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Tracheal intubation in patients immobilized by a rigid collar: a comparison of GlideScope and an intubating laryngeal mask airway
SEMİH ÖZDİL, ZEHRA İPEK ARSLAN AYDIN, ZEHRA NUR BAYKARA, KAMİL TOKER, and ZEYNEP MİNE SOLAK
Pages 1617-1623

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Hormone therapy in hypospadias surgery: a survey on the current practice in Turkey
GÜLNUR GÖLLÜ BAHADIR, ERGUN ERGÜN, ONUR TELLİ, FARİD KHANMAMMADOV, and AHMET MURAT ÇAKMAK
Pages 1624-1628

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Cytomegalovirus hepatitis in 49 pediatric patients with normal immunity
HASAN TEZER, SALİHA KANIK YÜKSEK, BELGİN GÜLHAN, ASLI NUR ÖZKAYA PARLAKAY, and CEYDA TUNA KIRSAÇLIOĞLU
Pages 1629-1633

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Management of acute postoperative hypertension for reducing cardiovascular complications in cancer patients: when and how aggressively?
NING LOU, DAOFENG WANG, ZHI WANG, WENFENG YE, and XIAO LIU
Pages 1634-1640

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The effect of systemic isotretinoin treatment on skin biophysicalparameters among patients with acne vulgaris
EMİNE ÇÖLGEÇEN, KEMAL ÖZYURT, and AYTEN FERAHBAŞ KESİKOĞLU
Pages 1641-1644

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The effect of methylprednisolone treatment on fibrinolysis, thecoagulation system, and blood loss in cardiac surgery
LEILA EBRAHIMI, MARYAM KHEIRANDISH, and MAHNOUSH FOROUGHI
Pages 1645-1654

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Removing the specimen with traction during robotic radical prostatectomy does not cause a positive surgical margin
SERKAN ALTINOVA, ABİDİN EGEMEN İŞGÖREN, ZİYA AKBULUT, MUHAMMET FUAT ÖZCAN, ABDULLAH ERDEM CANDA, ALİ FUAT ATMACA, and MEVLANA DERYA BALBAY
Pages 1655-1657

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Clinical correlation between the 6-min walk test andcardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
SERAP ACAR, SEMA SAVCI, DİDEM KARADİBAK, BUSE ÖZCAN KAHRAMAN, BAHRİ AKDENİZ, EBRU ÖZPELİT, and CAN SEVİNÇ
Pages 1658-1664

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Is there a difference between Parkinson disease patients and a control group in terms of urinary symptoms and quality of life?
ERDAL BENLİ, FAHRİYE FERİHA ÖZER, YASEMİN KAYA, TUBA ŞAZİYE ÖZCAN, and ALİ AYYILDIZ
Pages 1665-1671

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The demographics and histopathological features of oral cavity cancers in Turkey
MEHMET DÜZLÜ, RECEP KARAMERT, FARUK KADRİ BAKKAL, RAŞİT CEVİZCİ, HAKAN TUTAR, MEHMET EKREM ZORLU, ALPER DİLCİ, and FAKİH CİHAT ERAVCI
Pages 1672-1676

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Exhaled carbon monoxide is a marker of heavy nicotine dependence
ELİF BABAOĞLU, AYŞEGÜL KARALEZLİ, MÜKREMİN ER, HATİCE CANAN HASANOĞLU, and DERYA ÖZTUNA
Pages 1677-1681

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Simulation of cryolipolysis as a novel method for noninvasive fat layer reduction
ABBAS MAJDABADI and MOHAMMAD ABAZARI
Pages 1682-1687

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A simple risk score in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Modified ACEF(age, creatinine, and ejection fraction) score
ARZU KALAYCI KARABAY, VECİH ODUNCU, ÇETİN GEÇMEN, SELİM TOPCU, CAN YÜCEL KARABAY, İBRAHİM AKIN İZGİ, and CEVAT KIRMA
Pages 1688-1693

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Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in children with low vision: differences between raters
FERİDE YARAR, UĞUR CAVLAK, and BİLGE BAŞAKCI ÇALIK
Pages 1694-1699

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The effects of balneotherapy on acute, process-related, and cumulative peripheral cardiac responses and pulmonary functions in patients with musculoskeletal disorders
SENEM ŞAŞ, ŞEYDA TOPRAK ÇELENAY, and DERYA ÖZER KAYA
Pages 1700-1706

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Clinical and histopathological features of asymptomaticpersistent microscopic hematuria in children
SERÇİN GÜVEN, İBRAHİM GÖKCE, NESLİHAN ÇİÇEK, ÜLGER ALTUNTAŞ, NURDAN YILDIZ, and HARİKA ALPAY
Pages 1707-1711

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Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: clinical and radiological features, treatment outcomes of 17 patients, and review of the literature
ELİF YELDA NİKSARLIOĞLU, GÜLCİHAN ZEHRA ÖZKAN, NUR DİLEK BAKAN, SİBEL YURT, LÜTFİYE KILIÇ, and GÜNGÖR ÇAMSARI
Pages 1712-1718

