Candidate Genetic Markers for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Within the Scope of Forensic Psychiatry.

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the role of two candidate polymorphisms to improve the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic StressDisorder (PTSD) in forensic psychiatry settings.

Methods: Individuals who applied to our unit with PTSD symptoms following a traffic accident were included. The control group consisted of people who had experienced a similar accident without any symptoms.

The Epidemiological Features and Pathogen Spectrum of Respiratory Tract Infections, Istanbul, Türkiye, from 2021 to 2023.

Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) can lead to both recurrent seasonal epidemic outbreaks and devastating pandemics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiologic characteristics and pathogen spectrum of RTIs using a multiplex RT-PCR panel. A total of 9354 cases with suspected RTIs between February 2021 and July 2023 were included in this study.

Impact of sarcopenia and vitamin D levels on the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms in older males.

Objectives: To assess the impact of sarcopenia and vitamin D levels on the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

Methods: A total of 193 male patients, aged 60 years and above, who visited the geriatric outpatient clinic at Ibn-i Sina Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, between December 2019 and March 2021, were enrolled. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the criteria set by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People.

The Effect on Anxiety and Satisfaction of Video-Assisted Education Given Before an ERCP Procedure.

Providing education in medical procedures may ensure patients' compliance, reduce anxiety, and increase satisfaction. This randomized controlled research study was conducted to determine the effect of video-assisted education on anxiety and satisfaction given before an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure. A total of 70 patients participated between September 2017 and December 2018.

Efficacy of Capecitabine and Temozolomide Regimen in Neuroendocrine Tumors: Data From the Turkish Oncology Group.

Introduction: This study aims to report the efficacy and safety of capecitabine plus temozolomide (CAPTEM) across different lines of treatment in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).

Methods: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study analyzing the data of 308 patients with metastatic NETs treated with CAPTEM between 2010 and 2022 in 34 different hospitals across various regions of Turkey.

Results: The median follow-up time was 41.

Corrective Maneuvers Used in Different Scoliosis Deformities With the Experience of 72 Operated Patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to show the correction maneuvers used in scoliosis surgery and give hints and tips on achieving optimal correction with the help of visual content.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-two scoliosis patients with 96 major curves operated between 2011 and 2018 evaluated retrospectively. Seven different correction maneuvers (Ucar convex rod rotation technique, cantilever technique, convex double-rod rotation technique, convex double-rod translation technique, double-rod rotation with coronal bending, convex rod rotation with coronal bending, direct vertebral rotation) were used in these surgeries alone or together.

Correction: Pregnancy-Related Sacral Stress Fractures: A Single Center Experience of 23 Cases.

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Clinical and inflammation marker features of cancer patients with COVID-19: data of Istanbul, Turkey multicenter cancer patients (2020-2022).

Objective: We aimed to identify a rapid, accurate, and accessible biomarker in the early stages of COVID-19 that can determine the prognosis of the disease in cancer patients.

Methods: A total number of 241 patients with solid cancers who had a COVID-19 diagnosis between March 2020 and February 2022 were included in the study. Factors and ten different markers of inflammation were analyzed by year of diagnosis of COVID-19 and grouped by severity of infection.

Epidemiology and risk factors of 28-day mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in Turkish intensive care units: a prospective observational cohort study.

Objectives: To uncover clinical epidemiology, microbiological characteristics and outcome determinants of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HA-BSIs) in Turkish ICU patients.

Methods: The EUROBACT II was a prospective observational multicontinental cohort study. We performed a subanalysis of patients from 24 Turkish ICUs included in this study.

Discoidin domain receptor 1 as a promising biomarker for high-grade gliomas.

Background: Two fundamental challenges in the current therapeutic approach for central nervous system tumors are the tumor heterogeneity and the absence of specific treatments and biomarkers that selectively target the tumor tissue. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the potential relationship between discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) expression and the prognosis and characteristics of glioma patients.

Materials And Methods: Tissue and serum samples from 34 brain tumor patients were evaluated for DDR1 messenger ribonucleic acid levels in comparison to 10 samples from the control group, and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis has performed.

Bone Morphology as a Determinative Risk Factor for Type of Ankle Fracture.

Background: We investigated the relationship between ankle radiographic bone morphology and observed fracture type.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients who had visited the emergency department with ankle injuries between June 1, 2012, and July 31, 2018. Patients were treated with open reduction and internal fixation.

Psychometric properties of postnatal accumulated fatigue scale validity and reliability.

Objective: Fatigue is a common adverse experience in postpartum women and can seriously affect maternal and infant health and quality of life. The aim of this study was to adapt the validity and reliability of the postnatal accumulated fatigue scale (PAFS) for postpartum mothers.

Methods: The sample of the cross-sectional methodological study consisted of 140 postpartum mothers.

Effectiveness of the systemic immune inflammation index to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoablation.

