Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 50, Number 5 (2020)
Cover and Contents
Articles
Alcohol consumption and alcohol policy
MUSTAFA NECMİ İLHAN and DİLEK YAPAR
Pages 1197-1202
Importance of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) at the time of discharge from the intensive care unit
CİHANGİR DOĞU, GÜVENÇ DOĞAN, SELÇUK KAYIR, and ÖZGÜR YAĞAN
Pages 1203-1209
A novel urethra compression technique using Turkish continence device for male urinary incontinence
ÖNER ODABAŞ, İREM GÜL SANCAK, YUSUF KASAP, ZERRİN MAHMUT, ERKAN ÖLÇÜCÜOĞLU, SEDAT TAŞTEMUR, and NESLİHAN İNCİ ZENGİN
Pages 1210-1216
The triglyceride-glucose index predicts peripheral artery disease complexity
BİLGE DURAN KARADUMAN, HÜSEYİN AYHAN, TELAT KELEŞ, and ENGİN BOZKURT
Pages 1217-1222
Value of prognostic scores in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis patients in intensive care unit: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from Turkey
UĞUR ÖZDEMİR, NAZMİYE EBRU ORTAÇ ERSOY, RECEP CİVAN YÜKSEL, ERHAN KAYA, ŞAHENDER GÜLBİN AYGENCEL BIKMAZ, MELDA TÜRKOĞLU, ARZU TOPELİ İSKİT, MUHAMMET GÜVEN, MURAT SUNGUR, and NERİMAN DEFNE ALTINTAŞ
Pages 1223-1230
The association between chronic spontaneous urticaria and HLA class I and class II antigen
NESLİHAN DOĞAN, SONGÜL ÇİLDAĞ, ÇİĞDEM YENİSEY, and TAŞKIN ŞENTÜRK
Pages 1231-1235
Effect of sugammadex on chest radiographic abnormality in the early postoperative period after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy
DONG KYU LEE, SUNG WOOK KANG, HYUN KOO KIM, HYO SUNG KIM, and HEEZOO KIM
Pages 1236-1246
Alterations in follicular fluid BMP-15 RNA expression in women undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
ŞÜKRİYE DERYA DEVECİ
Pages 1247-1253
Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the self-efficacy for managing chronic disease 6-item scale
KÜBRA İNCİRKUŞ and NURSEN NAHCİVAN
Pages 1254-1261
Surgical management of insulinomas at the Azerbaijan Medical University: a retrospective study of 21 cases over a 10-year period
ROVSHAN HASANOV, ELGUN SAMADOV, NURU BAYRAMOV, AYTEKİN ÜNLÜ, and PATRIZIO PETRONE
Pages 1262-1269
Frequency of sarcopenia and associated outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
HAVVA DEMİRCİOĞLU, FATMA GÖKŞİN CİHAN, RUHUŞEN KUTLU, ŞEBNEM YOSUNKAYA, and ADİL ZAMANİ
Pages 1270-1279
Noninvasive monitoring of central venous oxygen saturation by jugular transcutaneous near-infrared spectroscopy in pediatric patients undergoing congenital cardiac surgery
DİLEK ALTUN, ABDULLAH DOĞAN, AHMET ARNAZ, ADNAN YÜKSEK, YUSUF KENAN YALÇINBAŞ, RIZA TÜRKÖZ, and CAFER TAYYAR SARIOĞLU
Pages 1280-1287
Statistical shape analysis of hand and wrist in paediatric population on radiographs
URAL KOÇ, İLKER ERCAN, SENEM ÖZDEMİR, SEMİH BOLU, AYŞEGÜL YABACI, and ONUR TAYDAŞ
Pages 1288-1297
Baseline characteristics predicting clinical outcomes and serious adverse events in middle-aged hypertensive women: a subanalysis of the SPRINT in women aged
VOLKAN AYDIN, AHMET AKICI, SİBEL SAKARYA, MEHMET AKMAN, and ALİ SERDAR FAK
Pages 1298-1306
Association between monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and bicuspid aortic valve degeneration
BİLGE DURAN KARADUMAN, HÜSEYİN AYHAN, TELAT KELEŞ, and ENGİN BOZKURT
Pages 1307-1313
The association between temperament features and childhood traumas in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
ALİŞAN BURAK YAŞAR, CEYHUN SAYMAN, SERAP ERDOĞAN TAYCAN, YILMAZ ÇETİNKAYA, ANIL GÜNDÜZ, and HÜLYA TİRELİ
Pages 1314-1322
Oxidative stress parameters in patients with ascending aortic dilatation
MEHMET ERDOĞAN, MELİKE POLAT, MUHAMMET CİHAT ÇELİK, SELÇUK ÖZTÜRK, SERDAL BAŞTUĞ, YUNUS EMRE ÖZBEBEK, SALİM NEŞELİOĞLU, and MURAT AKÇAY
Pages 1323-1329
he utility of synovial fluid levels of ADAMTS9 and ADAMTS4 in predicting treatment responses to intraarticular steroid injections in patients with knee osteoarthritis
KENAN ÖZLER
Pages 1330-1336
Colchicine intolerance in FMF patients and primary obstacles for optimal dosing
HASAN SATIŞ, BERKAN ARMAĞAN, ERDAL BODAKÇİ, NUH ATAŞ, ALPER SARI, NAZİFE ŞULE YAŞAR BİLGE, DİLEK YAPAR, REYHAN BİLİCİ SALMAN, GÖZDE KÜBRA YARDIMCI, HAKAN BABAOĞLU, LEVENT KILIÇ, BERNA GÖKER, ŞEMİNUR HAZNEDAROĞLU, TİMUÇİN KAŞİFOĞLU, and UMUT KALYONCU
