Publications by authors named "Tugba Cicek"

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), led to high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. It is known that some patients, initially hospitalized in general wards, deteriorate over time and require advanced respiratory support (ARS). This study aimed to identify key risk factors predicting the need for ARS in patients during the pandemic's early months.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • * Two patient groups were identified: one treated with chemoradiotherapy (G1) and the other with radical surgery (G2).
  • * Results showed that EBUS-TBNA was highly effective, with G1 showing a 50% malignant detection rate and G2 achieving perfect diagnostic values for sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy, suggesting it is a reliable rebiopsy method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause cytokine release syndrome (CRS), which leads to high mortality rates. Tocilizumab suppresses CRS by blocking the signal transduction of interleukin-6 (IL-6).

Objective: To evaluate the clinical and laboratory parameters associated with mortality among patients receiving tocilizumab treatment.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are increasingly used as an alternative to warfarin for treating acute pulmonary thromboembolism due to fewer drug interactions and no need for frequent INR monitoring.
  • A cross-sectional study analyzed data from 836 patients, finding that 38.5% used DOACs, primarily rivaroxaban, due to challenges in maintaining effective INR levels with warfarin.
  • The findings suggest that DOACs are gaining popularity for real-life treatment, highlighting the significance of updated clinical data in guiding their use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: Convex probe endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a minimally invasive technique with high sensitivity in the mediastinal staging of non-small cell carcinoma (NSCLC). In recent years, molecular testing has been developed to study genetic mutations in NSCLC. There are studies revealing improved survival in advanced NSCLC using targeted therapy as the first-line treatment in these patients.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

An ectopic thyroid gland results from the abnormal migration of the thyroid in the course of its development. Primary ectopic mediastinal thyroid is very rare and occurs in less than 1% of all goiters that can be surgically excised. Ectopic thyroid tissue has a characteristic sonographic appearance as smooth-bordered, homogeneous, hypoechoic tissue with fine specular echoes.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Polyurethane foam (PUF) passive samplers were employed to assess air concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in background, agricultural, semi-urban, urban and industrial sites in Bursa, Turkey. Samplers were deployed for approximately 2-month periods from February to December 2014 in five sampling campaign. Results showed a clear rural-agricultural-semi-urban-urban-industrial PCBs concentration gradient.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA) is a rare form of pulmonary aspergillosis. The radiological findings in CNPA are very diverse. We present a mildly imunosuppresive, elderly 71-year-old woman with the diagnosis of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis presenting as transient migratory thoracic mass.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: fopen(/var/lib/php/sessions/ci_sessionm142shaebj05ihpkfm2okalr6n997b36): Failed to open stream: No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 177

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: /var/lib/php/sessions)

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 137

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once