Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients.

Background: Identifying the craniofacial abnormalities that cause snoring and the narrowest area of the upper airway creating obstructions can help to determine the proper method of treatment.

Aim: To identify the factors that can cause snoring and the areas of the airway that are the most likely to collapse with upper airway imaging.

Material And Methods: Axial pharynx examinations with CT (computerized tomography) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed to 38 patients complaining of snoring and 12 patients who did not complain of snoring.

Transthoracic Biopsy Causes Massive Subcutaneous Emphysema in a Low Risk Patient.

Subcutaneous Emphysema (SE) can be defined as air leakage under skin from the respiratory or gastrointestinal system. It is frequently accompanied by pneumomediastinum. Thoracentesis, image-guided lung biopsies, pulmonary diseases and therapies resulting in necrosis can cause this pathology.

Determination of reference range with the indirect method of the 25-hydroxyvitaminD3 test in the Balıkesir region, Turkey.

Background/aim: The aim of this study is to determine the reference ranges of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)vitD) by an indirect method using data obtained from patients over the course of 3 years.

Materials And Methods: The 25(OH)vitD test results of the patients who applied to the medical biochemistry laboratory of Balıkesir State Hospital between the years of 2010 and 2014 were analyzed. Patient data were retrospectively taken from the laboratory information system.

Effect of metabolic acidosis on QT intervals in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Background: There is a strong association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular events. Increased arrhythmia risk in kidney disease is one of the main predominant factors in increased mortality and sudden cardiac death. To estimate this risk, noninvasive measurement of repolarization abnormalities including QT interval and its heart rate-corrected value (QTc) with surface ECG, are commonly used parameters in clinical practice.

Lumbar Epidural Varix Mimicking Disc Herniation.

Lumbar radiculopathy is generally caused by such well-recognized entity as lumbar disc herniation in neurosurgical practice; however rare pathologies such as thrombosed epidural varix may mimic them by causing radicular symptoms. In this case report, we present a 26-year-old man with the complaint of back and right leg pain who was operated for right L4-5 disc herniation. The lesion interpreted as an extruded disc herniation preoperatively was found to be a thrombosed epidural varix compressing the nerve root preoperatively.

Prognostic relevance of sunitinib toxicities and comparison of continuous vs. intermittent sunitinib dosing schedule in metastatic renal cell cancer patients.

Aim Of The Study: Sunitinib-related side effects may develop as a result of the pharmacokinetic pathway affects the of the drug.

Material And Methods: Data on mRCC patients were obtained from the hospital archives. Outcomes of patients were evaluated in terms of related prognostic factors, sunitinib adverse events during the treatment, and two different sunitinib dosing schedules.

An investigation of the emergency medicine journals published in Turkey.

Introduction: There are many academic journals in Turkey and the world. Medical journals have a significant place among those publications. The aim of this study is to examine qualitatively and categorize the scientific studies of the two journals in Turkey.

[Predictive calue of leucocyte count, neutrophil percent and C-reactive protein concentration "cut-off value" on the diagnosis of appendicitis].

Background: The present study aimed to investigate the predictive importance of cut-off levels of preoperative WBC, neutrophil and CRP concentrations in operated appendicitis patients.

Methods: Patients operated for acute appendicitis between January 2008 and November 2010 were retrospectively screened. Patients were divided into three groups according to postoperative histopathology.

Retrospective analysis of the microbiological spectrum of pneumonia in Turkish patients with lung cancer.

Aim Of The Study: The spectrum of pulmonary infections in patients with lung cancer is wide, and tools for target-oriented infection control measures are necessary. In this retrospective study we report the microbiological spectrum of pneumonia (based on the results of sputum culture) in a case series of Turkish patients with lung malignancies.

Material And Methods: Between 2010 and 2011 a total of 119 patients (111 males and 8 females, mean age: 59.

Unknown aspect of the old disease: does dyslipidemia in systemic AA amyloidosis differ from the dyslipidemia in primary glomerulonephritis?

Aim: To investigate the nature of dyslipidemia and its diversity in patients with systemic AA amyloidosis.

Methods: The reports of the kidney biopsies performed due to nephrotic proteinuria (>3.5 g/day/1.

Effects of fetal cardiac anomalies on ductus venosus and aortic isthmus doppler profiles.

Purpose: To demonstrate the blood flow profiles of fetuses with cardiac anomalies at the level of Ductus venosus (DV) and Aortic isthmus (AI) to evaluate the effects of fetal cardiac anomalies on these profiles, and how these profile changes contribute to cardiac anomaly screening studies as a marker.

Methods: DV and AI doppler studies were applied to 64 singleton pregnant women with fetal cardiac anomalies and 74 pregnant women with healthy fetuses. DV-PVIV (peak velocity index for veins) for DV and IFI (isthmic flow index) for AI were used.