Pages 1337-1343
Presence of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in patients with idiopathic portal vein thrombosis: a single-center study
CENGİZ DEMİR, SENAR EBİNÇ, and ÖMER EKİNCİ
Pages 1344-1349
Correlation of language lateralization with resting state hippocampal connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy patients
ALİ MURAT KOÇ, ALİ YUSUF ÖNER, HALİL ÖZER, MELİKE GÜRYILDIRIM, EMİN TURGUT TALI, FATİH ÖNCÜ, MURAT UÇAR, ERHAN BİLİR, İREM ÇAPRAZ, and GÖKHAN KURT
Pages 1350-1363
Posttraumatic growth and death anxiety in caregivers of cancer patients: PHOENIX study
ALİ ALKAN, ELİF BERNA KÖKSOY, EBRU KARCI, ASLI ALKAN, EDUARDO BRUERA, and FİLİZ ÇAY ŞENLER
Pages 1364-1370
Determination of related factors about diagnostic and treatment delays in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Turkey
MUSTAFA HAMİDULLAH TÜRKKANI, TARKAN ÖZDEMİR, and ÇİĞDEM ÖZDİLEKCAN
Pages 1371-1379
Treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and factors related with disease recurrence
EMRE TEKGÖZ, SEDA ÇOLAK, MUHAMMET ÇINAR, and SEDAT YILMAZ
Pages 1380-1386
Coenzyme Q10, Zinc and MDA levels in verruca vulgaris
SELMA KORKMAZ, FEVZİYE BURCU ŞİRİN, İJLAL ERTURAN, HALİL İBRAHİM BÜYÜKBAYRAM, and MEHMET YILDIRIM
Pages 1387-1392
Antioxidant effects of dexmedetomidine against hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage in vitro by alkaline Comet assay
MUSTAFA SIRRI KOTANOĞLU, ELA KADIOĞLU, ESRA EMERCE, ÇETİN KAYMAK, AYŞE ÖZCAN, and HÜLYA BAŞAR
Pages 1393-1398
What is the impact of PPAR-? agonist-rosiglitazone on ovarian reserve after hysterectomy? An experimental study
BURCU GÜNDOĞDU ÖZTÜRK, ÖMER LÜTFİ TAPISIZ, BERNA DİLBAZ, SERKAN BARIŞ MÜLAZIMOĞLU, KAMİL HAKAN MÜFTÜOĞLU, BETÜL DÜNDAR, and ÜMİT GÖKTOLGA
Pages 1399-1408
Protective effects of apocynin on damaged testes of rats exposed to methotrexate
KÜBRA KAVRAM SARIHAN, MELDA YARDIMOĞLU YILMAZ, FATMA CEYLA ERALDEMİR, YUSUFHAN YAZIR, and ESRA ACAR
Pages 1409-1420
Assessment of Ankaferd Blood Stopper in experimental liver ischemia reperfusion injury
ABDULLAH DURHAN, KORAY KOŞMAZ, MARLEN SÜLEYMAN, MESUT TEZ, ABDULLAH ŞENLİKCİ, CAN ERSAK, YILMAZ ÜNAL, MEVLÜT RECEP PEKCİCİ, FATİH KARAAHMET, MEHMET ŞENEŞ, İLKNUR ALKAN KUŞABBİ, EYLEM PINAR ESER, and SEMA HÜCÜMENOĞLU
Pages 1421-1427
Histopathological and mechanical effects of Ankaferd Blood Stopper® on wound healing in rats: an experimental model
SERTAÇ HANCIOĞLU, BERAT DİLEK DEMİREL, ÜNAL BIÇAKCI, SEDA GÜN, MEHMET ENDER ARITÜRK, and NURŞEN ARITÜRK
Pages 1428-1433
Antiinfective and wound-healing pleiotropic actions of Ankaferd hemostat
İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU and MUSTAFA ÇELEBİER
Pages 1434-1435
Characteristics of the initial patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a single-center report
ALPAY MEDETALİBEYOĞLU, NACİ ŞENKAL, GAZİ ÇAPAR, MURAT KÖSE, and TUFAN TÜKEK
Pages 1436-1439
Radiological approaches to COVID-19 pneumonia
FURKAN UFUK, RECEP SAVAŞ, and TUNCAY HAZIROLAN
Pages 1440-1441
Response to letter to the editor: Radiological approaches to COVID-19 pneumonia
MÜŞERREF ŞULE AKÇAY
Pages 1442-1443
A study of Drynariafortunei in modulation of BMP-2 signalling by bone tissue engineering
GUO-CHUNG DONG, TZN-YUAN MA, CHI-HAN LI, CHIH-YING CHI, CHAO-MING SU, CHIH-LING HUANG, YAN-HSIUNG WANG, and TZER-MING LEE
Pages 1444-1453
Neuropeptide Y1 receptor antagonist but not neuropeptide Y itself increased bone mineral density when locally injected with hyaluronic acid in male Wistar rats
MUHAMMER ÖZGÜR ÇEVİK, PETEK KORKUSUZ, and FEZA KORKUSUZ
Pages 1454-1460
Development of albumin macroinitiator for polymers to use in DNA origami coating
AYKUT BİLİR, EZGİ EMÜL, and NECDET SAĞLAM
Pages 1461-1469
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy as a novel tool for rapid quantification of heroin and metabolites in saliva
RAMAZAN AKÇAN, MAHMUT ŞERİF YILDIRIM, HASAN İLHAN, BURCU GÜVEN, UĞUR TAMER, and NECDET SAĞLAM
Pages 1470-1479
Omics era in forensic medicine: towards a new age
RAMAZAN AKÇAN, BURAK TAŞTEKİN, MAHMUT ŞERİF YILDIRIM, HALİT CANBERK AYDOGAN, and NECDET SAĞLAM
Pages 1480-1490
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