Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 50, Number 4 (2020)
Cover and Contents
Articles
Gynecological laparoscopic surgery in the shade of COVID-19 pandemic
ŞADIMAN KIYKAÇ ALTINBAŞ, ÖMER LÜTFİ TAPISIZ, and YAPRAK ÜSTÜN
Pages 659-663
Chest CT features of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
FURKAN UFUK and RECEP SAVAŞ
Pages 664-678
The effects of blood group types on the risk of COVID-19 infection and its clinical outcome
HAKAN GÖKER, ELİFCAN ALADAĞ KARAKULAK, HALUK DEMİROĞLU, ÇAĞLAYAN MERVE AYAZ CEYLAN, YAHYA BÜYÜKAŞIK, AHMET ÇAĞKAN İNKAYA, SALIH AKSU, NİLGÜN SAYINALP, İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU, ÖMRÜM UZUN, MURAT AKOVA, OSMAN İLHAMİ ÖZCEBE, and SERHAT ÜNAL
Pages 679-683
The usual course of thorax CT findings of COVID-19 infection andwhen to perform control thorax CT scan
YASEMİN GÜNDÜZ, MEHMET HALİL ÖZTÜRK, and YAKUP TOMAK
Pages 684-686
Is there relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and the complement C3 and C4?
HAMAD DHEİR, SAVAŞ SİPAHİ, SELÇUK YAYLACI, MEHMET KÖROĞLU, ALİ FUAT ERDEM, and OĞUZ KARABAY
Pages 687-688
Real-life comparison of the viewing angle and the image quality of two commonly usedviewing systems for vitreoretinal surgery
KEMAL BAYRAKÇEKEN, AHMET MURAD HONDUR, HATİCE TUBA ATALAY, and YAVUZ KEMAL ARIBAŞ
Pages 689-696
Opium and risk of gastrointestinal cancer: a case-control study
REZA VAZIRINEJAD, ROYA NAJAFIPOUR, MOHSEN REZAEIAN, ALIREZA GHAZIZADEH, and FATEME DOOST MOHAMMADI
Pages 697-705
Correlation between the Glasgow-Blatchford score, shock index, and Forrestclassification in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding
HONG YANG, CHEN PAN, QI LIU, YAN WANG, ZHE LIU, XIAN CAO, and JINGJING LEI
Pages 706-712
Clinical characteristics and long-term outcome of Takayasu arteritisin Iran: a multicentre study
AIDA MALEK MAHDAVI, NADEREH RASHTCHIZADEH, HADISEH KAVANDI, MEHRZAD HAJIALILO, SOUSAN KOLAHI, MOHAMMAD-REZA NAKHJAVANI, ALI-ASGHAR EBRAHIMI, SEYEDMOSTAFA SEYEDMARDANI, MANSOUR SALESI, MOHSEN SOROUSH, and ALIREZA KHABBAZI
Pages 713-724
Evaluation of the effect of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty on left ventricularsystolic functions using strain and strain rate echocardiography
ERTUĞRUL EMRE GÜNTÜRK, OĞUZHAN BARAN, HASAN AKKAYA, and ÖZCAN ÖRSÇELİK
Pages 725-730
The antibiotic prescribing behaviors of physicians are changed via rapid antigen testpractice in the context of rational drug use
DENİZ UZUN, HALİL KARA, MUHAMMED FATİH DOĞAN, and SEYFULLAH OKTAY ARSLAN
Pages 731-737
Evaluation of brain FDG PET images in temporal lobe epilepsy for lateralization ofepileptogenic focus using data mining methods
ÜMİT ÖZGÜR AKDEMİR, İREM ÇAPRAZ, SEDA GÜLBAHAR ATEŞ, KERİM ŞEKER, UĞURAY AYDOS, GÖKHAN KURT, NEŞE KARABACAK, LÜTFİYE ÖZLEM ATAY, and ERHAN BİLİR
Pages 738-748
The effect of vitamin D status on different neuromuscular blocker agents reverse time
İLKNUR SUİDİYE YORULMAZ, YAVUZ DEMİRARAN, ONUR ÖZLÜ, and BURHAN DOST
Pages 749-755
Efficacy of the population-based pilot colorectal cancer screening, Csongrád county,Hungary, 2015
MARIANN RUTKA, RENÁTA BOR, TAMÁS MOLNÁR, KLAUDIA FARKAS, ANNA FÁBIÁN, MÁRK GYÖRFFY, ANITA BÁLINT, ÁGNES MILASSIN, MÓNIKA SZÜCS, LÁSZLÓ TISZLAVICZ, FERENC NAGY, and ZOLTÁN SZEPES
Pages 756-763
Which Bayley-III cut-off values should be used in different developmental levels?
