Acoustic Analysis of Soccer Fans in Acute Phonotrauma After the Match.

Objectives: Acute phonotrauma is the result of sound production by shouting or straining one's voice. In this study, we aimed to investigate the acute changes in the vocal folds and voices of soccer fans who voluntarily applied to our clinic after the soccer match where they engaged in acute phonotrauma. There are no other studies in the literature conducted on a similar sample group.

Effects of ivabradine and beta-blocker therapy on dobutamine-induced ventricular arrhythmias.

Background: Indirect evidences suggest that the If blocker ivabradine may exert an antiarrhythmic effect in ventricular myocardium in heart failure (HF) patients by inhibiting spontaneous depolarisations, but the clinical relevance of this mechanism is not known. Dobutamine (DOB) has been known to increase heart rate and the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias.

Aim: In this study, we evaluated the effects of ivabradine on DOB-induced ventricular arrhythmias and compared them with those of beta-blocker (BB) therapy.

Craniofacial Deviations in the Children With Nasal Obstruction.

Nasal obstruction mainly caused by adenoid hypertrophy in children affects the craniofacial growth and development process, and the craniofacial deviations and/or differences reported in the children are very similar to those in the adults with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The authors aimed to look for relationships of the linear craniofacial dimensions in the children suffering from nasal obstruction with age, degree of clinical nasal obstruction score (CNOS), and relative size of the adenoid mass within the nasopharynx in their study.Fifty-five children suffering from nasal obstruction were retrospectively enrolled, and clinical data was used to calculate CNOS.

Real-world stroke prevention strategies in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in patients with renal impairment.

Background: The data regarding stroke prevention strategies in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) are limited especially in patients with renal impairment (RI). We sought to evaluate management dilemmas in patients with concurrent NVAF and RI in RAMSES (ReAl-life Multicenter Survey Evaluating Stroke Prevention Strategies inTurkey) study.

Methods: We conducted a prospective, multicenter, nation-wide registry in NVAF patients in outpatient cardiology clinics.

Therapeutic efficacy of tadalafil and eriythropoietin in experimental spinal cord injury.

Background: This experimental study was an investigation of the efficacy of erythropoietin and tadalafil in rats with induced spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: Thirty-five Sprague Dawley rats were distributed into 5 groups. First group was used for normal biochemical values.

The role of oxidative stress in early-onset androgenetic alopecia.

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common cause of alopecia in men. In the literature, although there are in vitro studies investigating the relationship between oxidative stress and AGA, any in vivo study does not exist.

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the oxidative stress status in male patients with early-onset AGA by measuring total oxidant levels (TOS), total antioxidant levels (TAS), and oxidative stress index (OSI).

The clinical and laboratory characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with Brucella epididymo-orchitis (BEO) compared to those without BEO.

Background/aim: We aim to describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of 21 patients with Brucella epididymo-orchitis (BEO) from Eskişehir Yunus Emre State Hospital, Turkey.

Materials And Methods: A total of 21 patients with BEO who were diagnosed and followed in the Infectious Diseases Clinic between June 2001 and June 2013 were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: One hundred and twenty-eight of 192 patients evaluated throughout the study were male and BEO was determined in 21 (16.

The role of MEFV mutations in the concurrent disorders observed in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the frequency in which familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) coexists with other diseases and determine whether Mediterranean fever gene mutations are involved in such coexistence.

Material And Methods: In total, 142 consecutive patients with FMF investigated for mutation were enrolled in this study [Female: 87; Male: 55, mean age 32±12 years (11-62)]. All the patients were questioned for the presence of concurrent disorders, and the medical records of these patients were revised retrospectively.

True aneurysm of superficial temporal artery accompanying multiple intracranial aneurysm.

Superficial temporal artery (STA) aneurysms are very infrequent. Moreover, true aneurysms, which are not pseudoaneurysms associated with trauma or previous surgery are even rarer. With this manuscript, authors present a case of a 79-year-old woman suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage whose radiological examinations revealed multiple intracranial aneurysms along with an STA aneurysm.

Multilevel Noncontiguous Spinal Fractures: Surgical Approach towards Clinical Characteristics.

Study Design: The study retrospectively investigated 15 cases with multilevel noncontiguous spinal fractures (MNSF).

Purpose: To clarify the evaluation of true diagnosis and to plane the surgical treatment.

