The Usefulness of New Body Indices in Determining the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Cases with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Purpose: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is considered a notable independent risk factor for cardiometabolic disorders. The current study aimed to investigate the efficacy of new anthropometric indices, A Body Shape Index (ABSI) and the Body Roundness Index (BRI), in assessing cardiovascular risk (CVR) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among OSAS patients and to compare them with traditional indices.

Materials And Methods: The records of 281 patients who consulted our sleep center were retrospectively reviewed.

Electronic Alert System Significantly Increases HBV Screening Rates Before Immunosuppressive Treatments.

Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) screening rates before starting immunosuppressive treatments are suboptimal. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new electronic alert system in increasing HBV screening rates.

Methods: The electronic alert system, HBVision2, identifies patients at risk of HBV reactivation when a pre-determined International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 code is entered into the hospital's database or immunosuppressive treatment is prescribed.

Evaluation of Inflammation-Based Prognostic Risk Scores in Predicting in-Hospital Mortality Risk in COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study.

Objective: Systemic inflammatory parameters are predictors of poor prognosis in COVID-19 patients. This study evaluated whether the prognostic nutritional index, which was also related to nutrition risk and other inflammation-based prognostic scores, was predictive of in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional single-center study.

The haemodynamic effects of umbilical cord milking in term infants: a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Umbilical cord milking (UCM) is a method that allows for postnatal placental transfusion. The benefits of UCM have been demonstrated in some studies, but knowledge about its haemodynamic effects in term infants is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the haemodynamic effects of UCM in term infants.

Evaluation of diaphragm thickness and function with ultrasound technique and comparison with spirometry in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Introduction: Although the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the development of dyspnea and poor exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are complex, diaphragmatic dysfunction plays a significant role. The purpose of this study was to compare the diaphragm thicknesses and diaphragm excursion values measured by M-mode and B-mode ultrasonography with COPD patients and healthy volunteers and to evaluate the contribution of ultrasound use in determining disease severity in COPD.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-seven COPD patients and 53 healthy volunteers were included in the study.

Hepatitis B Reactivation in Patients Treated with Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C.

Introduction: There is limited research about HBV reactivation (HBVr) due to direct-acting antivirals (DAA) for HCV and most are limited by short duration of follow-up, small sample size, and absence of baseline HBV DNA. We aimed to determine the incidence and clinical course of HBVr in HBsAg and/or anti-HBcIgG positive patients treated with DAA for HCV.

Methods: Seven centers retrospectively analyzed their database on HCV patients treated with DAA between 2015 and 2019.

Can toric IOL rotation be minimized? Toric IOL-Capsular Tension Ring suturing technique and its clinical outcomes.

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the outcomes of the toric intraocular lens (IOL) and capsular tension ring (CTR) suturing technique in patients with cataract and astigmatism.

Methods: Group 1 comprised 37 eyes of 36 patients to whom the CTR-toric IOL complex was co-implanted after the CTR was sutured to the toric IOL haptic. Group 2 comprised 35 eyes of 33 patients in whom the toric IOL and CTR were implanted without suturing.

The Comparison of LISA and INSURE techniques in term of neonatal morbidities and mortality among premature infants.

Background And Aim Of The Work: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is the most common cause of respiratory failure among premature infants. The most important choice for the treatment of  RDS is still exogenous surfactant replacement therapy and respiratory support. Today, there are some different surfactant applying techniques.

[Mortality prediction ability of phycians in intensive care units of Turkey (MOPAP)].

Introduction: Intensive care physicians are increasingly involved in decision making about the prognosis of intensive care unit ICU patients. With this study; we aimed to evaluate the power of clinician foresight at prediction of mortality in patient at triage to intensive care and patient follow-up.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted in ICUs located in various geographical regions of Turkey between January 1, 2017-April 30, 2017.

Effect of video-assisted information prior to intratympanic steroid injection on patient anxiety.

Objective: Patients may be afraid when they receive knowledge that medications are injected into the middle ear through the tympanic membrane using a fine needle during intratympanic treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of video-assisted information prior to intratympanic steroid injection on patient anxiety.

Study Design: Prospective, Non-randomized, controlled trial.

Comparison of Ankaferd Blood Stopper and silver sulfadiazine use in burn wounds: An experimental study.

Background: The present study was designed to compare the effectiveness of topical silver sulfadiazine (SSD) and Ankaferd Blood Stopper® (ABS) usage in experimental partial-thickness burns in rats.

Methods: Twenty-one male Wistar albino rats weighing 250-290 (range: 270+-19) g were used in the present study. A round brass probe that was specifically designed (3×3 cm diameter) was used to induce the burns in rats.

Ectopic Cushing's syndrome due to adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting atypical thymic carcinoid tumor.