PELİN ÇELİK, İCLAL AYRANCI SUCAKLI, and HALİL İBRAHİM YAKUT
Pages 764-770
Relationship between helicobacter pylori infection and pityriasis versicolor:can helicobacter pylori infection be a new etiologic factor for pityriasis versicolor?
ÖMER KUTLU, ZEYNAL DOĞAN, HATİCE MERAL EKŞİOĞLU, and MURAT KEKİLLİ
Pages 771-775
Effects of oral/enteral nutrition alone versus plus pantoprazole on gastrointestinalbleeding in critically ill patients with low risk factor: a multicenter, randomizedcontrolled trial
KÜRŞAT GÜNDOĞAN, EMRE KARAKOC, TURGUT TEKE, AVŞAR ZERMAN, ALİYE ESMAOGLU, ŞAHİN TEMEL, MUHAMMET GÜVEN, and MURAT SUNGUR
Pages 776-783
Should the dose of levothyroxine be changed in hypothyroidism patients fasting duringRamadan?
ARZU OR KOCA, MURAT DAĞDEVİREN, and MUSTAFA ALTAY
Pages 784-788
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Michigan Neuropathy ScreeningInstrument
DUYGU AKTAR REYHANİOĞLU, SÜLEYMAN CEM ADIYAMAN, MURAT BEKTAŞ, ONUR BULUT, BAŞAK ÖZGEN SAYDAM, FIRAT BAYRAKTAR, and BİLGE KARA
Pages 789-797
Mean platelet volume and response to the first line therapy in newly diagnosed adultimmune thrombocytopenia patients: a retrospective study
ERMAN AKKUŞ, ÇİĞDEM FİDAN, GÜLŞAH DEMİRCİ, ALİ AYTUĞ KUŞTAŞ, and MELTEM YÜKSEL
Pages 798-803
The needle electromyography findings in the neurophysiological classification of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
HALİT FİDANCI, İLKER ÖZTÜRK, AHMET CANDAN KÖYLÜOĞLU, MEHMET YILDIZ, ŞENCAN BUTURAK, and ZÜLFİKAR ARLIER
Pages 804-810
Thiol/disulphide homeostasis in intensive care unit patients with sepsis and septic shock
HAMİT YILDIZ
Pages 811-816
Preoperative estimation of breast resection weight in patients undergoing inferior pedicle reduction mammoplasty: the Bilgen formula
FATMA BİLGEN, ALPER URAL, and MEHMET BEKERECİOĞLU
Pages 817-823
Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Patient-Specific Functional Scale in patients with chronic neck pain
GAMZE YALÇINKAYA, BİLGE KARA, and MEHMET NURİ ARDA
Pages 824-831
Are clinicians successful in diagnosing cutaneous adnexal tumors? a retrospective, clinicopathological study
MELEK ASLAN KAYIRAN, AYŞE SERAP KARADAĞ, YASİN KÜÇÜK, BENGÜ ÇOBANOĞLU ŞİMŞEK, VEFA ASLI ERDEMİR, and NECMETTİN AKDENİZ
Pages 832-843
The assessment of skin sebum and moisture content of infants with atopic dermatitis
HATİCE GÜNEŞ, HÜLYA NAZİK, MEHMET YAŞAR ÖZKARS, NURGÜL PARLAK, AYTEN YILDIZ, ÖMER DUYURAN, and BAHAÜDDİN AHMED YALÇIN
Pages 844-848
Body awareness and chronic low back pain: validity and reliability study of Turkish version of body awareness rating scale
AYNUR DEMİREL, DİLARA ONAN, YASEMİN ÖZEL ASLIYÜCE, MÜZEYYEN ÖZ, UTKU BERBEROĞLU, and ÖZLEM ÜLGER
Pages 849-854
Surgical considerations and audiological results of cochlear implantation in patients with otosclerosis
TOLGAHAN ÇATLI, TAŞKIN TOKAT, ERGÜL BAŞARAN BOZKURT, ZEHRA HİLAL ADIBELLİ, UĞURTAN ERGÜN, ENVER ALTAŞ, and LEVENT OLGUN
