed our video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery experience with 341 cases focusing on indications, operative procedures, complications or failure rates.

Patients And Methods: Over the last 3 years, we performed 459 video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures.

Factors affecting postoperative morbidity and mortality in destroyed lung.

Background: The presence of specific risk factors can increase the postoperative complication rate of pneumonectomy for destroyed lung.

Methods: Our experience in 118 consecutive patients who underwent pneumonectomy for destroyed lung over a 10-year period was retrospectively analyzed to evaluate the effect of specific risk factors on postoperative complications. The significance of tuberculosis, right pneumonectomy, preoperative empyema, and duration of illness longer than 36 months was examined by univariate analyses.

Giant hydatid cysts of the lung.

Background: Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus, characterized by cystic lesions in the liver, lungs, and, rarely, in other parts of the body. The large cysts in the lung are a special clinical entity called giant hydatid cysts. Characteristics on presentation, operative techniques, and postoperative morbidity and mortality rates in 47 patients with 50 giant pulmonary hydatid cysts 10 cm in diameter or larger were reported in this study.