Electronic Alert System Significantly Increases HBV Screening Rates Before Immunosuppressive Treatments.

Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) screening rates before starting immunosuppressive treatments are suboptimal. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new electronic alert system in increasing HBV screening rates.

Methods: The electronic alert system, HBVision2, identifies patients at risk of HBV reactivation when a pre-determined International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 code is entered into the hospital's database or immunosuppressive treatment is prescribed.

Evaluation of diaphragm thickness and function with ultrasound technique and comparison with spirometry in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Introduction: Although the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the development of dyspnea and poor exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are complex, diaphragmatic dysfunction plays a significant role. The purpose of this study was to compare the diaphragm thicknesses and diaphragm excursion values measured by M-mode and B-mode ultrasonography with COPD patients and healthy volunteers and to evaluate the contribution of ultrasound use in determining disease severity in COPD.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-seven COPD patients and 53 healthy volunteers were included in the study.

Hepatitis B Reactivation in Patients Treated with Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C.

Introduction: There is limited research about HBV reactivation (HBVr) due to direct-acting antivirals (DAA) for HCV and most are limited by short duration of follow-up, small sample size, and absence of baseline HBV DNA. We aimed to determine the incidence and clinical course of HBVr in HBsAg and/or anti-HBcIgG positive patients treated with DAA for HCV.

Methods: Seven centers retrospectively analyzed their database on HCV patients treated with DAA between 2015 and 2019.

[Mortality prediction ability of phycians in intensive care units of Turkey (MOPAP)].

Introduction: Intensive care physicians are increasingly involved in decision making about the prognosis of intensive care unit ICU patients. With this study; we aimed to evaluate the power of clinician foresight at prediction of mortality in patient at triage to intensive care and patient follow-up.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted in ICUs located in various geographical regions of Turkey between January 1, 2017-April 30, 2017.

Comparison of Ankaferd Blood Stopper and silver sulfadiazine use in burn wounds: An experimental study.

Background: The present study was designed to compare the effectiveness of topical silver sulfadiazine (SSD) and Ankaferd Blood Stopper® (ABS) usage in experimental partial-thickness burns in rats.

Methods: Twenty-one male Wistar albino rats weighing 250-290 (range: 270+-19) g were used in the present study. A round brass probe that was specifically designed (3×3 cm diameter) was used to induce the burns in rats.

Ectopic Cushing's syndrome due to adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting atypical thymic carcinoid tumor.

Cushing's syndromes (CS) due to thymic carcinoids are rarely seen. In this text, a case with CS due to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secreting atypical thymic carcinoid tumor is presented. A 50-year-old Turkish male patient was admitted to our emergency department with typical CS features.

Publication rate of abstracts orally presented at the Turkish Society of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation National Congresses.

Objective: The most widely accepted parameter in evaluating the quality of research presented at scientific congresses is the success of publishing that research in a peer-reviewed journal. There are limited data in the literature about the publishing rates of abstracts orally presented at national congresses of the Turkish Society of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (TARD) in scientific journals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the literary contribution of oral presentations at the TARD Congresses (TARK) and to present proposals for future congresses with detailed evaluation of the literature.

YouTube English videos as a source of information on breast self-examination.

Objective: To examine the content, quality and reliability of YouTube videos related to breast self-examination.

Design: A search of YouTube was made on 21.06.

Evaluation of varenicline usage on ventricular repolarization after smoking cessation.

Background: Varenicline, which is a selective partial agonist of the alpha4-beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, is used for the smoking cessation pharmacotherapy. Cardiovascular adverse effects have been reported after varenicline usage in patients who stop smoking. We investigated the effect of varenicline usage on ventricular repolarization after smoking cessation.

Transient Facial Nerve Palsy After the Scalp Block for Burr Hole Evacuation of Subdural Hematoma.

Scalp block has become a frequently used technique with an increasing number of indications today. Despite the many advantages of the scalp block, certain rare complications have been identified. It should be remembered that although it is a relatively safe procedure, it may lead to the development of facial nerve palsy.

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated With Cardiogenic Shock.

Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated with cardiogenic shock (CS) remains as an unresolved condition causing high morbidity and mortality despite advances in medical treatment and coronary intervention procedures. In the current study, we evaluated the predictors of in-hospital mortality of STEMI complicated with CS.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we evaluated the predictive value of baseline characteristics, angiographic, echocardiographic and laboratory parameters on in-hospital mortality of 319 patients with STEMI complicated with CS who were treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.