Predictors of prolonged hospitalization in patients with mild and moderate pancreatitis presenting to the emergency department.

Background: Patients with acute pancreatitis often present to the emergency department (ED) and usually require hospital admission. The aim of this study was to determine predictors of prolonged hospital stays in patients with mild forms of acute pancreatitis.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in patients diagnosed in the ED with mild and moderate acute pancreatitis according to the revised Atlanta classification.

Evaluation of Relationship between fQRS and CD4/CD8 Ratio in Patients with HIV.

Objectives: Myocardial dysfunction is an important cause of morbidity in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Decline in CD4 T-cell level and reversal of CD4/CD8 ratio was associated with cardiovascular events. Fragmented QRS (fQRS) can show myocardial dysfunction and cardiovascular events.

Headache as the sole presenting symptom of cerebral venous sinuses thrombosis: Subgroup analysis of data from the VENOST study.

Objectives: Headache is the most common complaint in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and it may sometimes be the only symptom in these patients. This retrospective and prospective study was an investigation of any differences in terms of clinical risk factors, radiological findings, or prognosis in patients with CVST who presented with isolated headache (IH) and cases with other concomitant findings (non-isolated headache [NIH]).

Methods: A total of 1144 patients from a multicenter study of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (VENOST study) were enrolled in this research.

Assessment of severity and mortality of COVID-19 with anti-A1 and anti-B IgM isohaemagglutinins, a reflection of the innate immune status.

Aims: The relationship between the innate immune system that creates the polysaccharide antibody response and COVID-19 is not fully understood. In this study, it was aimed to determine the predictive values of isohaemagglutinins in COVID-19 severity/mortality.

Methods: Approximately 15 440 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were examined, and a total of 286 patients with anti-B and anti-A1 IgM isohaemagglutinins test results were randomly enrolled in the study.

Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair-TAPP versus TEP: Results of 301 Consecutive Patients.

Introduction: Transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) and totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia repair are the two most commonly used techniques in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, and the results of comparative studies are conflicting. The objective of this study is to compare the two methods in unilateral inguinal hernia repair.

Materials And Methods: The data of consecutive patients who underwent TEP and TAPP due to unilateral inguinal hernia between December 7, 2017, and March 15, 2020, were analyzed retrospectively.

The effectiveness of using an abdominal binder during colonoscopy: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.

Background: Prolongation of cecal intubation time (CIT) directly affects the comfort of the patient and the colonoscopist. In this study, the effectiveness of using an abdominal binder (AB) during colonoscopy on procedure time and colonoscopy outcomes was investigated.

Methods: We conducted a parallel randomized double-blind sham-device-controlled study of patients who underwent elective outpatient colonoscopy between 1 May 2020, and 31 August 2020.

Inappropriate Use of Aspirin in Real-Life Cardiology Practice: Results from the Appropriateness of Aspirin Use in Medical Outpatients: A Multicenter, Observational Study (ASSOS) Study.

Background: Indications and appropriateness of aspirin use have not been well investigated in Turkey.

Aims: To investigate the prescription patterns and appropriateness of aspirin in a real-world clinical setting.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

A rare presentation of Susac syndrome: Report of three pediatric cases.

Susac syndrome is a rare disorder that is clinically characterized by encephalopathy, retinopathy and hearing loss. Most of the reported cases in the literature are adult patients, pediatric presentation is extremely rare. Here we present three pediatric patients aged between 10-15; diagnosed as Susac syndrome.

The learning curve of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a comparison of three inexperienced surgeons.

Introduction: Studies with inexperienced surgeons in terms of the learning curve for laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair are limited.

Aim: To compare three inexperienced surgeons in terms of the learning curve without supervision.

Material And Methods: Patients' data, which were from consecutive laparoscopic TEP hernioplasties between December 2017 and February 2020, were analysed retrospectively.

A New Cross-Linked Hyaluronic Acid Gel for Preventing Adhesion After Thyroid Surgery: An Animal Study.

Background: Revision of any neck surgeries is usually associated with increased rate of complications compared to the initial surgery due to adhesions. Especially, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypoparathyroidism are most important postoperative complications of thyroid revision surgery. This study aimed to reveal anti-adhesive effects of cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel (NCHAG) in thyroid surgery.

RDW Value may Increase the Diagnostic Accuracy of MPS.

Objectives: As the feasibility of obtaining health care has improved in the last decade, there is an increase in the number of performing unnecessary coronary angiogram. Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW), which shows erythrocyte dispersion volume, is associated with coronary artery disease. The present study aims to evaluate the relationship between RDW value and the severity of coronary artery disease in patients who undergo myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) as an evaluation for coronary ischemia and after which patients had a coronary angiography.

Ultrasonographic assessment of femoral cartilage thickness in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection.

Objectives: Helicobacter pylori is a major cause of gastritis and a potential trigger of inflammatory disease. The effect of H pylori infection on distal femoral cartilage has yet to be evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate femoral cartilage thickness in patients with H pylori infection and to find whether this infection affects femoral cartilage thickness.

