Publications by authors named "Tugce Mengi"
Article Synopsis
- Secondary bacterial infections, particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and bloodstream infections (BSIs), significantly contributed to mortality in COVID-19 patients, prompting a study to compare infection rates before and during the pandemic in ICUs.
- This study involved 558 ICU patients across six centers in Turkey, revealing no significant differences in VAP and BSI rates between the two periods, although mortality rates did increase during COVID-19.
- Ultimately, the findings indicate that protective measures aimed at healthcare workers didn't translate to better patient outcomes, underscoring the need for a balanced approach in infection control.
In this article, we report a patient with migraine who was hospitalized with a prediagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri and diagnosed as neurobrucellosis with isolated intracranial hypertension presentation. A 22-year-old woman was admitted to emergency department with a complaint of headache. Her anamnesis indicated that she had migraine for 7 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 22-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with headache, dizziness, and numbness on the left side of the body. Neurologic examination revealed gaze-evoked nystagmus. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging, venous and arterial magnetic resonance angiography were normal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCompressive peripheral nerve injury can be observed as a long-term outcome during the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. In this case study, we report a man with bilateral wrist drop due to prolonged noninvasive blood pressure monitoring. A 52-year-old man who had undergone invasive ventilation because of severe COVID-19 pneumonia was admitted with bilateral loss of function of the wrist, digital, and thumb extensors and hypoesthesia in the dorsum of the forearm and hand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are limited data on the long-term outcomes of COVID-19 from different parts of the world.
Aims: To determine risk factors of 90-day mortality in critically ill patients in Turkish intensive care units (ICUs), with respiratory failure.
Study Design: Retrospective, observational cohort.
Objective: Critical treatment and management have advanced over the recent decades, bringing many benefits but also causing increasing complication rates. Among these complications, neurological complications have an important place and may increase in mortality rates. The aim of our study was to find the causes of neurological consultations in the level 3 adult intensive care units (ICU).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Triggerred By Alcohol Withdrawal].
Turk Psikiyatri Derg
May 2018
Introduction: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-radiological entity characterized by headache, altered mental status, epileptic seizures, visual disturbances and typically transient changes in posterior cerebral circulation areas. In this article, we present a case of alcohol withdrawal accompanied by PRES.
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with visual hallucinations and meaningless speech.
Purpose: Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), especially severe cases that require treatment in intensive care units, often experience swallowing difficulties. However, the oropharyngeal function of patients with GBS not treated in intensive care units is not typically evaluated using neurophysiological techniques.
Methods: Electrophysiological techniques were used to determine dysphagia limit and sequential water swallowing values in an electromyography laboratory.