Noninvasive Liver Fibrosis Indices as Indicators of Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is more prevalent in patients with obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, which are risk factors for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis. NAFLD is related to cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes. We aimed to investigate the relationship between diabetic complications and NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) and Fibrosis-4 score (FIB-4).

Factors related to the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: a single center study.

Aim Of The Study: There is a close relationship between the development of diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and associated factors of NAFLD in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients according to the ultrasound examination and noninvasive hepatic fibrosis indices.

Material And Methods: 316 patients who were followed up in the Internal Medicine Diabetes clinic, over the age of 18, diagnosed with T2DM were included retrospectively.

COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with impaired fasting glucose, newly diagnosed diabetes and pre-existing diabetes: a tertiary center experience.

COVID-19 infection is known to increase mortality in patients with diabetes. We aim to demonstrate the differences in disease course and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 regarding the presence of impaired fasting glucose, pre-existing diabetes mellitus (DM) or new-onset DM. 236 patients with positive reverse transcription-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 were included in this single-center, retrospective observational study between March 2020 and May 2021.

The Effects of Fluid Balance Disorders on Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Disease in the Internal Medicine Clinic.

Backgorund: Previous studies conducted on critical patients in intensive care units have shown that fluid balance disorder (FBD) increases mortality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of FBD on mortality of patients hospitalized in internal medicine ward.

Methods: The present study was designed as an observational study and follow-up period of the patients began in the first 8 hours of admission to the emergency room who had hypervolemia findings in physical examination were included in the fluid balance FB (+) group; those who had any of the dehydration findings were included in FB (-) group, those who had both hypervolemia and dehydration findings were included in FB (mix) group, and those with normal examination findings were included in FB (N) group.

Uric acid albumin ratio as a predictive marker of short-term mortality in patients with acute kidney injury.

Objective: We aimed to investigate uric acid and albumin ratio (UA/A) as a marker of short-term mortality in acute kidney injury (AKI). Both uric acid and albumin are strongly correlated with the development and mortality of AKI.

Methods: The patients hospitalized from May 2019 to September 2019 for AKI were included in this study.

Peripheral arterial disease diagnosed by ankle-brachial index: Predictor for early renal replacement therapy in chronic kidney disease.

Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between ankle-brachial index (ABI) and need for early renal replacement therapy (RRT) in predialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A total of 112 patients (62% men) with pre-dialysis CKD, seen in the outpatient clinic, were included, and ABI was obtained as per standard protocol. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was defined as ABI <0.

Prevalence of comorbidities in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is gradually increasing in Turkey and it is becoming a serious public health problem. Other diseases which accompany diabetes becloud its treatment and bring additional problems. Until now, there have been no studies investigating the prevalence of co-morbidities in Turkish diabetic patients.

Relationship between diabetic neuropathy and sarcopenia.

Objective: The present study was designed to examine the prevalence of sarcopenia in patients who have Diabetic Neuropathy (DN); and to determine the relation between DN and sarcopenia.

Material And Methods: A total of 602 diabetic patients (mean age 60.2 ± 10.

Restless legs syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of restless leg syndrome (RLS) in type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients and to determine the risk factors.

Methods: Patients were recruited from the Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital Diabetes Center.

Stroke Prevalence in a Coastal Town on the Black Sea Coast in Turkey: Community Based Study.

Background: This study aims to determine the stroke prevalence in Akçakoca which is a rural area in Turkey.

Methods: The study was designed as a cross-sectional, door-to-door survey. The stroke questionnaire was completed by a trained team in the presence of the participants according to their answers.

Assesment of the patients presenting with severe anemia to the emergency internal medicine clinic.

Objective: Etiological evaluation of the patients who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of severe anemia (Hb<7 gr/dl) in the emergency internal medicine clinic between January and July, 2013.

Methods: In this study, 112 patients who were hospitalized in Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital emergency internal medicine clinic with severe anemia between January and July 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.