The Association of Dysfunctional Attitudes and Adult Separation Anxiety in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background This study aims to examine adult separation anxiety in pregnant women and its relationship with dysfunctional attitudes from the perspective of cognitive theory. Methods The sociodemographic data, Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27), and Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale-Revised (DAS-R) questionnaire were utilised to examine the correlation between sociodemographic factors and the ASA and dysfunctional attitudes in women attending antenatal obstetric clinics. Results The study included 190 pregnant women.

Trends of primary glomerular disease in Turkey: TSN-GOLD registry report.

Background: Although several renal biopsy registry reports have been published worldwide, there are no data on primary glomerular disease trends in Turkey.

Methods: Three thousand eight-hundred fifty-eight native kidney biopsy records were assessed in the Turkish Society of Nephrology Primary Glomerulopathy Working Group (TSN-GOLD) Registry. Secondary disease and transplant biopsies were not recorded in the registry.

Breastfeeding frequency of primary healthcare professionals and effective factors.

Background: To determine the frequency of breastfeeding of mothers working in primary care, the differences between different employment groups, and the effective factors.

Methods: This descriptive research study was conducted with a self-report online survey design. The snowball sampling method was used for the sample selection, and 151 family physicians and 126 family health professionals were included in the study during the research period (June 2019-December 2019).

Single-Center Study of 72 Patients with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: Clinical and Laboratory Features and Outcomes.

Unlabelled: Severe combined immunodeficiency is an inborn error of immunity characterized by impairments in the numbers and functions of T and B lymphocytes due to various genetic causes, and if it remains untreated, patients succumb to infections during the first 2 years of life.

Purpose And Methods: This study reported retrospective data from 72 infants diagnosed with SCID including their major clinical features, HSCT characteristics, and outcomes over a 20-year period (1997-2017).

Results: Sixty-one of 72 SCID patients in the study underwent HSCT from 1997 to 2017.

Lichen Planus Due to Hirudotherapy.

Lichen planus is a traumatic (koebner positive), chronic, inflammatory and autoimmune disease affecting the oral and genital mucosa, scalp and nails. The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of medical leeches for therapeutic purposes (hirudotherapy) in 2004 to ensure flap nutrition in plastic surgery. A 34-year-old male patient was admitted to our dermatology outpatient clinic with a swollen, itchy and purple-coloured rash on legs and back for a month, and white and reticulated plaques in the mouth.

Effects of Combined Sertraline and Magnesium in Rat Atrium.

The objective of this study is to determine the synergistic effects of an antioxidant ion Mg, combined with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline, in treatment or prevention of major depression and regulation of inotropic effect in the early postoperative period. Adult male 40 Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into 6 groups. Three to 4-mm long atrium strips were placed in organ bath, tension was adjusted to 2 g.

The effect of bicipital groove morphology on the stability of the biceps long head tendon.

Background: Long head of biceps tendon (LHBT) instability is an important source of pain and disability for the shoulder. Supraspinatus and subscapularis tendons contribute to the formation of the biceps pulley system, which maintains biceps stability during shoulder movements. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of morphology of bicipital groove on the stability of LHBT.

Screening for Latent Tuberculosis in Children With Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases Treated With Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy: Comparison of Tuberculin Skin and T-SPOT Tuberculosis Tests.

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the coherence between T-SPOT tuberculosis test (T-SPOT.TB) and tuberculin skin test (TST) with different cut-off values in screening latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) both prior to and at the sixth month of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) treatment.

Patients And Methods: This prospective multicentric study included 57 children (34 girls, 23 boys, mean age 12.

The Effect of Video Assisted Information on Anxiety and Pain Associated with Intrauterine Device Insertion.

Introduction: Fear of procedural pain or stress may be a barrier to women accessing intrauterine device (IUD) for contraception. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of video-assisted information on the anxiety and pain levels of patients undergoing IUD placement procedure.

Methods: A total of 100 patients who underwent IUD insertion were prospectively enrolled in this observational case-control study.

The effects of intra-articular injection of ibuprofen on knee joint cartilage and synovium in rats.

Objective: The aim of this animal study was to investigate the short and long-term local histomorphologic effects and the utility of intra-articular application of ibuprofen.

Methods: Forty-six Wistar Albino rats were used in the study. The rats were randomized into 5 groups of 8 and a sham group of 6.

The Effect of Zinc Deficiency and Supplementation on Elements in the Kidney Tissue of Ovariectomized Rats: Histopathologic Changes.