Pages 855-859
Comparison the accuracy and trending ability of cardiac index measured by the fourth- generation of FloTrac with the PiCCO device in septic shock patients
BODIN KHWANNIMIT and RATTINA JOMSURIYA
Pages 860-869
The effect of iatrogenic subclinical hyperthyroidism on anxiety, depression and quality of life in differentiated thyroid carcinoma
NAZLI GÜLSOY KIRNAP, ÖZLEM TURHAN İYİDİR, YUSUF BOZKUŞ, ŞERİFE MEHLİKA IŞILDAK, CÜNEYD ANIL, SEVDE NUR FIRAT, CANAN DEMİR, ASLI NAR, and NESLİHAN BAŞÇIL TÜTÜNCÜ
Pages 870-876
The association between the route of nutrition and serum levels of adipokines in critical illness: a pilot study
KÜRŞAT GÜNDOĞAN, ENDER DOĞAN, NURHAYAT TUĞRA ÖZER, GÜLŞAH GÜNEŞ ŞAHİN, SERAP ŞAHİN, MURAT SUNGUR, İSMAİL HAKKI AKBUDAK, SABAHATTİN MUHTAROĞLU, MUHAMMET GÜVEN, and THOMAS R. ZIEGLER
Pages 877-884
Subclinical cardiac structural and electrical abnormalities in fibromyalgia syndrome
EKREM AKSU, EJDER BERK, ABDULLAH SÖKMEN, GÜLİZAR SÖKMEN, and ENES ÇELİK
Pages 885-893
Validating the Turkish version of the Weinstein noise sensitivity scale: effects of age, sex, and education level
MELİS KESKİN YILDIZ, YUSUF KEMAL KEMALOĞLU, YETKİN TUAÇ, GÜVEN MENGÜ, RECEP KARAMERT, and ÇAĞIL GÖKDOĞAN
Pages 894-901
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Vocal Fatigue Index
SEHER ŞİRİN, MEHMET FATİH ÖĞÜT, and CEM BİLGEN
Pages 902-909
Horse allergen sensitivity and respiratory symptoms among horse farm workers
BURCU BARAN KETENCİOĞLU, İNSU YILMAZ, NURİ TUTAR, İNCİ GÜLMEZ, and FATMA SEMA OYMAK
Pages 910-916
Clinical evaluation of pituitary insufficiency in adult population
SELVİHAN BEYSEL, MUSTAFA ÇALIŞKAN, MUHAMMED KIZILGÜL, SEYFULLAH KAN, MUSTAFA ÖZBEK, and ERMAN ÇAKAL
Pages 917-921
Comparing the complications of laparoscopically performed simple, radical and donor nephrectomy
ERKAN ÖLÇÜCÜOĞLU
Pages 922-929
Effects of different analgesic methods used for vaginal delivery on mothers and fetuses
GÜLÇİN BABAOĞLU, BANU KILIÇASLAN, AYSUN ANKAY YILBAŞ, and BİLGE ÇELEBİOĞLU
Pages 930-936
The ProFitMap-neck - a questionnaire for measuring symptoms and functional limitations in neck pain: reliability, validity and cross-cultural adaptation of the Turkish version
HATİCE ÇETİN, NEZİRE KÖSE, SEVİL BİLGİN, HALUK TEKERLEK, ESRA DÜLGER, CEYHUN TÜRKMEN, and JALE KARAKAYA
Pages 937-944
Factors associated with severe lung disease in an adult population with cystic fibrosis: a single-center experience
BERRİN ER, EBRU ÇELEBİOĞLU, EBRU YALÇIN, DENİZ DOĞRU, ÖZLEM ERDEN AKİ, ÖMRÜM UZUN, MURAT AKOVA, UĞUR ÖZÇELİK, NURAL KİPER, and SALİH EMRİ
Pages 945-952
Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Doloplus-2 (P-Doloplus-2) scale in elderly with dementia
MOHAMMAD ZARE, ZAHRA TAGHARROBI, KHADIJEH SHARIFI, ZAHRA SOOKI, and JAVAD ABOLHASANI
Pages 953-962
Could HIF-1∝ be a novel biomarker for the clinical course and treatment of pulmonary embolism?
