Comparative Analysis of Demographic and Clinical Findings in Spontaneous, Peritoneal Dialysis-Related, and Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis.

Background This study aims to contribute to peritonitis management strategies by comparing the demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of patients diagnosed with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis (PDrP), and secondary peritonitis. Methods This study included 86 patients diagnosed with peritonitis between 2016 and 2022. Patients were categorized and compared as SBP, PDrP, and secondary peritonitis.

Pain type and neuropathic pain components in acute herpes zoster.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the pain type (nociceptive or neuropathic) and neuropathic pain components in patients with acute herpes zoster (HZ).

Methods: Patients with acute HZ referred to the outpatient Dermatology and Venereology clinic between January 2021 and January 2022 were retrospectively detected. The demographic data including gender and age, rash localization, pain severity, and neuropathic pain components were recorded.

Comparison of the Distribution of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Causative Agents Between Intensive Care Units and Other Clinics.

Objective: To compare the trends in the distribution of healthcare associated infectious (HAIs) and causative agents in intensive care units (ICUs) and other clinics.

Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Health Sciences University, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye, from 2015 to 2022.

Total aortic arch replacement without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in type A aortic dissection: Left axillar artery for arterial cannulation.

Objective: Total aortic arch replacement (TAR) necessitates hypothermic circulatory arrest (CA). The frozen elephant trunk technique (FET) additionally requires commercial hybrid grafts. Herein we describe a novel modified FET technique without CA using standard grafts thanks to left axillary artery (LAxA) cannulation in patients with acute type A aortic dissection.

TOX, TWIST1, STAT4, and SATB1 protein expressions in early-stage mycosis fungoides.

Background: Diagnosis of early mycosis fungoides (eMF) is challenging and often delayed as many of its clinical and histopathologic features may mimic various benign inflammatory dermatoses (BIDs). The products of the thymocyte selection-associated high mobility group box (TOX), twist family BHLH transcription factor 1 (TWIST1), signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4), and special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 1 (SATB1) genes function as transcription factors and are involved in the pathogenesis of MF.

Objectives: We aim to determine the diagnostic value of TOX, TWIST1, STAT4, and SATB1 protein expressions in eMF.

Effect of Puberty, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Lactation, and Menopause on Chronic Urticaria Activity.

Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is a systemic disorder which is characterized by recurrent wheals and/or angioedema lasting more than 6 weeks. Sex hormones have been suggested to play a role in CU pathogenesis, however, their clinical implications have not been adequately described in the literature.

Objective: To determine whether conditions that change sex hormone levels such as puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause affect the course of CU.

Evaluation of Arachnoid Granulations in Cranial Dural Sinuses with Contrast-Enhanced 3-Dimensional T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Objective: Several studies in the literature have used contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to investigate arachnoid granulations protruding into the cranial dural sinuses. The current study aimed to investigate the protrusion of arachnoid granulations into the superior sagittal sinus, transverse sinus, straight sinus, and confluence of sinuses and determine the frequency of brain herniation into giant arachnoid granulations using contrast-enhanced 3-dimensional T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Materials And Methods: Images of 550 patients with intra-sinus arachnoid granulations who underwent contrast-enhanced 3-dimensional T1-weighted thin-slice magnetic resonance imaging were retrospectively re-evaluated.

Second-line Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: Taxanes versus 5-FU-Based Treatment.

Objective: To determine the comparative efficacy of taxane-based treatment and 5-FU-based treatment as second-line chemotherapy regimens in advanced gastric cancer patients, as measured by overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).

Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Medical Oncology, Health Science University Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye, from January 2008 and December 2020.

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Proximal, Mid, or Distal Adductor Canal Block after Knee Arthroscopy.

Objective: Adductor canal block has been used for effective post-operative analgesia; however, the optimal location of adductor canal block placement is still controversial. We aimed to assess the opioid consumption and pain intensity in patients undergoing proximal, mid, and distal adductor canal block after knee arthroscopy.

Methods: A total of 90 patients who had undergone an arthroscopic knee surgery and proximal, mid, or distal adductor canal block for postoperative analgesia were examined.

Ethics in transfusion medicine: Are the intricate layers of ethics all universal? A global view.

Ethical principles have been considered, and in several respects regulated, along the entire blood procurement chain from donor motivation to transfusion to the patient. Consent of donors and voluntary non-remunerated donation are fields which have been addressed by codes of ethics and legislation. Caring for donor health is an area of further development of ethical standards.

Differences between adult and pediatric chronic spontaneous urticaria from a cohort of 751 patients: Clinical features, associated conditions and indicators of treatment response.

Background: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a common disease both in the pediatric and in the adult population. However, there are differences between the two patient populations with respect to etiological factors, comorbidities, and treatment responses. Our aim was to determine differences between pediatric and adult CSU in terms of clinical characteristics, laboratory parameters, comorbidities, response to treatment, and indicators of response.

