Factors affecting poor sleep quality in last trimester pregnant women: a cross-sectional research from Turkey.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the factors affecting poor sleep quality in the last trimester pregnant women.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care maternity hospital in Ankara, Turkey. The research was conducted between May and September 2019 with 570 pregnant women in the last trimester.

Efficacy and safety of infliximab in patients with autoimmune hepatitis.

Background And Aims: A limited number of drugs are used as standard or alternative therapies in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). No specific recommendations are available for patients failing to respond to these therapies. We analyzed the efficacy and safety of infliximab in patients with AIH.

Identification of sexual myths of university students in health-related departments and affecting factors.

Aim: The research aimed to determine the attitudes of students studying in health-related departments toward sexual myths and the factors affecting them.

Methods: The study is descriptive research involving 287 students enrolled in health-related departments. The data were collected using a "Descriptive Information Form" and the "Sexual Myths Scale (SMS)" and analyzed using the SPSS 22.

Six-year evaluation of device-associated nosocomial infections in intensive care units.

Introduction: Invasive device-associated nosocomial infections commonly occur in intensive care units (ICUs). These infections include intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with invasive device-associated nosocomial infections based on the underlying diseases of the patients and antibiotic resistance profiles of the pathogens causing the infections detected in the ICU in our hospital over a five-year period.

Evaluation of placenta and fetal lung using shear wave elastography in gestational diabetes mellitus: An innovative approach.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate placental and fetal lung stiffness in pregnant women with and without gestational diabetes, considering the well-established delay in fetal lung maturation associated with gestational diabetes.

Materials And Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary center and included pregnant women who underwent a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test between 24-28 weeks of gestation. Elastography measurements were performed using point shear wave elastography (pSWE).

Association between uterine leiomyoma and fragmented QRS waves: a prospective case-control study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between uterine leiomyoma and fragmented QRS, a non-invasive indicator of cardiovascular risk and myocardial ischemia, in women with uterine leiomyoma.

Methods: In this prospective case-control study, a total of 47 patients diagnosed with uterine leiomyoma (case group) and 47 healthy individuals without uterine leiomyoma (control group) who had undergone bilateral tubal ligation surgery were included. Various demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters and the presence of fragmented QRS were recorded.

The effect of antiangiogenic agent aflibercept on surgically induced endometriosis in a rat model.

Objective: The aim of the study is to show for the first time how aflibercept affects endometriosis lesions.

Material And Methods: Surgically induced endometriosis in Wistar albino female rats. Rats with endometriosis were randomly divided into three groups: control (Co), aflibercept (Af), and leuprolide acetate (Le).

Does dietary total antioxidant capacity relate to oxidative stress levels in water immersion during labor? A case-control study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of water immersion during the first stage of labor on maternal and neonatal oxidative stress and the association between serum and dietary total antioxidant capacity.

Methods: Women were divided into two groups: those immersed in water during the first stage of labor (n=30) and those who had conventional birth (n=33). Total oxidative stress and total antioxidant status levels were examined in antepartum and postpartum maternal serum and neonatal cord blood samples.

Relation of impulse oscillometry and spirometry with quantitative thorax computed tomography after COVID-19 pneumonia.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate if there is any correlation between the quantitative computed tomography and the impulse oscillometry or spirometry results of post-COVID-19 patients.

Methods: The study comprised 47 post-COVID-19 patients who had spirometry, impulse oscillometry, and high-resolution computed tomography examinations at the same time. The study group consisted of 33 patients with quantitative computed tomography involvement, while the control group included 14 patients who did not have CT findings.

The D-dimer reference intervals in healty term newborns.

Objective: To determine the D-dimer reference intervals in the neonatal period.

Materials And Methods: The research had been carried out in the obstetrics and gynecology clinic and neonatal outpatient clinic of a third level hospital. Healthy term newborns aged between 1 and 28 days were enrolled in the study.

Effects of pirfenidone on experimental head injury in rats.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to be a significant public healthcare concern. Neuroinflammation that occurs in the secondary phase of TBI leads to cognitive and physical dysfunction. A number of therapeutic modalities have been evaluated in an attempt to find a suitable treatment.

Is Surgical Thrombo-Embolectomy in Acute Limb Ischemia Still Advantageous in Patients More Than 65 Years of Age?

Objective: In this study, we investigated the benefits of using Fogarty balloon catheterization in the treatment of acute leg ischemia with respect to amputation, fasciotomy, and mortality in older patients.

Methods: A total of 102 patients age >65 who had a Fogarty thrombo-embolectomy for acute thromboembolic limb ischemia were investigated retrospectively. Patients were evaluated based on Rutherford IIa and IIb criteria and duration of ischemia.

Effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog treatment on final height in girls aged 6-10 years with central precocious and early puberty.

Aim: To determine the effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog treatment on final height and body mass index in girls with central precocious puberty.

Material And Methods: All cases with diagnosis age <8 years constituted group 1 (n=19) and those with ≥8 years constituted group 2 (n=35).

Results: There was no significant difference in height standard deviation score, body mass index standard deviation score, bone age/chronologic age, predicted final height at the time of diagnosis, and follow-up between group 1 and group 2.

The association between injury severity and psychological morbidity, hand function, and return to work in traumatic hand injury with major nerve involvement: A one-year follow-up study.

Background: We aimed to investigate the association between the severity of the injury and psychological morbidities, hand functions, and return to work (RTW) in traumatic hand injury (THI) with major nerve involvement.

Methods: Thirty-two patients had THI with major nerve involvement were enrolled in this study. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded after the injury.

Response to Speech and Language Therapy According to Artery Involvement and Lesion Location in Post-stroke Aphasia.

Purpose: Aphasia is one of the most common complications after stroke and occurs in 21-38% of the patients during acute period. The present study aimed to investigate the response to speech and language therapy according to artery involvement and lesion location in patients with post-stroke aphasia.

Method: The medical records of 107 patients with post-stroke aphasia (mean age, 58.

Outcomes of different minimally invasive techniques in lower calyceal stones of 1 to 2 centimeters: A prospective, randomized study.

Objective: To compare efficiency, safety and full cost of lower retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) types for the treatment of lower calyceal stones between 1 and 2 cm in size.

Methods: This was a prospective, randomized study. In all, 175 patients were randomly divided into five groups of 35 patients each: Group A was managed by RIRS, Group B by micro PNL, Group C by ultra-mini PNL, Group D by mini PNL, and Group E by standard PNL.

Is testicular microlithiasis a really innocent condition? Its effects on oncological outcomes of germ cell testicular cancer: An observational study.

Objectives: Although it is a well known condition that presence of testicular microlithiasis (TM) with the co-occurrence of specific risk factors such as historyof previous germ cell testicular cancer (GCTC), infertility, undescended testes or atrophic testes have high risks for GCTC development, TM is still a controversial topic. Its effects on oncological outcomes have still not been investigated in detail. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether the presence of TM has an effect on GCTC prognosis and oncological outcomes.

The clinical features and treatment options of intratesticular epidermoid cysts.

In this study, we aimed to define the clinico-radiological data and treatment options for intratesticular epidermoid cysts (IEC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of the patients that under went surgery for testicular mass between 1995 and 2017. Data of the patients whose histopathological evaluation revealed IEC were recorded.