Intensive care nurses' compassion and patience levels and their attitude towards elderly people.

Backgrounds: Intensive care nurses' attitudes towards the elderly and their emotional readiness before giving care can have an impact on the quality of care.

Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate intensive care nurses' compassion and patience levels and their attitude towards elderly people.

Methods: 'Data Gathering Form', the 'Compassion Competence Scale', the 'Patience Scale and the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitude (UCLA-GA) were used.

The Relationship between the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Ischemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography.

Background: Ischemia with the non-obstructive coronary artery (INOCA) is an ischemic heart disease that mostly includes coronary microvascular dysfunction and/or epicardial coronary vasospasm due to underlying coronary vascular dysfunction and can be seen more commonly in female patients. The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII, platelet × neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio) is a new marker that predicts adverse clinical outcomes in coronary artery disease (CAD).

Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between INOCA and SII, a new marker associated with inflammation.

The prognostic value of HALP score in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Introduction And Objective: Despite major advances in reperfusion therapies, morbidity and mortality rates associated with cardiovascular disorders remain high, particularly in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Therefore, identifying prognostic variables that can be used to predict morbidity and mortality in STEMI patients is critical for better disease management. The HALP (hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet) score, a novel index indicating nutritional status and systemic inflammation, provides information about prognosis.

Clinical Outcomes of Comparison Between Type III Coronary Artery Perforation (CAP) and non-CAP Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients During 3-Year Follow-up.

Coronary artery perforation (CAP) is a potentially fatal complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study aimed to investigate in-hospital, 1-year, and 3-year clinical outcomes of type III CAP during PCI in patients with ACS. The study retrospectively evaluated 118 patients with CAP and 43,226 case-control patients.

Predictive Value of the SCORE, SCORE2, and Pooled Cohort Risk Equation Systems in Patients with Hypertension.

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess and compare the accuracy of old and new versions of the European Society of Cardiology Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE and SCORE2) American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Pooled Cohort Risk Assessment Evaluation (PCE) in predicting long-term cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension.

Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 788 patients diagnosed with hypertension between 2009 and 2018. The absolute risk for 10-year cardiovascular events was calculated with SCORE, SCORE2, SCORE-OP, and PCE systems based on patients' data obtained on the date of hypertension diagnosis.

Predictive value of the frontal QRS-T angle for a permanent pacemaker requirement in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Objective: Despite recent advances, the requirement for permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains high. The frontal QRS-T angle (fQRS-Ta) indicates ventricular electrical instability as well as ventricular depolarization and repolarization heterogeneity. The predictive value of fQRS-Ta for the PPM requirement after TAVI is lacking.

Predictive Value of the Prognostic Nutritional Index for Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure.

Background: Malnutrition is common in patients with advanced heart failure (HF), and both conditions have a poor prognosis.

Objectives: We sought to determine the predictive value of nutritional status using the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) for long-term mortality in patients with advanced HF.

Methods: This is a retrospective observational study.

Gender differences in early complications after STEMI and their associations with anxiety and depression.

Objective: The female gender is known to be associated with a poor outcome in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). Anxiety and depression are more common in women and they may contribute to the increase in early complications after STEMI. We sought to determine the gender differences in early complications after STEMI and their relationship with patients' anxiety and depression.

Determination of Factors Affecting Time in Therapeutic Range in Patients on Warfarin Therapy.

Background: The effectiveness and safety of warfarin depend on maintaining an international normalized ratio (INR) within the therapeutic range. Time in Therapeutic Range (TTR) is defined as the percentage of time a patient's INR is within the therapeutic range.

Objective: We sought to determine the factors affecting good TTR in patients on warfarin therapy.

Cutaneous allodynia and thermal thresholds in chronic migraine: The effect of onabotulinumtoxinA.

Objective: Cutaneous allodynia (CA) is a common symptom in migraine. Its incidence is more frequent in the chronic migraine (CM). CA usually occurs during pain attacks.

Crochetage sign may predict late atrial arrhythmias in patients with secundum atrial septal defect undergoing transcatheter closure.

Background: Atrial arrhythmias are well-known complications of atrial septal defect (ASD), and associated with substantial morbidity. After ASD closure, right atrial and ventricular enlargement regresses, however, the risk of atrial arrhythmia development continues. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the Crochetage sign, which is a possible reflection of heterogeneous ventricular depolarization due to long-term hemodynamic overload, and the development of late atrial arrhythmia after ASD closure.

Medical safety reporting system neccessity and analysis of Turkey 2016 data: A health policy report.

Background: The National Safety Reporting System, which is developed for Turkey, aims to classify medical errors with a coding methodology that handles errors in subcategories. Error entries done via the system are added to the statistics immediately by advanced live data reporting capabilities of the software.

Objective: Our aim was to provide information about the Turkey local reporting system to ensure patient safety by detecting medical errors.

Diagnosis, treatment & management of prosthetic valve thrombosis: the key considerations.

: Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is a life-threatening complication after valve replacement surgery. Although subtherapeutic anticoagulation is the main cause, there are many other conventional and esoteric predisposing factors.: The etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of prosthetic heart valve thrombosis with particular focus on conventional and esoteric predisposing factors, diagnosis with multimodality imaging and current therapeutic approaches were covered.

Management of dyslipidaemia in patients with coronary heart disease: Results from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V survey in 27 countries.

Background And Aims: One of the objectives of the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V survey is to determine how well European guidelines on the management of dyslipidaemias are implemented in coronary patients.

Methods: Standardized methods were used by trained technicians to collect information on 7824 patients from 130 centers in 27 countries, from the medical records and at a visit at least 6 months after hospitalization for a coronary event. All lipid measurements were performed in one central laboratory.

Scanning Acoustic Microscopy and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Characterization of Atherosclerotic Plaques.

Atherosclerotic plaques constitute the primary cause of heart attack and stroke. However, we still lack a clear identification of the plaques. Here, we evaluate the feasibility of scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) in atherosclerotic plaque characterization.

The effects of different injection techniques of botulinum toxin a in post-stroke patients with plantar flexor spasticity.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of different injection technique guidance with electrical stimulation (ES) vs ultrasonography (USG) of botulinum toxin A injection (BoNT A) in post-stroke patients with plantar flexor spasticity. Forty chronic post-stroke patients with plantar flexor spasticity and who were able to walk were included in the study. They were randomized into two groups: in 20 patients the BoNT A injection was applied with the guidance of ES and in 20 patients with the guidance of USG by the same physician.

Hemodynamics of patient-specific aorta-pulmonary shunt configurations.

Optimal hemodynamics in aorta-pulmonary shunt reconstruction is essential for improved post-operative recovery of the newborn congenital heart disease patient. However, prior to in vivo execution, the prediction of post-operative hemodynamics is extremely challenging due to the interplay of multiple confounding physiological factors. It is hypothesized that the post-operative performance of the surgical shunt can be predicted through computational blood flow simulations that consider patient size, shunt configuration, cardiac output and the complex three-dimensional disease anatomy.