BUĞRA KERGET, DURSUN EROL AFŞİN, ALPEREN AKSAKAL, ALPEREN AKSAKAL, SEDA AŞKIN, and ÖMER ARAZ
Pages 963-968
Risk indices that predict in-hospital mortality of elderly patients
DİLEK DÜLGER and ÖZGÜR ALBUZ
Pages 969-977
The effect of sacrospinous ligament fixation during vaginal hysterectomy on postoperative de novo stress incontinence occurrence: a prospective study with 2-year follow-up
ERALP BAŞER, KEREM DOĞA SEÇKİN, PINAR KADİROĞULLARI, and HÜSEYİN KIYAK
Pages 978-984
Neurotrophic factors in bipolar disorders patients with manic episode
ÖZGÜR KORHAN TUNÇEL, GÖKHAN SARISOY, EDA ÇETİN, EBRU KAYNAR TUNÇEL, BİRŞEN BİLGİCİ, and ARZU KARAUSTAOĞLU
Pages 985-993
Evaluation of the effects of ß1-selective beta-blockers on bone mineral density and fracture risk in postmenopausal women
BETÜL YAVUZ KELEŞ, MELTEM VURAL, BURCU ÖNDER, and KADRİYE ÖNEŞ
Pages 994-998
Evaluation of the cardioprotective effects of crystalloid del Nido cardioplegia solution via a rapid and accurate cardiac marker: heart-type fatty acid-binding protein
MEHMET KİRİŞCİ, AYDEMİR KOÇARSLAN, DUYGUN ALTINTAŞ AYKAN, FİLİZ ALKAN BAYLAN, ADEM DOĞANER, and YAVUZ ORAK
Pages 999-1006
Prospective evaluation of vascular changes in acute respiratory infections in children with cystic fibrosis
GÖKÇEN KARTAL ÖZTÜRK, AYKUT EŞKİ, FİGEN ÇELEBİ ÇELİK, SEÇİL CONKAR, FİGEN GÜLEN, ESEN DEMİR, and AHMET KESKİNOĞLU
Pages 1007-1014
Spectrum of germline cancer susceptibility gene mutations in Turkish colorectal cancer patients: a single center study
HAKTAN BAĞIŞ ERDEM and TAHA BAHSİ
Pages 1015-1021
DTI-MRI findings in synthetic cannabinoid users
FATMA DİLEK GÖKHARMAN, SONAY AYDIN, SALİH CİHAT PALTUN, ERDEM FATİHOĞLU, ŞAFAK YALÇIN ŞAHİNER, and PINAR NERCİS KOŞAR
Pages 1022-1027
Roles of glycoprotein glycosylation in the pathogenesis of an endemic osteoarthritis, Kashin-Beck disease, and effectiveness evaluation of sodium hyaluronate treatment
SEN WANG, ZONGQIANG GAO, HUAN LIU, PEILIN MENG, CUIYAN WU, MIKKO LAMMI, and XIONG GUO
Pages 1028-1037
The relationship of the immune response mediator genes' polymorphic variants with the methotrexate efficacy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
LILIIA NAZAROVA, KSENIA DANILKO, VIKTOR MALIEVSKY, DENIS KARIMOV, AKHAT BAKIROV, and TATIANA VIKTOROVA
Pages 1038-1047
Posterior fossa horns; a new calvarial finding of mucopolysaccharidoses with well-known cranial MRI features
ÇAĞRI DAMAR, BETÜL EMİNE DERİNKUYU, MUAZZEZ ASBURÇE BİKE OLGAÇ KILIÇKAYA, MEHMET ÖZTÜRK, ÇİĞDEM ÖZTUNALI, AYŞE GÜL ALIMLI, ÖZNUR LEMAN BOYUNAGA, MURAT UÇAR, FATİH SÜHEYL EZGÜ, LEYLA TÜMER, ALP ÖZGÜN BÖRCEK, and AHMET SIĞIRCI
Pages 1048-1061
Changes in P1 latencies of children with normal hearing and those with cochlear implants
EMRE ESKİCİOĞLU, GÜNAY KIRKIM, SELHAN GÜRKAN, SERPİL MUNGAN DURANKAYA, TAHSİN OĞUZ BAŞOKÇU, and ENİS ALPİN GÜNERİ
Pages 1062-1068
Optimization of isothermal amplification method for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection and visualization method for fieldwork