Analysis of intra-observer and inter-observer variability of pathologists for non-benign thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology according to Bethesda system categories.

Aim: To examine the intra- and inter-observer variability for non-benign thyroid cytological subcategories according to the Bethesda classification system after the second review.

Methods: Between November 2018 and May 2019, thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsies of 381 nodules were retrospectively evaluated. Among them, 74 non-benign (category III-VI) thyroid biopsies, analyzed according to the Bethesda system (pathologist 1:40 vs pathologist 2:34) by two independent pathologists, were reassessed by the same pathologists and by a cytopathologist.

Elderly patients and falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The predetermination of the risk for falls in elderly patients, who will have or had a surgery, enables one to carry out the protective/preventive interventions on this matter. The aim of this review was to provide an up-to-date meta-analysis with regard to falls in elderly surgical patients.

Materials And Methods: The studies, which were carried out on elderly patients between January 2009 and November 2019 and which investigated the risk factors for falls in elderly surgical patients, were screened on the databases of Google Scholar, Pubmed, Ovid, Cinahl through various combinations of keywords, such as "geriatrics", "aged", "surgery", "accidental falls" in English or Turkish, to determine the risk factors for the falls in elderly surgical patients.

Olfactory Dysfunction and Cognition in Radiologically Isolated Syndrome and Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis.

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, demyelinating disease that causes cognitive, olfactory, and other neurological dysfunctions. Radiologically Isolated Syndrome (RIS), in which only radiological findings are monitored, is accepted as the preclinical stage of demyelinating disease and is considered an important period for disease pathology. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the olfactory and cognitive functions and their clinical correlation in RIS and Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) patients and a healthy control group.

Guillain Barre Syndrome following delivery in a pregnant woman infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the neurological system have been investigated. Evidence of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection have recently been reported. A 34-year-old multiparous woman with COVID-19 infection at her 37th (4/7) gestational week was presented here.

Is there a PSA cut-off value indicating incidental prostate cancer in patients undergoing surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Aim: To investigate incidental prostate cancer (IPCa) rate and to determine prostate specific antigen (PSA) cut-off value indicating PCa in patients who underwent surgery by being diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) clinically or by standard prostate biopsy.

Methods: Data of 317 patients, who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or open prostatectomy (OP) with pre-diagnosis of BPH, were evaluated retrospectively. The examined parameters included patients' demographics, preoperative serum PSA values, digital rectal examination (DRE) findings, surgical method, histopathological findings and Gleason Scores.

The efficacy of rituximab in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A real-world study from Turkey.

Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are a group of antibody-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that leads to a reduction in disease activity.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of rituximab as monotherapy in NMOSD and to determine whether the efficacy varies depending on the presence of antibodies in this cohort.

Evaluation of Tp-e interval and Tp-e: QT and Tp-e: QTc ratios in patients infected with HIV and using antiretroviral therapy.

Objective: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the causes of death among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The T peak to T end interval (Tp-e interval) is a parameter that is used in the prediction of SCD. The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in Tp-e interval and Tp: QT and Tp: corrected QT interval (QTc) ratios between patients infected with HIV and healthy individuals as well as in other factors affecting patients infected with HIV.

Clinical and radiologic characteristics of symptomatic pregnant women with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Objective: To describe the radiological features, diagnostic accuracy and features of imaging studies and their relation with clinical course of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in pregnant women.

Material And Methods: The clinical, laboratory and radiological features of symptomatic pregnant women suspected of COVID-19 were retrospectively reviewed. Chest radiography (CXR) and chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 in pregnant women were identified.

Cementless rectangular stems yield satisfactory results in osteoporotic bones.

Background: The present study aims to investigate the effects sof osteoporosis on prosthesis survival by comparing the femoral stem survival rates of patients with poor and relatively good bone quality.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated 61 patients with collum femoris fractures who were treated with cementless rectangular stems between 2011 and 2015 in the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic of Taksim Training and Research Hospital. The preoperative pelvic anterior-posterior radiographs of the patients were evaluated.

Differences between radiological findings of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 infections in pediatric patients.

Background: This study aimed to reveal the differences between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections and non-COVID-19 respiratory tract infections in pediatric patients.

Methods: Sixty pediatric patients admitted to the hospital between March 11, 2020 and April 15, 2020 with respiratory tract infections were evaluated retrospectively. Among them, 20 patients with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests and chest computed tomography (CT) examinations were included in the study.

Stigma-related Factors and their Effects on Health-care Workers during COVID-19 Pandemics in Turkey: A Multicenter Study.

Objectives: Infectious diseases-related stigmatization is a common feature in health-care workers (HCWs). This study aims to evaluate the factors associated with stigmas and the effects of stigmatization in HCWs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods: This study was conducted by an anonymous online survey of 452 actively working HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pancreatic cystic echinococcosis causing acute pancreatitis.

Echinococcosis is a zoonotic infestation, most commonly arises from Echinococcus granulosus helminth. The definitive hosts are carnivora, such as dogs and cats, and the intermediate hosts are herbivores, including cattle, sheep and goats. Humans are intermediate hosts, causing cystic echinococcosis.