Cushing's syndromes (CS) due to thymic carcinoids are rarely seen. In this text, a case with CS due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secreting atypical thymic carcinoid tumor is presented. A 50-year-old Turkish male patient was admitted to our emergency department with typical CS features.

Publication rate of abstracts orally presented at the Turkish Society of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation National Congresses.

Objective: The most widely accepted parameter in evaluating the quality of research presented at scientific congresses is the success of publishing that research in a peer-reviewed journal. There are limited data in the literature about the publishing rates of abstracts orally presented at national congresses of the Turkish Society of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (TARD) in scientific journals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the literary contribution of oral presentations at the TARD Congresses (TARK) and to present proposals for future congresses with detailed evaluation of the literature.

Should We Perform Transthoracic Trucut Lung Biopsies of Pleural-Based Lung Masses Under Ultrasound Guidance or Computed Tomography Guidance?

We aimed to emphasize which method should be prioritized by comparing the ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) guidance for percutaneous transthoracic biopsy of pleural-based lung lesions in terms of comorbidity, diagnostic success, time, and costs.Approximately 700 biopsy procedures performed between 2014 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. The files of these patients and picture archiving and communication system were scanned.

Investigation of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in antrochoanal polyps.

Objectives/hypotheses: This study aimed to investigate the presence of HPV (HPV types 11 and 16) and EBV in antrochoanal polyps and to contribute to the current literature in this regard.

Study Design: A case-control study.

Methods: A total of 100 patients (including 43 patients undergoing surgery for antrochoanal polyp, 27 patients undergoing surgery for nasal polyp, and 30 patients undergoing surgery for hypertrophic inferior turbinate) were included in this study.

YouTube English videos as a source of information on breast self-examination.

Objective: To examine the content, quality and reliability of YouTube videos related to breast self-examination.

Design: A search of YouTube was made on 21.06.

Evaluation of varenicline usage on ventricular repolarization after smoking cessation.

Background: Varenicline, which is a selective partial agonist of the alpha4-beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, is used for the smoking cessation pharmacotherapy. Cardiovascular adverse effects have been reported after varenicline usage in patients who stop smoking. We investigated the effect of varenicline usage on ventricular repolarization after smoking cessation.

Transient Facial Nerve Palsy After the Scalp Block for Burr Hole Evacuation of Subdural Hematoma.

Scalp block has become a frequently used technique with an increasing number of indications today. Despite the many advantages of the scalp block, certain rare complications have been identified. It should be remembered that although it is a relatively safe procedure, it may lead to the development of facial nerve palsy.

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated With Cardiogenic Shock.

Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated with cardiogenic shock (CS) remains as an unresolved condition causing high morbidity and mortality despite advances in medical treatment and coronary intervention procedures. In the current study, we evaluated the predictors of in-hospital mortality of STEMI complicated with CS.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we evaluated the predictive value of baseline characteristics, angiographic, echocardiographic and laboratory parameters on in-hospital mortality of 319 patients with STEMI complicated with CS who were treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Estimation of the capacity of emergency surgery in Konya: Nine-year multicenter study.

Objective: Although the number of surgical emergencies continues to increase, comprehensive data on emergency surgical admissions are scarce. The aim of this multicenter study was to evaluate the causes, management, and outcomes of the general surgical emergencies in the city of Konya, Turkey.

Material And Methods: The relevant details of the cases admitted and considered to be general surgical emergencies in Konya over a nine-year period (January 2003-January 2012) were analyzed.

Perforation With Submucosal Cleft Palate in a Previously Undiagnosed Adult Patient.

Perforation with a submucosal cleft palate (SMCP) is a rare condition with a limited number of cases reported in the literature. However, most described cases include neonates and infants, but not cases due to trauma or infection. Here, we present a case of an adult patient with SMCP with a perforation of the palate who was undiagnosed.

Evaluation of the Corneal Layers in Meibomian-Gland-Dysfunction-Related Dry Eye by In Vivo Slit-Scanning Confocal Microscopy.

In the current study it was aimed to evaluate the findings of cornea in Dry Eye related Meibomian Gland Dysfunction through in vivo confocal microscopy. 30 patients of Dry Eye related Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (DEMGD) and 30 healty individuals were included. 46 eyes of 30 DEMGD patients (group 1) and 46 eyes of 30 healthy individuals (group 2) were formed as control group and images were captured from the centre of the cornea.

Brown Tumor of the Thoracic Spine: First Manifestation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Brown tumors also called as osteoclastomas, are rare nonneoplastic lesions that arise in the setting of primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroid adenomas or hyperplasia constitute the major Brown tumor source in primary hyperparathyroidism while chronic renal failure is the leading cause in secondary hyperparathyroidism. Most of the patients with the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism present with kidney stones or isolated hypercalcemia.