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Objective Pain Assessment Using Vital Signs

Erdogan, Burak; Ogul, Hasan (2020)

Pain is considered as an emotional experience and unrestful feeling associated with tissue damage. The feeling of pain occurs when the interpretation starts in brain; as a signal is sent through nerve fiber to the brain. ...

Prognostic Usefulness Of Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index In Locally-Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients Treated With Radical Chemoradiotherapy

Topkan, Erkan; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Ozdemir, Yurday; Sezer, Ahmed; Kucuk, Ahmet; Besen, Ali Ayberk; Ozyilkan, Ozgur; Selek, Ugur (2019)

Background/Aims: Previously advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) has been demonstrated to have prognostic utility in the stratification of patients into distinctive survival groups, but the prognostic value of ALI ...

Associations between the expression of mucins (MUC1, MUC2, MUC5AC and MUC6) and clinicopathologic parameters of human breast carcinomas

Oral, Onur; Unverdi, Hatice; Kumcu, Emrah; Turkbey, Duygu; Dogan, Serdar; Hucumenoglu, Sema (2020)

Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationships between the expression of mucins in invasive breast carcinomas and clinicopathologic parameters. Materials and Methods: We examined 150 cases of invasive breast ...

Baseline Low Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Poor Survival in Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas Treated With Radical Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy

Topkan, Erkan; Yucel Ekici, Nur; Ozdemir, Yurday; Besen, Ali Ayberk; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Sezer, Ahmet; Selek, Ugur (2019)

Background: To retrospectively assess the impact of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) on survival outcomes of patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LA-NPC) treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy ...

Comparative analysis of the patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP) requiring hospitalization

Kara, Sibel; Akcay, Muserref Sule; Ekici, Unsal Zuhal; Bozkurt Yilmaz, Hatice Eylul; Habesoglu, Mehmet Ali (2019)

Introduction: The recently introduced concept of health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP), referring to patients with frequent healthcare contacts and at higher risk of contracting resistant pathogens is controversial. Materials ...

Baseline hemoglobin <11.0 g/dL has stronger prognostic value than anemia status in nasopharynx cancers treated with chemoradiotherapy

Topkan, Erkan; Ekici, Nur Yucel; Ozdemir, Yurday; Besen, Ali Ayberk; Yildirim, Berna Akkus; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Sezen, Duygu; Selek, Ugur (2019)

Background: To retrospectively investigate the influence of pretreatment anemia and hemoglobin levels on the survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT). Methods: A total ...

The Prognostic Significance of Complete Response Rates in Patients with Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sedef, Ali Murat; Calikusu, Zuleyha; Bahceci, Aykut; Gokcay, Serkan; Sumbul, Ahmet Taner (2019)

OBJECTIVE Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive type of lung cancer. Platinum-etoposide chemotherapy combination is used as first line treatment. The aim of this trial is evaluate the effect of complete ...

On computer-aided prognosis of septic shock from vital signs

Ogul, Hasan; Baldominos, Alejandro; Asuroglu, Tunc; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo (2019)

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition due to the reaction to an infection. With certain changes in circulatory system, sepsis may progress to septic shock if it is left untreated. Therefore, early prognosis of septic shock ...

MicroRNA-17, MicroRNA-19b, MicroRNA-146a, MicroRNA-302d Expressions in Hepatoblastoma and Clinical Importance

Ecevit, Cigdem O.; Aktas, Safiye; Yildirim, Hulya Tosun; Demirag, Bengu; Erbay, Ayse; Karaca, Irfan; Celik, Ahmet; Demir, Ayse Banu; Ercetin, Ayse Pinar; Olgun, Nur (2019)

Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common liver malignancy in children. The prognosis changes according to the histologic subtypes of HB. In the present study, we aimed to characterize the expression level of selected microRNAs ...

Low Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Poor Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Stage IIIB Non-small-cell Lung Carcinoma Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy

Ozdemir, Yurday; Topkan, Erkan; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Selek, Ugur (2020)

Purpose: To investigate the prognostic utility of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in stage IIIB non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Methods: A total of ...