The Relationship Between Pain Acceptance and Acceptance of Illness in Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Objective: Managing treatment and symptoms of chronic diseases without accepting the illness is challenging. This study aimed to determine the relationship between pain acceptance and the acceptance of illness in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: In this descriptive study of 123 people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), data were collected through a questionnaire.

A Prospective Evaluation of Health Literacy Levels of Pregnant Women in Antenatal Classes: Impact on Delivery Outcomes in Nulliparous and Multiparous Women.

: Modern technology and educational activities, such as antenatal classes (ACs), increase patient informedness in medicine and improve collaboration between physicians and patients. The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the impact of maternal health literacy (HL) on delivery outcomes between nulliparous and multiparous women who attended antenatal classes. : This prospective study recruited 281 pregnant women who regularly attended ACs, but only 188 who gave birth at our academic tertiary hospital were included in the final analysis.

Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of Spondyloarthritis Knowledge Questionnaire: A Methodological Study.

Background: Information and education are recommended for patients with inflammatory arthritis including spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, there is no Turkish instrument available to measure the knowledge level of patients with SpA. The study aimed to translate the Spondyloarthritis Knowledge Questionnaire (SPAKE) into Turkish and investigate its validity and reliability.

Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced MRI in Differentiating Focal Nodular Hyperplasia from Hepatocellular Adenoma in Children.

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic performance of Gd-EOB-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for distinguishing focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) from hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) in children.

Methods: Twenty-two patients (6 with HCA and 16 with FNH) were retrospectively included in this study. After qualitative analyses of MRI, quantitative analyses were performed by calculating the relative signal intensity ratios (SIR) between lesion and liver parenchyma both on precontrast and hepatobiliary phase images.

Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis: Nine years of real-world data.

Tofacitinib is a targeted JAK inhibitor used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Despite some recent safety concerns, it is considered effective and safe with appropriate patient selection. Between May 2015 and May 2024, data were retrospectively analyzed from 112 patients with a diagnosis of RA in a tertiary care hospital who had received tofacitinib for at least 1 month, with or without prior biologic DMARDs.

New biological markers in diagnosis and follow-up of brucellosis cases.

Brucellosis remains a significant public health issue in some parts of the world. It is clear that new laboratory methods are needed to diagnose brucellosis. Currently, no test method meets the criteria of high specificity, sensitivity, reliability, and low cost for the diagnosis of brucellosis, which could also predict chronicity.

From agammaglobulinemia to neutropenia: 'The TCF-3 has different clinical presentations'.

The clinical picture of the TCF3 deficiency may manifest differently from neutropenia to antibody production defects.

Survival Outcomes of Patients with Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia in the Era of Proteasome Inhibitors and Immunomodulatory Agents: A Real-Life Multicenter Analysis.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to obtain real-life data on the use of antimyeloma agents, which significantly increase overall survival (OS) in multiple myeloma (MM) patients, in primary plasma cell leukemia (pPCL) patients with poor prognosis.

Materials And Methods: Data from 53 patients who were diagnosed with pPCL between 2011 and 2020 and who used at least one proteasome inhibitor (PI) and/or immunomodulatory (IMID) agent were analyzed retrospectively. Depending on the year of the pPCL diagnosis, 20% leukocytes or ≥2x10/L plasma cells in the peripheral blood was used as a diagnostic criterion.

Author Correction: Evaluation of Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in the Intensive Care Unit.

Correction to: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 25 (18): 5801-5806-DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202109_26798-PMID: 34604971 published online on September 30, 2021. The methodology section of this research article incorrectly stated that the lexi-interact checker program is freely accessible.

Mediation of Epigenetic Mechanisms in the Regenerative Effect of Uridine in a Rat Model of Sciatic Nerve Injury.

Aim: To investigate the possible mediation of epigenetic mechanisms underlying the regenerative effect of uridine in a sciatic nerve transection rat model.

Material And Methods: Fifty adult male rats were randomized to sham, control, and uridine groups. After unilateral transection and primary anastomosis of the right sciatic nerve, a single daily dose of saline (1 ml/kg; sham and control groups) or uridine (500 mg/kg; uridine group) was injected intraperitoneally for a week.

Evaluating the Performance of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Bing Compared with Resident Surgeons in the Otorhinolaryngology In-service Training Examination.

Objective: Large language models (LLMs) are used in various fields for their ability to produce human-like text. They are particularly useful in medical education, aiding clinical management skills and exam preparation for residents. To evaluate and compare the performance of ChatGPT (GPT-4), Gemini, and Bing with each other and with otorhinolaryngology residents in answering in-service training exam questions and provide insights into the usefulness of these models in medical education and healthcare.

Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Neonatal Sepsis Cases in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital in Türkiye.

Objective: We aimed to determine the demographic data, mortality, and morbidity of early- and late-neonatal sepsis cases, the etiologic agents in these cases, and the antibiotic susceptibility of these agents.

Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of newborns diagnosed with culture-proven sepsis within 24 months were evaluated.

The effect of platelet-rich plasma and sodium alginate hydrogel on corneal wound healing after corneal alkali burns in rats with computer-assisted anterior segment optical coherence tomography image analysis.

Our objective was to determine the effect of a semi-synthetic sodium alginate hydrogel and its combination with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on histopathological, biochemical, clinical, and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) data. Alkali chemical burn of the cornea was induced. Injured rats were randomly divided into five equal groups and topically treated with phosphate-buffered saline (sham), platelet-rich plasma (PRP), 0.

Repeat Microvascular Decompression for Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Aim: To review our experience with patients presenting with recurrent trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and who have undergone repeat microvascular decompression surgery (rMVD).

Material And Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted at the Department of Neurosurgery at a university hospital. Patients who initially experienced complete pain relief after the first MVD but later had a recurrence of TN symptoms which required an rMVD were included in the study.

The feasibility and added value of indocyanine green tracing in guiding sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of combined (indocyanine green [ICG]+ blue dye) tracing versus blue dye alone in guiding sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer.

Methods: A total of 112 female patients (mean ± SD age: 51.9 ± 11.