Can mean platelet volume be a prognosis predictor in viral infections: An example of Covid-19.

Purpose: This study revealed the utility of mean platelet volume (MPV) as a mortality marker in SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as its connection with other inflammatory indicators such as procalcitonin (PCT) and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR).

Methods: A total of 1528 patients (853 males and 653 females; mean age: 64.33 ± 16.

Clinical use of copeptin in migraine patients admitted to the emergency department.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical use of copeptin to evaluate migraine attacks in the Emergency Department. An additional aim was to detect changes in serum copeptin levels in migraine patients during attack and attack-free periods.

Methods: This prospective case-control study included 52 migraine patients and 51 healthy individuals with similar demographic characteristics.

Chronic Non-Productive Cough in Patients With Primary Sjögren's Syndrome.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the frequency of chronic cough due to dryness in the trachea and the relationship between depression and chronic cough in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS).

Patients And Methods: Eighty non-smoking patients (7 males, 73 females; mean age 47.6±9.

Comparison of the clinical and radiological outcomes of open reduction via medial and anterior approach in devleopmental dysplasia of the hip.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of surgical approach on the clinical and radiological outcomes, the incidence of avascular necrosis (AVN), and the need for revision surgery in children undergoing open reduction via medial or anterior approach for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).

Patients And Methods: Forty-three hips of 36 patients (9 males, 27 females; mean age 13.8 month; range 6 to 18 months) treated for DDH, followed-up regularly for at least four years between January 1997 and December 2010, and who were aged five or above in the final control were included in this retrospective study.

Obesity Associated With Active, but Preserved Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From our National Registry.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of obesity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and associations with disease outcomes.

Patients And Methods: The study population comprised of 1,038 patients with RA (198 males, 840 females; mean age 56.1±12.

The Importance of the Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Idiopathic Peripheral Facial Palsy.

Objective. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not there was a correlation between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) value and the severity of idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (IPFP) and to determine whether or not NLR could be used as an early predictive parameter in the prognosis of IPFP patients. Material and Method.

Submandibular hemangioma with multiple phleboliths mimicking sialolithiasis: the first pediatric case.

Hemangiomas are the most common masses of the major salivary glands in parotid glands in childhood particularly. They occur more frequently in the parotid gland and rarely the submandibular gland. Changes in blood flow dynamics within hemangiomas may induce thrombus formation and phleboliths.

Determination of in vitro activities of polymyxin B and rifampin in combination with ampicillin/sulbactam or cefoperazone/sulbactam against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by the E-test and checkerboard methods.

The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro activities of polymyxin B (PB) and rifampin (RIF) in combination with ampicillin/sulbactam (AS) or cefoperazone/sulbactam (CS) against 20 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) isolates by the checkerboard and E-test methods. Fractional inhibitory concentration index (FICI) values were defined as synergy, FICI ≤ 0.5; additivity, 0.

Effects of maternally exposed colouring food additives on cognitive performance in rats.

Artificial food colourings and additives (AFCAs) have long been suggested to adversely affect the learning and behaviour in children. In this study, we aimed to provide additional data to clarify the possible side effects of colouring additives on behaviour and memory. We administered acceptable daily intake values of AFCAs as a mixture (Eritrosin, Ponceau 4R, Allura Red AC, Sunset Yellow FCF, Tartrazin, Amaranth, Brilliant Blue, Azorubin and Indigotin) to female rats before and during gestation and then tested their effects on behaviour and on spatial working memory in their offspring.

Evaluation of patients followed up in a cigarette cessation clinic.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic characteristics and factors determining success in a smoking cessation clinic in smokers who completed a 1-year follow up.

Method: A total of 349 patients were assessed retrospectively.

Results: There were 238 men (mean age: 41+/-13.

Deaths due to terrorist bombings in Istanbul (Turkey).

Our study was based on a retrospective analysis of terrorist bombing related deaths in Istanbul (Turkey) between 1976 and 2000. A total of 45,714 autopsy case reports from the Morgue Department of Council of Forensic Medicine were reviewed for this study. There were 120 (0.

Chronic groin pain in an amateur soccer player.

Chronic groin pain is common in soccer players because of the biomechanics of kicking causing recurrent stress to the abdominal muscles, groin flexors, and adductor muscles. Myositis ossificans in adductor muscles is a rare cause of chronic groin pain in soccer players. Only two cases have been reported and the iliopsoas muscle was involved in both.

The correlation between skull fractures and intracranial lesions due to traffic accidents.

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between skull fractures and intracranial lesions following head injury. For this purpose, 500 cases, which were referred to the Third Committee of Council of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul due to traffic accidents by the courts of laws between 1998 and 2000, were examined retrospectively. They were categorized in 3 groups based on findings of their cranium x-rays and brain tomographies.