Nurses' Alarm Fatigue Levels in Adult Intensive Care Units and Their Strategies to Reduce Fatigue: A Convergent Parallel Design.

Background: Alarm fatigue is a challenge for nurses and patients. Also, feasible strategies to reduce/manage alarm fatigue are still unclear.

Aim: This study aimed to identify adult intensive care nurses' alarm fatigue levels and strategies to reduce alarm fatigue.

Intern nursing students' perceptions of patient safety culture and their experiences with factors affecting the safety of care in hospital settings: A mixed method study.

Background: Patient safety culture is a globally studied subject as it plays a significant role in preventing and reducing errors. There is limited mixed-method research into the in-depth investigation of intern nurses' views on patient safety in hospital settings and the factors affecting it.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine intern nursing students' perceptions of patient safety culture and their experiences with exploring factors affecting the safety of care in hospital settings.

The Effect of Prewarming on Perioperative Hypothermia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.

Purpose: One of the methods for maintaining perioperative normothermia is prewarming. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a preoperative prewarming intervention on perioperative body temperature.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Drought stress resistance indicators of chickpea varieties grown under deficit irrigation conditions.

The aim of this study was to determine the drought stress resistance of three chickpea cultivars (Inci, Hasanbey and Seçkin) grown under water deficit conditions and to discuss the use of yield, crop water stress index and chlorophyll index values as drought stress tolerance indicators in breeding studies. Three drought stress levels, (full irrigation = no stress - I, deficit irrigation = moderate stress - I, and no irrigation = severe stress - I) were used as irrigation treatments. The highest seed yield (1,984 kg ha) in severe stress conditions was recorded for the Inci cultivar with a low crop water stress index (CWSI) (0.

A Clinical Comparison of Home-Based and Hospital-Based Exercise Programs Following Arthroscopic Capsulolabral Repair for Anterior Shoulder Instability.

Context: Ideal rehabilitation method following arthroscopic capsulolabral repair surgery for anterior shoulder instability has not been proven yet. Although rapid or slow protocols were compared previously, home- or hospital-based protocols were not questioned before.

Objective: The aim of this prospective unrandomized controlled clinical trial is to compare the clinical outcomes of home-based and hospital-based rehabilitation programs following arthroscopic Bankart repair.

Our experiences on endovascular and hybrid treatment of peripheral arterial diseases.

Background: This study aims to present our experiences on endovascular and hybrid treatment of peripheral arterial diseases.

Methods: Between March 2008 and April 2016, 86 patients who underwent endovascular treatment and 17 patients who underwent hybrid treatment for peripheral arterial disease in our clinic were retrospectively analyzed. The treatment approaches, success of treatments, complications and outcomes of these patients were studied.

Comparison of primary repair and patch plasty procedure on the P wave in adult atrial septal defect closure.

Introduction: In this study we compared the effects of two different surgical procedures for closure of adult atrial septal defect (ASD) on postoperative P-wave changes.

Methods: Patients who underwent cardiac surgery for secundum type ASD closure were evaluated retrospectively. Seventy-two patients with primary repair of ASD and 29 patients with pericardial patch plasty repair were compared according to P, P and P-wave dispersions (P).

Removal of broken catheter piece with snare device during endovascular treatment of post-traumatic brachial artery pseudo-aneurysm.

Post-traumatic pseudo-aneurysm is a rare complication of penetrating vascular injury. Endovascular stent implantation has become an alternative approach in the management of this pathology. In our case, we present a brachial artery pseudo-aneurysm that was treated with endovascular stent implantation, and removal of a broken catheter part with a three-dimensional snare device.

The effect of serum, intestinal and peritoneal visfatin levels on early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia.

Background: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a rapidly progressive disease where early diagnosis is life-saving. As a new cytokine, levels of thevisfatin might be affected during the ischema and reperfusion. In our study, we obtained changes of visfatin levels in the serum, peritoneal and intestinal lavage samples in rats, to investigate the effectiveness of these changes in the early diagnosis of AMI.

Nonoperative treatment of frozen shoulder: oral glucocorticoids.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to report our results of glucocorticoid therapy combined with pregabalin and a home exercise program in patients with frozen shoulder.

Methods: Thirty-three patients (seven males, 26 females; mean age 52, range 43-71) diagnosed with primary idiopathic frozen shoulder were included in the study. Secondary causes and systemic diseases related to frozen shoulder were excluded.

Four different strategies for repair of aortic coarctation accompanied by cardiac lesions.