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The association of papillary thyroid cancer with microcalcification in thyroidnodules with indeterminate cytology based on fine-needle aspiration biopsy
İBRAHIM ALİ ÖZEMİR, BARIŞ BAYRAKTAR, ENDER ANILIR, KIVILCIM ORHUN, TUNÇ EREN, JÜLİDE SAĞIROĞLU, AYŞE BAHAR CEYRAN, RAFET YİĞİTBAŞI, and ORHAN ALİMOĞLU
Pages 1719-1723

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Evaluation of epidemiological characteristics and risk factors affecting mortality in patients with candidemia
FATMA YILMAZ KARADAĞ, PINAR ERGEN, ÖZLEM AYDIN, ARZU DOĞRU, BERRİN TANIDIR, and MUSTAFA HALUK VAHABOĞLU
Pages 1724-1728

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Clinical characteristics and outcome of Brucella endocarditis
NA DU and FENG WANG
Pages 1729-1733

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Chronic cough: clinical characteristics and etiologies of 510 cases
GUIYUAN JIANG, XINYING HUANG, TIANLIN LI, and DONGPING XU
Pages 1734-1739

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Pityriasis rosea: a natural history of pediatric cases in theCentral Anatolia Region of Turkey
EMİNE ÇÖLGEÇEN, ÇİĞDEM KADER, YILMAZ ULAŞ, PINAR ÖZTÜRK, ÖZNUR KÜÇÜK, and MEHMET BALCI
Pages 1740-1742

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Sleep quality in opioid-naive and opioid-dependent patientson methadone maintenance therapy in Malaysia
ZALINA ZAHARI, MUSLIH ABDULKARIM IBRAHIM, SOO CHOON TAN, NASIR MOHAMAD, and RUSLI ISMAIL
Pages 1743-1748

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Does CPAP treatment affect the voice?
GÜLESER SAYLAM, MUSTAFA ŞAHİN, DİLEK DEMİRAL, ÖMER BAYIR, MELİKE BAĞNU YÜCEEGE, EMEL ÇADALLI TATAR, and MEHMET HAKAN KORKMAZ
Pages 1749-1754

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Acute exudative tonsillitis in adults: the use of the Centor scoreand some laboratory tests
YAVUZ FURUNCUOĞLU, FİLİZ SAĞLAM, and AHMET KUTLUHAN
Pages 1755-1759

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Treatment efficacy and superinfection rates in complicated urinarytract infections treated with ertapenem or piperacillin tazobactam
MURAT DİZBAY, HASAN SELÇUK ÖZGER, ÖMER KARAŞAHİN, and EMİNE FÜSUN KARAŞAHİN
Pages 1760-1764

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Plasma levels of serotonin, gastrointestinal symptoms,and sleep problems in children with autism
SORAYYA KHKHEIROURI, PARINAZ KALEJAHI, and SEYYED GHOLAMREZA NOORAZAR
Pages 1765-1772

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The effect of deep sclerectomy on ocular blood flow: a 6-month clinical trial
ARZU ÖZSOY, MURAT SİNAN SARICAOĞLU, and MEHTAP ÇAVUŞOĞLU
Pages 1773-1778

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Biliary stenting in difficult common bile duct stones: a single tertiary center experience
MAHMUT YÜKSEL, SELÇUK DİŞİBEYAZ, MUSTAFA KAPLAN, ERKAN PARLAK, HAKAN YILDIZ, İHSAN ATEŞ, and ERTUĞRUL KAYAÇETİN
Pages 1779-1785

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Daily surveillance with early warning scores help predicthospital mortality in medical wards
MİNE DURUSU TANRIÖVER, BURÇİN HALAÇLI, BİLGİN SAİT, SERPİL ÖCAL, and ARZU TOPELİ
Pages 1786-1791

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Experiential avoidance, empathy, and anger-related attitudesin antisocial personality disorder
KAASIM FATİH YAVUZ, OKTAY ŞAHİN, SEVİNÇ ULUSOY, OKAN UFUK İPEK, and ERHAN KURT
Pages 1792-1800

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Segmental epidural anesthesia for percutaneous kyphoplasty:comparison with general anesthesia
ALPARSLAN APAN, ÖZGÜN CUVAŞ APAN, and EMİNE ARZU KÖSE
Pages 1801-1807

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Surgical management of large-cell neuroendocrinelung carcinoma: an analysis of 25 cases
FUNDA İNCEKARA, KORAY AYDOĞDU, EBRU SAYILIR, SELİM ŞAKİR ERKMEN GÜLHAN, FUNDA DEMİRAĞ, SADİ KAYA, and GÖKTÜRK FINDIK
Pages 1808-1815

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Bone mineral density and growth in children with coeliac disease on a gluten free-diet
CEYDA TUNA KIRSAÇLIOĞLU, ZARİFE KULOĞLU, AYDAN TANCA, NURİYE ÖZLEM KÜÇÜK, ZEHRA AYCAN, GÖNÜL ÖÇAL, ARZU ENSARİ, AYHAN GAZİ KALAYCI, and NURTEN GİRGİN
Pages 1816-1821

