Publications by authors named "Sevinc Nursev Ozsevik"
Weekly monitoring of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) under deferiprone therapy in thalassemia patients is recommended to avoid agranulocytosis adverse event. Actually, this recommendation may not be applicable in clinical setting. Our study aimed to establish incidence of neutropenia under deferiprone (DFP) monotherapy when it was monitored bimonthly due to socioeconomic conditions effecting local and refugee thalassemic patients including Syrian origin (SYR; n = 26) and Turkish origin (TR; n = 26) groups.
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- Thalassemic patients are at high risk for severe infections, particularly from rare microorganisms not typically harmful to healthy individuals.
- A 13-year-old boy who had his spleen removed developed septic shock and died within 36 hours of hospital admission, despite receiving extensive medical treatment.
- Serratia marcescens was found in his blood and tracheal cultures, highlighting the danger of rare bacteria in splenectomized patients with thalassemia major.
The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of patients who applied to the Emergency Department (ED) due to submersion injury; to recognize the risk factors, complications, causes of death, and the educational needs of families and caregivers about unsafe environments for submersion; and to develop preventive strategies. All patients were analyzed retrospectively according to demographic features, clinical and laboratory findings, association between clinical variables and submersion injuries, and patient outcomes. Fifty-five patients with submersion injury were analyzed.
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