We aimed to investigate the predictive role of systemic immune inflammation index (SII) on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence following cryoballoon-based AF ablation. A total of 370 consecutive patients with symptomatic AF who underwent cryoablation were enrolled. The patients were divided into two groups according to recurrence development.

Pregnancy-Related Sacral Stress Fractures: A Single Center Experience of 23 Cases.

Purpose: This study aims to find out the incidence, etiology, and risk factors, define clinical features, show the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and laboratory findings, and share the experience of treatment and clinical outcome of pregnancy-related sacral stress fractures (SSFs).

Methods: In total, 29,291 (15,008 of them vaginal and 14,283 of them cesarean section delivery) women gave birth in our hospital between January 2016 and December 2021. Twenty-three of them (0.

Role of Consolidative Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Oligoresistant/Oligoprogressive Pulmonary Parenchymal Metastases.

Aim: To extend the survival of patients by providing local control of metastases in oligoresistance/oligoprogressive disease.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) applied to 30 lesions in the lungs of 19 patients who were considered inoperable by the tumor board upon the development of oligoresistance/oligoprogressive lung metastasis while undergoing chemotherapy between January 2016 and December 2017. Each patient had one to five metastases in their lungs.

The effect of haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte and platelet score on the prognosis in patients with multiple myeloma.

Introduction: In multiple myeloma cases, a variety of prognostic parameters have been identified, which contain the Durie-Salmon classification and the international staging system (ISS) that takes the serum ß2 microglobulin and albumin levels, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR). This study investigates the effect of haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte and platelet (HALP) score which is a marker of inflammation status and nutrition, at the time of diagnosis for the patients with multiple myeloma on prognosis.

Methods: A total of 200 multiple myeloma patients with HALP scores calculated from serum haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte count and platelet levels at the time of diagnosis were retrospectively examined.

Evaluation of the Coronal Malposition of the Volar Locking Plate in the Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures.

Background And Objectives: Literature does not show any studies regarding plate placement problems in the coronal plane of patients with volar plating due to distal radius fracture diagnosis. We aimed to investigate the functional and laboratory results of the coronal malposition of the volar locking plate in patients with distal radius fracture treated with internal fixation.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we included patients who had volar plate fixation, were aged between 18 and 80, had no pathological fracture, had a minimum of six months of follow-up, and had the same rehabilitation protocol.

Comparison of Self-adhesive Taping and Short-Leg Casting to Treat Tuberosity Fractures of the Proximal Fifth Metatarsal: A Prospective Study.

Background: The aim of this study is to compare clinical and radiologic outcomes of self-adhesive taping (SAT) or a short- leg cast (SLC) groups with base of fifth metatarsi.

Methods: Functional outcome was assessed by the Visual-Analogue-Scale Foot and Ankle (VAS-FA) at the Emergency and at 2, 4, 6, and 12 weeks. Labour loss, bone union and The American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Score (AOFAS) at 12 weeks were also assessed.

Addition of the duration of ST segment depression to Duke treadmill score for diagnostic accuracy of exercise electrocardiography to predict obstructive coronary artery disease.

Introduction: Exercise electrocardiography (EET) is a safe and cost-effective method to predict the presence, prognosis, and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Various score models have been developed to increase predictive power of EET. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether adding ST depression duration could have an effect on increasing the value of Duke treadmill score (DTS) in predicting obstructive CAD.

The disappearance of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia after surgical repair in a patient with mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse.

Mitral annular disjunction (MAD) is a structural abnormality defined as the separation of the ventricular myocardium between the mitral valve annulus and the left atrial wall. It is present in some patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and is associated with papillary muscle fibrosis and ventricular arrhythmia. Although it is easy to diagnose, it can be overlooked in daily practice.

The role of makorin ring finger protein-3, kisspeptin, and neurokinin B in the physiology of minipuberty.

Background: There is no data regarding the interrelationships of circulating Makorin Ring Finger Protein-3 (MKRN3), Kisspeptin (KISS1), and Neurokinin B (NKB) concentrations during minipuberty in humans.

Objective: To determine temporal changes in circulating concentrations of MKRN3, KISS1, NKB, and gonadotropins and investigate interrelationships between them in healthy full-term (FT) and preterm (PT) infants during minipuberty period.

Methods: A prospective study of 6-month follow-up performed.

Durability of mitral valve repair: A single center experience.

Background: This study aims to present clinical outcomes of mitral valve repair in patients with different etiologies.

Methods: Between June 2006 and August 2017, a total of 421 consecutive patients (266 males, 155 females; mean age 53.1±15.

Cerebral neoplasm in L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria: two different presentations.

Background: L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L2HGA) is a rare neurometabolic disorder characterized by a slowly progressive clinical course, psychomotor and mental retardation, macrocephaly, dysarthria, seizures, and cerebellar and extrapyramidal findings. The diagnosis depends on the presentation of increased levels of L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid in the urine, plasma, and cerebrospinal fluids. Patients with L2HGA have an increased risk for the development of cerebral neoplasms which, though rarely, can be the initial presentation of the disease.