The Short-Term Effect of 1% Tropicamide Drop on Pupillary Diameter and Intraocular Pressure Change in Patients With Pseudoexfoliation Material.

Prcis: In this study, in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) or glaucoma, changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) and pupil size after 1% tropicamide used for pupil dilation, compared with healthy patients were quantitatively demonstrated up to 4 hours after dilation.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate pharmacological dilatation with one drop of 1% tropicamide on pupillary diameter and IOP changes in patients with PXS and glaucoma (PXG).

Materials And Methods: Eighty-two patients with PXS, 78 Patients with PXG, and 35 healthy subjects were included in the study.

Relation between nocturnal decline in blood pressure and choroidal thickness: a comparative analysis in dipper vs. non-dipper hypertensive patients.

Purpose: To compare choroidal thickness (ChT) and echocardiographical changes in patients with dipper and non-dipper systemic arterial hypertension (HT).

Methods: Patients with HT were evaluated in two groups according to the 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. Compared to day-time values, those whose night-time SBP decreased ≥10% were defined as dippers, and those whose SBP decreased <10% were defined as non-dippers.

Placental bed apoptosis is increased in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia versus normotensive pregnant women.

We hypothesised that apoptosis in the placenta is increased in pregnant women whose pregnancies were complicated by pre-eclampsia as compared to normal pregnant women. Biopsy samples were obtained by punch biopsy from placental beds in 15 pre-eclamptic and 15 normotensive pregnant women during cesarean section. Apoptosis in syncytiotrophoblasts, syncytial cluster, extravillous cytotrophoblast, and decidual and stromal cells were evaluated by caspase-3, bax and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end-labelling (TUNEL) immunohistochemical methods.

An emerging etiological factor for hand injuries in the pediatric population: public exercise equipment.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the role of public exercise equipment in pediatric hand traumas as a preventable etiological factor.

Methods: Pediatric patients with hand injuries referred from the emergency department were evaluated retrospectively. Age and gender of the patients, timing, etiology, mechanism of hand trauma, localization of the injury, diagnoses of the patients, and hospitalization rates were reviewed.

Increased circulating urocortin-3 levels is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome.

This study was aimed to compare serum urocortin-3 (UCN3) levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and healthy women, and establish what role UCN3 levels play in PCOS. Fifty-two patients with PCOS and 55 healthy women were included in the study, matched for age and body mass index. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), insulin, hs-CRP, UCN3 and free-testosterone levels of the all participants were measured.

Association between red blood cell distribution width and polycystic ovary syndrome.

Aims: The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is being recognized as a marker of chronic inflammation and routinely reported as part of a complete blood count (CBC) without any additional costs. High levels of RDW associate with oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease risk. We aimed to investigate the relation between the level of RDW and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), HOMA-IR, BMI and body fat percentage in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

The relationship of urotensin II with insulin resistance and hs-CRP in patients having PCOS.

UrotensinII (UII), one of the most potent vasoconstrictor proteins, may be associated with insulin resistance. The objective of our research was to determine the level of UII in sera of patients with PCOS and to investigate the relationship between UII and insulin resistance in patients with PCOS. Fourty seven PCOS patients and 42 healthy women were included in the study.