Evaluation of Blood Stream and Biliary Tract Infections Related to Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography and Prophylaxis Given in Patients with Malignancy.

Objective: Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) is an invasive procedure used in patients with obstructive jaundice in the progress of some malignancies, and its most common complication is infection. We aimed to evaluate the patients who underwent PTC regarding their cultures, prophylaxis, and antibiotics used for treatment.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients who underwent PTC and were followed up in a medical oncology outpatient clinic between 2010-2017 were evaluated retrospectively.

Non-transecting urethroplasty in patients with bulbar urethral strictures shorter than three centimeters.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the success and postoperative complication rates of the novel non-transecting urethroplasty (NTU) technique and conventional excision-primary anastomosis (EPA) in the surgical treatment of short bulbar urethral strictures.

Material And Methods: Data of the patients who underwent excision-primary anastomosis or NTU procedures at our center for the surgical treatment of bulbar urethral strictures shorter than 3 cm between January 2010 and December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: Forty-seven patients fulfilled the eligibility criteria for this study.

An evaluation of remission rates with first and second line treatments and indicators of antihistamine refractoriness in chronic urticaria.

Background: Guidelines recommend standard doses of antihistamines as first-line, and updosing of antihistamines as second-line treatment for the management of chronic urticaria (CU). However, remission rates with different types of first- and second-line treatments and indicators of antihistamine response are largely lacking in the literature.

Objectives: To examine response rates to first- and second-line treatments in CU, and to identify patient characteristics that can predict antihistamine treatment outcomes.

The effectiveness of conventional radiofrequency ablation for chronic plantar heel pain due to heel spur.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of conventional radiofrequency (CRF) ablation treatment on chronic plantar heel pain due to heel spur.

Methods: A total of 20 patients with heel spur who did not respond to conservative treatments were recruited for the study. Under fluoroscopy guidance, CRF was performed to three points at the top, above, and below the heel spur in the longitudinal plane of the foot.

Characteristics of our hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia patients receiving corticosteroids and mortality-associated factors.

Background: COVID-19 is a disease associated with diffuse lung injury that has no proven effective treatment yet. It is thought that glucocorticoids may reduce inflammation-mediated lung injury, disease progression, and mortality. We aimed to evaluate our patient's characteristics and treatment outcomes who received corticosteroids for COVID-19 pneumonia.

Effects of Postnatal Caffeine Exposure on Absence Epilepsy and Comorbid Depression: Results of a Study in WAG/Rij Rats.

The present study aims to investigate effect of early caffeine exposure on epileptogenesis and occurrence of absence seizures and comorbid depression in adulthood. For this purpose, Wistar Albino Glaxo from Rijswijk (WAG/Rij) rats were enrolled in a control and two experimental groups on the 7th day after the delivery. The rats in experimental groups received either 10 or 20 mg/kg caffeine subcutaneously while animals in control group had subcutaneous injections of 0.

Brain death and the internet: evaluating the readability and quality of online health information.

Background: Brain death has been accepted medically and legally as biological death. Nevertheless, it is a difficult concept for the public to understand, resulting in a reliance on online resources for clarity. When the information is inaccurate, misleading, or elusive, the internet could have adverse effects on the public's decision-making.

Drug-Induced Histiocytoid Sweet Syndrome: Two Cases With Levofloxacin and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate.

Histiocytoid Sweet syndrome (HSS) is an uncommon histologic variant of Sweet syndrome (SS). HSS can be distinguished from the classic SS with an infiltrate of histiocyte-like immature myeloid cells rather than dense neutrophilic infiltration, although the clinical features are similar. Previous studies have shown that the risk of hematologic malignancy is significantly higher in HSS compared with classic SS.

Could Irisin Levels be Affected by Physical Activity in Patients with Schizophrenia?

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the effect of physical activity and metabolic parameters on irisin levels in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls.

Methods: Ninety-six patients with schizophrenia and 63 healthy controls comprised the study population. The participants were separated into three groups: inactive, low activity, and sufficiently active according to International Physical Activity Questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF).

Effects of 5 µg/kg intrathecal morphine for postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing major surgery.

Background: The effects and analgesic adequacy of intrathecal morphine (ITM) administration have been studied less frequently than other regional analgesia techniques in pediatric surgical procedures.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and adverse event rate of 5 µg/kg ITM administration for postoperative analgesia according to age group.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the medical records of patients who underwent major pediatric surgery and were administered ITM for postoperative analgesia.

Evaluation of ultrasound-guided adductor canal block with two different concentration of bupivacaine in arthroscopic knee surgery: A feasibility study.

Study Objective: The application of regional anaesthesia techniques as a component of multimodal analgesia in knee arthroscopic surgeries increases the quality of postoperative analgesia. Adductor canal block (ACB) is an effective "motor sparing" analgesia technique used in knee surgeries. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of ACB using two different concentrations of local anaesthetic in terms of analgesic requirements and pain density in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy.