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Obese patients require higher, but not high pneumatic tourniquet inflation pressures using a novel technique during total knee arthroplasty
(2018)
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effect of obesity on pneumatic tourniquet inflation pressures determined with a novel formula during total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
Patients and methods: Data of 208 patients ...
An Extremely Rare Kidney Tumor: Primary Intraparenchymal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
(2017)
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the renal parenchyma is a rare entity and only 4 cases have been reported in the literature. A 73-year-old female patient presented to our clinic with the complaint of right flank pain. ...
Turkish Contribution to Journal of Neurosurgery and Acta Neurochirurgica
(2017)
AIM: To evaluate the contribution of Turkish scientists to four journals published by Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) Publishing Group and to Acta Neurochirurgica (AN) and to its Supplement (ANS).
MATERIAL AND METHODS: ...
Evaluation of nephrotoxicity and prognosis in patients treated with colistin due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
(2017)
Introduction: Colistimethate sodium (CMS) is frequently used in the treatment of nosocomial multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections. Nephrotoxicity is the most important side effect. The aim of this study is to evaluate ...
Burnout Syndrome Among Physicians: The Role of Socio-Demographic Characteristics
(2017)
Objective: Burnout is a syndrome that occurs in occupational groups, which are in close relation with people and includes dimensions of; emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low sense of personal accomplishment. The ...
Schistosomiasis and pulmonary hypertension
(2017)
Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevelant parazitic diseases in the world. It is endemic in more than 70 countries, and more than 200 million people worldwide are infected with Schistosoma. Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) ...
The Evaluation of Clinical Signs in Patients with Suspected Renovascular Hypertension
(TURK NEFROLOJI DIYALIZ TRANSPLANTASYON DERGISI, C/O PROF DR BULENT ALTUN, HACETTEPE UNIV, MEDICAL FAC, SIHHIYE-ANKARA, 06100, TURKEY, 2018)
OBJECTIVE: Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is the most common yet correctable cause of secondary hypertension if diagnosed early. There are many clinical signs that can suggest RVH. The aim of this study was to find which ...
Steroid-resistant acute rejections after liver transplant.
(EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION. 2, 8, 172-177, 2010)
Liver transplant is the definitive treatment for the end-stage liver disease. Although effective immunosuppressants are available, steroid-resistant acute rejection can be encountered.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between ...
The influence of adjunctive caudal epidural steroid injection on the therapeutic effect of transforaminal epidural steroid injection
(2018)
Background: Epidural steroid injection is widely used to treat the short and long-term symptoms of low back and radicular pain. To the best of our knowledge, the influence of transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFSI) ...
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience
(2019)
Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients on renal replacement therapy and in kidney transplant recipients. There are no specific recommendations for preoperative cardiac ...