Objectives: Coarctation accompanied by cardiac lesions is a complex clinical situation due to the presence of two different pathologies that necessitate surgical treatment. An individual strategy, according to the severity of the disease, is important to reduce perioperative mortality and morbidity.

Methods: We report here on 25 patients with coarctation accompanied by cardiac lesions who were treated by various surgical approaches.

Long-term results of the single-patch repair technique for sinus venosus atrial septal defects.

Background: Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage commonly accompanies sinus venosus atrial septal defects (SVASDs). Many techniques have been reported for avoiding postoperative complications, such as narrowing of the superior vena cava (SVC) or the pulmonary system, and arrhythmia. We perform a single V-Y pericardial patch plasty repair technique for SVASDs.

Coronary artery bypass grafting following simultaneous treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm and peripheral arterial disease.

Atherosclerosis might affect all arterial segments of the vascular system, thus peripheral arterial disease (PAD) accompanying coronary artery disease (CAD) is not uncommon. In addition to this coexistence, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is frequently associated with CAD. Although treatment strategies of CAD and PAD or CAD and AAA has been reported previously, treatment of these three pathologies has not been reported.

Reversed C sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy in cardiac surgery.

Background: In this study, cardiac surgery with minimally invasive reversed C sternotomy was compared with conventional sternotomy in patients undergoing valve replacement or septal defect repair.

Methods: In this prospective randomized study, 35 patients were assigned into one of two groups for elective cardiac surgery under general anesthesia: Group A (reversed C sternotomy group) and Group B (conventional sternotomy group). Intraoperative variables, intubation time, postoperative drainage volume, pulmonary function tests, sleep quality and quality of life, and requirement for blood transfusion were compared.

Resection for progressively growing giant hemangioma of anterior abdominal wall.

Hemangioma is a benign vascular malformation and generally diagnosed in childhood. This pathology frequently shows regression within the first decade of life, but it rarely presents in young adults beyond 12 years of age. When progressive growth of the tumour leads to a giant hemangioma with clinical symptoms, surgical resection can be reasonable despite its high risk of complications such as intractable bleeding or recurrence.

Minimally invasive hybrid treatment of acute type I aortic dissection: a single-stage technique without circulatory arrest.

After traditional treatment of acute type I aortic dissection, the possible persistence of residual false lumen in the untouched distal aorta can increase the risk of death.This case report presents an example of single-stage complete hybrid repair of acute type I aortic dissection via surgical interposition of an ascending aortic tube-graft and reconstruction of the supra-aortic branches to enable circulatory inflow from the ascending aortic graft, which was followed by endovascular stenting of the arch and of the descending and thoracic aortic segments. This procedure was performed with partial sternotomy and without circulatory arrest, to improve early and late outcomes.

Conventional versus complete chordal-sparing mitral valve replacement: effects on left ventricular function and end-systolic stress.

Background: This study aims to assess the effects of bileaflet preservation versus conventional technique during mitral valve replacement (MVR) on left ventricular functions and end-systolic stress (ESS).

Methods: Between September 2005 and January 2009, sixty-five patients with mitral regurgitation underwent MVR surgery. In a non-randomized fashion, 34 patients had conventional MVR without chordal/leaflet preservation (group I, c-MVR), and 31 had MVR with total chordal/bileaflet preservation (group II, b-MVR).

Rosuvastatin, a new generation 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor, reduces ischemia/reperfusion-induced spinal cord tissue injury in rats.

Background: Severe neurological injury still represents one of the most devastating complications occurring after surgical repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms. We aimed to investigate the role of rosuvastatin (RSV) against ischemia/reperfusion injury in an experimental model of spinal cord ischemia in rats.

Methods: Experimental groups included control group (n = 8), ischemia/reperfusion group (n = 8) undergoing aortic occlusion without pharmacologic treatment, and RSV-treated group (n = 8) receiving 10 mg/kg/day of RSV orally for 3 days before spinal cord ischemia.

Accessory mitral papillary muscle causing severe aortic insufficiency.

Accessory mitral papillary muscle originating from the interventricular septum is a rare congenital anomaly. A 20-year-old male patient presented with a complaint of exertional dyspnea. On cardiac examination, a grade 3/4 diastolic murmur was heard over the right upper parasternal area, and the apical pulsations were easily palpable over the precordium.

The effects of gabapentin on acute and chronic postoperative pain after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects of perioperative gabapentin on postoperative acute and chronic pain after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with median sternotomy and internal mammary artery harvesting.

Design: A double-blind randomized clinical study.

Setting: A single-academic hospital.