The objective of the present study is to determine the effects of zinc deficiency in and zinc supplementation to ovariectomized rats on some elements in kidney tissue. The study included 40 Sprague-Dawley type adult female rats. The experimental animals were randomized into four groups with equal numbers as follows: Group 1: Control (10).

The high frequency of superior labrum, biceps tendon, and superior rotator cuff pathologies in patients with subscapularis tears: A cohort study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) lesions, long head of biceps tendon (LHBT) pathologies, and superior rotator cuff tears accompanying subscapularis tears. We hypothesised that LHBT lesions, superior rotator cuff tears, and especially SLAP lesions were very frequent with subscapularis tears.

Methods: The digital files of patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopy were reviewed retrospectively.

Subscapularis Tendon Slip Number and Coracoid Overlap Are More Related Parameters for Subcoracoid Impingement in Subscapularis Tears: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Comparison Study.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of the subscapularis tendon slip number (STSN) and coracoid morphology by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with and without subscapularis tears.

Methods: Patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopy between February 2004 and June 2015 were re-evaluated. Those with a subscapularis tear (study group) and those with other pathologies (control group) were compared with each other.

Lesser tuberosity cysts and their relationship with subscapularis tears and subcoracoid impingement.

Background: We aimed to evaluate cysts in the lesser tuberosity of humeral head seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and their relationship with subcoracoid impingement and subscapularis tears evident on arthroscopic surgery videos. Our hypothesis was that the cysts would be more frequent with subscapularis tears and in the case of subcoracoid impingement.

Methods: Patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopy between January 2010 and January 2016 were retrieved to evaluate subscapularis tears on surgery videos and lesser tuberosity cysts (LTC), coracohumeral distances (CHD) on both sagittal oblique and transverse sections of MRI retrospectively.

Incidence of retrorenal colon during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate retrorenal colon incidence in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) interventions made in our clinic.

Materials And Methods: Clinical data of 804 PNL patients, accumulated over a 7 year period (2006-2012), was surveyed. The patient files were reviewed retrospectively, and only those who had abdominal computed tomography (CT) images before PNL intervention were included in the study.

The incidence and location of prostatic calculi on noncontrast computed tomography images in patients with renal calculi.

In this study, the incidence and location of prostatic calculi on noncontrast abdominal computed tomography (NCACT) images of patients with and without renal stones were investigated. Between 2006 and 2013, NCACT images were taken of 133 patients treated for renal stones (Group I) and of 100 age-matched control patients with putative urinary stone disease (Group II) in our clinic. The incidence and location of prostatic calculi on these images were determined.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Turkey.

Infection is one of the most devastating outcomes of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation and is related to significant morbidity and mortality. In our country, there is no evaluation about CIED infection. Therefore, our aim was to investigate clinical characteristics and outcome of patients who had infection related to CIED implantation or replacement.

Alternative surgical approach for the management of uterine prolapse in young women: preliminary results.

Aim: To demonstrate an alternative surgical approach for the management of uterine prolapse in young women by a technique that was previously defined for post-hysterectomy vaginal vault suspension in published work and also to demonstrate successful operative results.

Methods: The study population consisted of 12 women aged 28-41 years who had stage 4 uterine prolapse and who were surgically treated by abdominal hysteropexy using autogenous rectus fascia strips. Operative results and postoperative follow-up Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification and Prolapse Quality of Life results were recorded.

Comparison of ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy with MR angiography in patients with Swyer-James syndrome.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to establish the value of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in diagnosing) Swyer-James syndrome (SJS) and to compare MRA and ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan results in patients with established SJS.

Methods: The V/Q scans and the MRA findings of 22 lungs of 11 patients with SJS (6 males, 5 females; age range: 17-69 years, mean: 38.4 years) were retrospectively studied.

Successful treatment of uterine prolapse by abdominal hysteropexy performed during cesarean section.

Purpose: Uterine prolapse complicating pregnancy is extremely rare. This report presents the surgical correction of uterine prolapse during cesarean section.

Case: We report a case of a 33-year-old woman with twin gestation who admitted to obstetric clinic with labor pain and total uterine prolapse at 33 weeks of gestation.

The curriculum and education of medicine after Galen in Alexandria, Egypt.

In the medieval history of Islamic medicine sources, there is a lot of information regarding the translation of the books on the Alexandria Medical School and regarding the bibliographies of doctors. Among the books that were taught in Alexandria Medical School, Galen`s works are the most important. One of the famous translators, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, has made a full bibliographic list of Galen`s works.