Overview Of Literature: MNSF are defined as fractures of the vertebral column at more than one level.

Effect of Modified Fujita Technique Uvulopalatoplasty on Oxidative DNA Damage Levels in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Snoring is a social hindrance problem and it can cause life threatening problems. Because of this it must be taken seriously and must be treated. Although there are many ways for treating this problem, still uvulopalatopharngoplasty (UPPP) which is an accepted classical method maintains its importance.

Modified elliptical rotation flap for sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease.

Background: Although various surgical procedures have been described for pilonidal sinus disease, the best surgical technique is still controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term results of modified elliptical rotation flap (MERF) for pilonidal sinus disease in terms of post-operative complications, recurrence and quality of life.

Method: Data of 121 patients (10 women, 111 men) who were operated on for sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease between 2011 and 2013 were analysed.

Does Aromatase Inhibitors Cause Sjogren's Syndrome and Polyneuropathy?

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are the indispensible part of hormone-responsive breast cancer treatment. A potential relation between autoimmunity and AIs has been described before. Herein, we report a case of Sjogren's syndrome (SjS) and polyneuropathy which developed during treatment with anastrozole.

The relationship between inferior vena cava diameter measured by bedside ultrasonography and central venous pressure value.

Objective: We aimed to present inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter as a guiding method for detection of relationship between IVC diameter measured noninvasively with the help of ultrasonography (USG) and central venous pressure (CVP) and evaluation of patient's intravascular volume status.

Methods: Patients over the age of 18, to whom a central venous catheter was inserted to their subclavian vein or internal jugular vein were included in our study. IVC diameter measurements were recorded in millimeters following measurement by the same clinician with the help of USG both at the end-inspiratory and end-expiratory phase.

Levofloxacin-induced hepatotoxicity and death.

Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a major cause of hepatocellular injury in patients admitting to emergency services with acute liver failure. Hepatic necrosis may be at varying degrees from mild elevations in transaminases to fulminant hepatitis, and even death. The case of a 53-year-old female patient with toxic hepatitis due to levofloxacin and multiple organ failure secondary to toxic hepatitis is presented.

Vocal fold hyperplastic lesions: an evaluation of surgical outcome with videolaryngostroboscopy.

Background: Vocal fold hyperplastic lesions are premalignant lesions that can be treated effectively by removal of the lesions surgically.

Aims: The aim of this study was to discuss the success of surgery in patients with vocal fold hyperplastic lesions in terms of preserving vibratory function by comparing the preoperative and postoperative videolaryngostroboscopy findings.

Study Design: The medical charts and videolaryngostroboscopic recordings of patients diagnosed with hyperplastic lesions on the vocal folds were reviewed retrospectively.

Evaluation of association between obstructive sleep apnea and coronary risk scores predicted by tomographic coronary calcium scoring in asymptomatic patients.

Objective: This cross-sectional observational study is designed to evaluate direct effects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) on presence and extent of coronary atherosclerosis by using tomographic coronary calcification scoring on a population asymptomatic for coronary artery disease.

Methods: Ninety-seven consecutive patients (49.17 ± 0.

Treatment of autoimmune thrombocytopenia in a case of chronic hepatitis C with ursodeoxycholic acid.

Pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alpha and ribavirin therapy has become the standard treatment in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCH)-infected patients. While thrombocytopenia associated with IFN use is frequently observed among these patients, autoimmune thrombocytopenia is one of the rarely observed adverse effects. In the present report, we present a case with chronic HCV infection in which autoimmune thrombocytopenia developed at week 7 of PEG-IFN alpha 2b plus ribavirin therapy.

Influenza vaccination in healthcare workers.

Background: This study aims to determine side effects in healthcare workers receiving influenza vaccination, and to scrutinize the opinion of and attitude toward vaccination of healthcare workers.

Methods: Five hundred forty-seven hospital personnel employed by the Eskişehir Yunus Emre State Hospital were included in the study which was conducted in November 2006,. Hospital personnel were administered 0.

Brucellosis in central Anatolia: evaluation of complications and relapse.

Brucellosis is an infectious disease involving many organs and tissues. We investigated retrospectively the brucellosis cases at our hospital, in order to study the relationship between clinical, laboratory and therapy findings, and relapse rates. We found that relapse was related to a positive family history, living in a rural area and the presence of complications.