Does early PET/CT assesment of response to chemotherapy predicts survival in patients with advanced stage non-small-cell lung cancer?

The aim of this study is to determine the prognostic role and the timing of metabolic response to chemotherapy, based on F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-FDG-PET), in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study included 55 patients with metastatic NSCLC that were analyzed in terms of prognostic factors and survival. F-FDG-PET/CT findings were evaluated in patients separated into 3 groups, before and after 1st, 2nd, 3rd cycle of the first line chemotherapy.

Obesity with and without metabolic syndrome: do vitamin D and thyroid autoimmunity have a role?

Aims: To investigate serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO), and 25(OH)D in the presence or absence of metabolic syndrome in an obese population.

Methods: Data from a prospectively generated "Obesity Polyclinic" database that includes socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric, and laboratory measurements of obese subjects were retrospectively analyzed. Subjects with body-mass index (BMI) ≥30kg/m(2) were eligible.

Sunitinib for patients with metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a Multicenter Retrospective Turkish Oncology Group trial.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the clinical efficacy and toxicity of sunitinib, a targeted-agent, for non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-three patients with complete clinical data from 13 oncology Centers were retrospectively evaluated. Outcomes analyzed were objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and adverse events.

Pancreatic Injury Caused By A Fall From Height: Transection at the Tail.

Isolated pancreatic injury due to blunt abdominal trauma is rare and may be clinically difficult to diagnose. Parenchymal injuries may not be recognized during initial evaluation. We report the case of a 30-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with the complaint of persistent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

Relationship of paraoxonase-1, malondialdehyde and mean platelet volume with markers of atherosclerosis in familial Mediterranean fever: an observational study.

Objective: There are many studies demonstrating deteriorated ventricle and endothelium functions in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients. As FMF is an autoinflammatory disease with an ongoing inflammatory activity and inflammation plays an important role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis in some of the rheumatic diseases, we aimed to investigate the early markers of atherosclerosis in patients with FMF by the measurements of serum paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) activity, mean platelet volume (MPV) and malondialdehyde (MDA) level.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional, observational study.

Heart-type fatty acid binding protein level in familial Mediterranean fever.

Objectives: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder and the most frequent periodic syndrome characterized by recurrent attacks of polyserositis. Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (h-FABP) is an intracellular molecule engaged in the transport of fatty acids through the myocardial cytoplasm and a rapid marker of myocardial injury. FMF is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by ongoing inflammatory activity.

[Oropharyngeal tularemia: a case report].

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillus Francisella tularensis. It transmits with the body secretions of the infected rodents, ingestion of the food contaminated with these fluids and bites of infected insects. Ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, oropharyngeal, typhoidal and pneumonic types may be observed based on the entrance route to the body and location of the bacteria.

Orexins cause epileptic activity.

Orexins have been implicated in the regulation of sleep-wake cycle, energy homeostasis, drinking behavior, analgesia, attention, learning and memory but their effects on epileptic activity are controversial. We investigated whether intracortical injections of orexin A (100 pmol) and B (100 pmol) cause epileptic activity in rats. We observed epileptic seizure findings on these two groups rats.

The Effects of Electromagnetic Fields Generated from 1800 MHz Cell Phones on Erythrocyte Rheological Parameters and Zinc Level in Rats.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the electromagnetic field generated from the 1800 MHz radiofrequency radiation (EF) on erythrocyte rheological parameters and erythrocyte zinc levels.

Material And Methods: Twenty-four male Wistar Albino rats were randomly grouped as follows: 1) two control groups and 2) study groups: i) Group A: EF exposed group (2.5 h/day for 30 days, the phone on stand-by), and ii) Group B: EF exposed group (2.

Blood pressure measurement in freely moving rats by the tail cuff method.

Inconsistency in consecutive blood pressure values is one of the most frequently observed problems in tail cuff method. The aim of this study was to measure blood pressure using the tail cuff method in rats without heating, anesthesia, and movement restriction. In this study, it has been shown that blood pressure measurement could be obtained without problem using the tail cuff method in freely moving rats in their cage environment.

Odontogenic myxoma of the maxilla.

Myxomas are mostly seen in the 2(th) and 3(rd) decades. They rarely occur in childhood and maxillofacial region is rarely involved. The recurrence incidence is high.

Sternal fracture due to airbag injury: case report.

Although airbags reduce the overall risk of injury and death from motor vehicle accidents, the airbag may cause injuries during deployment. We present a case of apparently isolated sternal fracture caused by airbag deployment during a motor vehicle crash and we discuss the ultrasonographic diagnosis. We also examine the mechanism of injury caused by the airbag.