The correlation between death anxiety, loneliness and hope levels in patients treated in the cardiac intensive care unit.

Background: A sense of hope plays an important role in relieving stress and psychological distress of cardiology patients, as well as improving their physical well-being.

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between death anxiety, loneliness and hope levels in patients receiving treatment in a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU).

Design: This is a prospective, descriptive and correlational study.

Outcomes of COVID-19 infection occurring in the recovery period of the open-heart surgery.

Background: In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of novel coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) on the healing process of patients undergoing open-heart surgery.

Methods: Between October 2020 and May 2021, a total of in 22 patients (14 males, 8 females; mean age: 60±15 years; range, 18 to 82 years) who developed COVID-19 within the first 30 days after open-heart surgery were retrospectively analyzed. Since the study was conducted in the pre-vaccination period, all of the patients were unvaccinated.

Degradation, solubility and chromatographic studies of Ibuprofen under high temperature water conditions.

Ibuprofen (IBP) is an emerging environmental contaminant having low aqueous solubility which negatively affects the application of advanced oxidation and adsorption processes. It was determined that as the temperature increased to 473 K, the mole fraction solubility increased considerably from 0.02 × 10 to 212.

Does metformin affect mammographic breast density in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.

Increased mammographic breast density (MBD) is known to be associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer. In this study, we aimed to research the possible relationship between MBD and metformin use in postmenopausal women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The patients were divided into two groups: women with T2DM and who were on metformin and women who were newly diagnosed with T2DM and had not yet taken metformin.

The follow-up results of newborn hearing screening of Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Research and Training Hospital.

Aim: This study aimed to present the results of newborns who were referred to advanced audiology centers after newborn hearing screening, and to determine concordance of our results with the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines about the ages of hearing loss, aid fitting, and cochlear implantation.

Materials And Methods: A total of 7502 newborns were screened in Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Research and Training Hospital between March 2014 and June 2016 using the transient otoacustic emissions test as the first two steps and automated auditory brainstem response test for the third step. Newborns who had risk factors were screened using the automated auditory brainstem response only.

Optimization of resistant starch formation from high amylose corn starch by microwave irradiation treatments and characterization of starch preparations.

The effects of microwave irradiation on resistant starch (RS) formation and functional properties in high-amylose corn starch, Hylon VII, by applying microwave-storing cycles and drying processes were investigated. The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the reaction conditions, microwave time (2-4min) and power (20-100%), for RS formation. The starch:water (1:10) mixtures were cooked and autoclaved and then different microwave-storing cycles and drying (oven or freeze drying) processes were applied.

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience a markedly increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the causal factors have yet to be completely elucidated. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors of CVD and identifies additional cardiovascular risk beyond the sum of its individual components. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of MetS and its possible relationship with disease-related factors in patients with RA.

Farinograph properties and bread quality of flours supplemented with resistant starch.

Three different commercial starches (Hylon VII, Novelose 330 and CrystaLean) were incorporated into the bread formulation at different levels and their effects on the rheological and baking properties and resistant starch contents of breads were evaluated. Starch-supplemented doughs were weaker and absorbed more water than those of the base flour. Loaf volumes of the breads decreased above the 10% level for Novelose and above the 20% level for Hylon VII and CrystaLean supplementation.