Predictive value of nutritional scores in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: Insights from the AFTER-2 study.

Background And Aim: Many scoring systems are used to evaluate malnutrition, but there is no consensus on which scoring system would be more appropriate. We aimed to investigate the effect of malnutrition in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and to compare three scoring systems.

Methods And Results: A total of 2592 patients with non-valvular AF from 35 different centers in Turkey were included in this prospective study.

The effect of coronary slow flow on ventricular repolarization parameters.

Introduction: Ischemia due to microvascular dysfunction may be responsible for the heterogeneity of ventricular repolarization in coronary slow flow. To our knowledge, there is no study in which QT interval, Tp-Te interval, index of cardiac-electrophysiological balance (iCEB), and frontal QRS-T angle were evaluated together in patients with CSF. In this study, we examined for the first time the relationship between all these myocardial repolarization parameters and CSF.

US-guided central venous catheter placement in the neonatal intensive care unit: Brachiocephalic vein or internal jugular vein?

Background: Centrally inserted central catheters (CICCs) are commonly used to monitor venous pressure and administer parenteral nutrition and drugs in newborns. In the present study, we evaluated cannulation success rates, cannulation time, and frequency of complications in catheterization of the internal jugular vein (IJV) and brachiocephalic vein (BCV).

Methods: The present study included patients who underwent IJV and BCV catheterization under ultrasound (US) guidance.

Brucellosis as a rare cause of granulomatous hepatitis with hepatic and bone marrow granulomas: A case report.

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection that may involve the liver in a variety of ways, however, data on the histopathology of liver effects in brucellosis are limited. Brucellosis is generally characterized by a high fever, joint or back pain, and hepatosplenomegaly. This report illustrates a case of granulomatous hepatitis with granulomas in the liver and bone marrow in a patient who presented with non-specific symptoms, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, digital clubbing, and laboratory signs of intrahepatic cholestasis.

Maternal near-miss patients and maternal mortality cases in a Turkish tertiary referral hospital.

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the incidence of maternal near-miss (MNM) morbidity in a tertiary hospital setting in Turkey.

Material And Methods: In this retrospective study, we concluded 125 MNM patients who delivered between January 2017 and December 2017 and fulfilled the WHO management-based criteria and severe pre-eclamptic and HELLP patients which is the top three highest mortality rates due to pregnancy. Two maternal death cases were also included.

A New Technique of Oophoropexy: Folding and Fixating of Utero-Ovarian Ligament to Round Ligament in a Patient with Reccurrent Ovarian Torsion.

Introduction: Most cases of ovarian torsion occur in the reproductive age and many are related to ovarian and paraovarian masses. If it occurs without any subtle anatomic etiology or ovarian and paraovarian masses, recurrence of ovarian torsion is more likely. Recurrent left ovarian torsion is much less common than recurrent right ovarian torsion.

The effect of using ureteral access sheath for treatment of impacted ureteral stones at mid-upper part with flexible ureterorenoscopy: a randomized prospective study.

Background: The number of the studies made on the efficacy of flexible ureteroscopy (FURS) with ureteral access sheath (UAS) for impacted ureteral stones is limited. The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy and reliability of FURS in treatment of mid-upper impacted ureteral stones in cases where access is used or not.

Methods: Between January 2017 and June 2018, 131 adult patients who applied to our clinic with complaints of mid-upper impacted ureteral stones.