Clarifying the relationship between sarcopenia and depression in geriatric outpatients.

Objective: We investigate the relationship between sarcopenia components and depression in geriatric outpatients, considering the effects of potential confounding factors.

Methods: Adults ≥60 years of age were selected from outpatient clinics. Muscle strength was assessed using handgrip strength (HGS) measured using a hydraulic hand dynamometer and chair stand test (CSST).

Coronary artery bypass surgery without blood transfusion; is it possible?

Background: Coronary artery bypass surgery is the most commonly performed cardiac operation and approximately 40-70% of patients require a blood transfusion despite improvements in cardiac surgical techniques. Some preventive perfusion methods to avoid transfusions are described, such as acute normovolemic hemodilution, retrograde autologous priming, and usage of integrated arterial filter oxygenator.

Aims: We combined these three techniques (triple combination technique) to evaluate whether it is possible to avoid blood transfusions in adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.

The Effects of Microfluidic Sperm Sorting, Density Gradient and Swim-up Methods on Semen Oxidation Reduction Potential.

Purpose: To compare the effects of microfluidic sperm sorting, density gradient and swim-up methods on the oxidative reduction potential (ORP) of split semen samples from a single patient population.

Materials And Methods: A prospective controlled study was conducted to compare the effects of three different semen processing methods using split semen samples from the same population of infertile men. The primary outcome was the ORP.

Intramuscular diclofenac is a cause of Nicolau syndrome in obese women: An observational study of consecutive ten patients.

Nicolau syndrome is a skin and underlying tissue necrosis resulting from vascular occlusion after various injections of certain drugs. Intramuscular injections are the most common cause but it may occur after other types of parenteral interventions. There are many medications reported as causative factors inducing Nicolau syndrome including penicillin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, local anesthetics, and several others.

Renal Frame Count and High Blood Pressure.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the relationship between hypertension stages according to JNC-8 classification and mean renal frame count (RFC), which is an indicator of renal perfusion.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 100 hypertensive patients without obstructive renal artery disease, who had been evaluated with renal artery angiography for hypertension, were allocated into 2 groups (Stage 1 and Stage 2 hypertension). During coronary angiography, the patients were evaluated by selective renal angiography using 6F Judkins catheter.

A new method for left carotid angiography: use right judkins 4 guiding (6f) catheter with 2 side holes.

Objective: To introduce a rapid and simple technique to engage and localize through left common carotid (LCCA) artery during selective carotid angiography using the same type of catheter (6F Medtronic™/launcher Judkins Right Guide Catheter, 4.0 Tip,2 Side holes, U.S.

A Multicenter Analysis of Subjectivity of Indirect Immunofluorescence Test in Antinuclear Antibody Screening.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the interpretation of the antinuclear antibody (ANA)-indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) test results based on the interpreter-related subjectivity and to examine the inter-center agreement rates with the performance of each laboratory.

Patients And Methods: The ANA-IIF testing was carried out in a total of 600 sera and evaluated by four laboratories. The inter-center agreement rates were detected.

Comparison of microfluid sperm sorting chip and density gradient methods for use in intrauterine insemination cycles.

Objective: To compare the effect of microfluiding sperm sorting chip and density gradient methods on ongoing pregnancy rates (PRs) of patients undergoing IUI.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Hospital IVF unit.

The impact of a heat wave on mortality in the emergency department.

Extreme heat wave increases the number of emergency department (ED) admissions and mortality rates. The purpose of our study is to investigate the effects of the heat wave experienced in Izmir province of Turkey on mortality.During a 9-day period between 17th and 25th June 2016 (study period), air temperature values were higher than the seasonal norms in Izmir, Turkey.

The prognastic efficiencies of modified early warning score and mainz emergency evaluation score for emergency department patients.

Background: Recently, there is an increasing interest for scoring systems to evaluate the critically ill patients by means of the severeness of their disease and their availibility for discharge in the emergency departments and intensive care units. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the mEWS and MEES scoring systems in assessing the severeness of the disease and predicting the mid term prognosis of the patients hospitalized following their emergency care in our emergency room.

Material And Method: Patients, who attended to Inonu University Department of Emergency Medicine and hospitalized following their emergency care were included to our study.

Salivary α-amylase levels in vertigo: Can it be an autonomic dysfunction?

We aim to demonstrate possible autonomic dysfunction based on salivary α-amylase measurements during and after the vertigo attacks associated with Ménière disease (MD) and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Patients admitted to the emergency room with a diagnosis of vertigo attacks caused by either MD (n = 15) or BPPV (n = 9) constituted the study groups. The control group (n = 10) consisted of volunteer patients admitted to the emergency department with minor soft-tissue trauma.

Statin treatment in dialysis patients after acute myocardial infarction improves overall mortality.

While statins are widely accepted as a keystone for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in the general population, statin treatment in chronic renal failure is still debated. Statins have shown no benefit on cardiovascular outcomes in 4D, AURORA, and SHARP trials conducted in patients on dialysis. However, no study has yet compared statin treatment after acute myocardial infarction in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.

Directly ventricular septal defect closure without using arteriovenous wire loop: Our adult case series using transarterial retrograde approach.

Objective: The standard transcatheter ventricular septal defects (VSD) closure procedure is established with arteriovenous (AV) loop and is called as antegrade approach. The directly retrograde transarterial VSD closure without using AV loop might be better option as shortens the procedure time and decreases radiation exposure.

Methods: Our series consist of twelve sequential adult cases with congenital VSDs (seven with perimembranous, four with muscular, one with postoperative residuel VSD).

IS THERE A DRUG EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT HYPOTHYROIDISM IN SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS?

Context: Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a transient inflammatory disease that occurs often after an upper respiratory tract infection. Permanent hypothyroidism ratio is reported in 5-26% of the SAT patients.

Objective: In this study, we tried to compare the treatment options on permanent hypothyroidism in our SAT patients.