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Comparison of the distinctive pathological features of and p16 and c-Kitexpression levels in benign and malignant endometrial polyps
NERMİN KOÇ, SELÇUK AYAS, LÜTFİYE UYGUR, and NURVER ÖZEL ÖZBAY
Pages 1822-1828

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Comparison of wire-guided localization and radio-guided occult lesionlocalization in preoperative localization of nonpalpable breast lesions
NAZIM BARIŞ KANAT, MURAT TUNCEL, TAMER AKSOY, AYŞEGÜL FIRAT, FİGEN DEMİRKAZIK, DEMİRALİ ONAT, MELTEM ÇAĞLAR TUNCALI, and BİRAY EMİNE CANER
Pages 1829-1837

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The factors affecting survival in patients with bronchiectasis
FATMA ÇİFTCİ, ELİF ŞEN, SEVGİ BEHİYE SARYAL, ZEYNEP PINAR ÖNEN, BANU GÜLBAY, ÖZNUR YILDIZ, TURAN ACICAN, and GÜLSEREN KARABIYIKOĞLU
Pages 1838-1845

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Do anxiety and depression statuses differ in differentpolycystic ovary syndrome phenotypes?
DERYA AKDAĞ CİRİK, BERNA DİLBAZ, SEZİN ERTÜRK AKSAKAL, ZEYNEP KOTAN, RUNA ÖZELÇİ, FUNDA AKPINAR, and LEYLA MOLLAMAHMUTOĞLU
Pages 1846-1853

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New immunohistochemical markers in the differential diagnosisof nonsmall cell lung carcinoma
FERDA BİR, DUYGU ÇELİKER, BİNNAZ FATMA EVYAPAN, ARZU YAREN, and TAMER EDİRNE
Pages 1854-1861

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Importance of sonographic paratracheal lymph node evaluationin early autoimmune thyroiditis
TUĞRUL ÖRMECİ, MUKADDES ÇOLAKOĞULLARI, İSRAFİL ORHAN, and BAYRAM UFUK ŞAKUL
Pages 1862-1870

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Association of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio with the degree ofinterstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis
NURHAN ATİLLA, GÖZDE YILDIRIM ÇETİN, and AYŞE BALKARLI
Pages 1871-1874

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Exploring CYP2B6 activity by measuring the presence ofnevirapine hydroxy metabolites in plasma
SUZANA MUSTAFA, NORUL BADRIAH HASSAN, SOO CHOON TAN, MAHIRAN MUSTAFA, AHMAD KASHFI AB RAHMAN, LEE LEE LOW, and WAN NAZIRAH WAN YUSUF
Pages 1875-1881

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The combined effects of proteasome inhibitor bortezomib with topoisomerase I and II inhibitors on topoisomerase enzymes
EMİNE ÖKSÜZOĞLU, ÇİYDEM TIRINOĞLU, and BARIŞ KERİMOĞLU
Pages 1882-1888

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Peripheral FLT-3 ligand levels as a pathobiological parameter duringthe clinical course of acute myeloid leukemia
MEMDUH ŞAHİN, İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU, and DEMİRCAN ÖZBALCI
Pages 1889-1893

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Growing OXA-23 type strains among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and tigecycline as an alternate combination therapy
ŞERİFE ALTUN, ZELİHA KOÇAK TUFAN, BELGİN ALTUN, UFUK ÖNDE, SAMİ KINIKLI, and ALİ PEKCAN DEMİRÖZ
Pages 1894-1899

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Neuroprotective effects of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cellsand conditioned medium in mechanically injured neuroblastoma cells
MESUT METE, IŞIL AYDEMİR, ÜLKÜ ÜNLÜ ÜNSAL, YUSUF KURTULUŞ DURANSOY, MEHMET İBRAHİM TUĞLU, and MEHMET SELÇUKİ
Pages 1900-1907

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Virulence factors, biofilm-forming ability, and antimicrobial resistance of urinary Escherichia coli strains isolated from hospitalized patients
BARBARA KOT, JOLANTA WICHA, AGATA GRUZEWSKA, MALGORZATA PIECHOTA, KATARZYNA WOLSKA, and MARIA OBREBSKA
Pages 1908-1914

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The effect of basolateral amygdala nucleus lesion on memory under acute,mid and chronic stress in male rats
HODA RANJBAR, MARYAM RADAHMADI, HOJJATALLAH ALAEI, PARHAM REISI, and SARA KARIMI
Pages 1915-1925

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Chrysin prevents brain damage caused by global cerebralischemia/reperfusion in a C57BL/J6 mouse model
MEHMET AKİF DURAK, MUSTAFA NAMIK ÖZTANIR, NEŞE BAŞAK TÜRKMEN, OSMAN ÇİFTÇİ, ASLI TAŞLIDERE, MEHMET TECELLİOĞLU, and ARİF ÖNDER
Pages 1926-1933