HATİCE ESRA AĞEL, HASAN SAĞCAN, İSMAİL CEYHAN, and RIZA DURMAZ
Pages 1069-1075
Does capsaicin have therapeutic benefits in human colon adenocarcinoma? Selection of the most reliable dose via AgNOR
MUSTAFA NİSARİ and RECEP ERÖZ
Pages 1076-1081
Comparison of mesenchymal stem cell sheets and chondrocyte sheets in a rabbit growth plate injury model
ALPER GÜLTEKİN, YÜCEL AĞIRDİL, BÜŞRA ÖNCEL DUMAN, CANSU SUBAŞI, and ERDAL KARAÖZ
Pages 1082-1096
Comparison of the efficacy between bilateral proximal tubal occlusion and total salpingectomy on ovarian reserve and the cholinergic system: an experimental study
REMZİ ATILGAN, ŞEHMUS PALA, TUNCAY KULOĞLU, CENGİZ ŞANLI, ŞEYDA YAVUZKIR, and ZEHRA SEMA ÖZKAN
Pages 1097-1105
Neuroprotective effects of quercetin on cerebral vasospasm following experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage in rats
ŞANSER GÜL, EVREN AYDOĞMUŞ, BURAK BAHADIR, MUSTAFA ÇAĞATAY BÜYÜKUYSAL, and BERRAK GÜVEN
Pages 1106-1110
Ocular toxicity of intravitreal golimumab in a rabbit model
CEREN DURMAZ ENGİN, SERAP CİLAKER MIÇILI, OSMAN YILMAZ, HÜSNÜ ALPER BAĞRIYANIK, BEKİR UĞUR ERGÜR, FATOŞ ÖNEN, and ALİ OSMAN SAATCİ
Pages 1111-1122
The effect of rituximab on encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis in an experimental rat model
SÜLEYMAN KARAKÖSE, AYŞE ZEYNEP BAL, EYLEM PINAR ESER, and MURAT DURANAY
Pages 1123-1130
Analysing the blood-stemming effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper in medulla spinalis surgery
DURSUN TURKOZ, CEM DEMİREL, HÜSEYİN SATALOĞLU, and CENGIZ COKLUK
Pages 1131-1135
Comment on: "Which nostril should be used for nasotracheal intubation with Airtraq NT®: the right or left?"
RAGHURAMAN M. SETHURAMAN
Pages 1136-1136
Reply to Letter to the Editor
ZEHRA İPEK ARSLAN AYDIN
Pages 1137-1138
Baicalein Nanofiber Scaffold Containing Hyaluronic Acid and Polyvinyl Alcohol: Preparation and Evaluation
KAMEL BACHIMAM, EZGİ EMÜL, NECDET SAĞLAM, and FEZA KORKUSUZ
Pages 1139-1146
Investigation the potential use of silver nanoparticles synthesized by propolis extract as N-acyl-homoserine lactone-mediated quorum sensing systems inhibitor
SEDEF İLK, GAMZE TAN, EZGİ EMÜL, and NECDET SAĞLAM
Pages 1147-1156
Immunomagnetic separation and Listeria monocytogenes detection with surface- enhanced Raman scattering
HANDE YEĞENOĞLU AKÇINAR, BELMA ASLIM, HİLAL TORUL, BURCU GÜVEN, ADEM ZENGİN, ZEKİYE SULUDERE, İSMAİL HAKKI BOYACI, and UĞUR TAMER
Pages 1157-1167
The effect of baicalein on Wnt/ß-catenin pathway and miR-25 expression in Saos-2 osteosarcoma cell line
ESRA ÖRENLİLİ YAYLAGÜL and CELAL ÜLGER
Pages 1168-1179
Nanotoxicity: a challenge for future medicine
RAMAZAN AKÇAN, HALİT CANBERK AYDOGAN, MAHMUT ŞERİF YILDIRIM, BURAK TAŞTEKİN, and NECDET SAĞLAM
Pages 1180-1196
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Murat KEKİLLİ Gazi University
- Associate Editors-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Selim ARICI Ondokuz Mayis University
- Prof. Dr. Kürşat ALTINBAŞ Selçuk University
- Prof. Dr. Zehra Sema ÖZKAN Kırıkkale University
