Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 50, Number 8 (2020)
Cover and Contents
Articles
COVID-19 and dermatology
ÜLKER GÜL
Pages 1751-1759
The importance of quality and accreditation in health care services in the process ofstruggle against Covid-19
DEMET GÖKMEN KAVAK, AYŞE SİBEL ÖKSÜZ, CANAN CENGİZ, İBRAHİM HALİL KAYRAL, and FİGEN ÇİZMECİ ŞENEL
Pages 1760-1770
Influence of aluminum salts on COVID-19 infected patients
ALİ DEMİR, İBRAHİM ERAYMAN, OĞUZ DOĞAN, and MURAT KEKİLLİ
Pages 1771-1780
A single center cohort of 40 severe COVID-19 patients who were treated withconvalescent plasma
ALİİHSAN GEMİCİ, HÜLYA BİLGEN, CEM ERDOĞAN, ABDULLAH KANSU, OKTAY OLMUŞÇELİK, HÜSEYİN SAFFET BEKÖZ, RUMEYSA ÇAKMAK, ALİ MERT, and ÖMÜR GÖKMEN SEVİNDİK
Pages 1781-1785
The assessment of the serum levels of TWEAK and prostaglandin F2∝ in COVID - 19
DEMET YALÇIN KEHRİBAR, MUSTAFA CİHANGİROĞLU, EMİNE SEHMEN, BAHATTİN AVCI, MUSTAFA ÇAPRAZ, MARUF BORAN, CANER GÜNAYDIN, and METİN ÖZGEN
Pages 1786-1791
COVID-19-related anxiety in people living with HIV: an online cross-sectional study
ÖZLEM KUMAN TUNÇEL, HÜSNÜ PULLUKÇU, HÜSEYİN AYTAÇ ERDEM, BEHİCE KURTARAN, SELİN ECE TAŞBAKAN, and MELTEM TAŞBAKAN
Pages 1792-1800
COVID-19 experience of the major pandemic response center in the capital: results ofthe pandemic's first month in Turkey
HATİCE RAHMET GÜNER, İMRAN HASANOĞLU, BİRCAN KAYAASLAN, ADALET AYPAK, AYŞE KAYA KALEM, FATMA ESER, BURCU ÖZDEMİR, ELİF MUKİME SARICAOĞLU, MÜGE AYHAN, YEŞİM AYBAR BİLİR, IŞIL ÖZKOÇAK TURAN, DENİZ ERDEM, NEVZAT MEHMET MUTLU, TURAN BUZĞAN, and BEDİA DİNÇ
Pages 1801-1809
The factors predicting pneumonia in COVID-19 patients: preliminary results from auniversity hospital in Turkey
HASAN SELÇUK ÖZGER, PINAR AYSERT YILDIZ, ÜMMÜGÜLSÜM GAYGISIZ, ASİYE UĞRAŞ DİKMEN, ZEHRA DEMİRBAŞ GÜLMEZ, MEHMET YILDIZ, ESİN ŞENOL, KENAN HIZEL, ÖZLEM GÜZEL TUNÇCAN, KAYHAN ÇAĞLAR, GÜLENDAM BOZDAYI, NURDAN KÖKTÜRK, TANSU ULUKAVAK ÇİFTÇİ, ŞAHENDER GÜLBİN AYGENCEL BIKMAZ, and MELDA TÜRKOĞLU
Pages 1810-1816
Assessment of treatment efficacy of diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) for alopecia areata
ZEKAYİ KUTLUBAY, AYŞEGÜL SEVİM, ÖVGÜ AYDIN ÜLGEN, SUPHİ VEHİD, and SERVER SERDAROĞLU
Pages 1817-1824
Evidence that osteogenic and neurogenic differentiation capability of epidural adiposetissue-derived stem cells was more pronounced than in subcutaneous cells
BİLGEHAN SOLMAZ, ALİ ŞAHİN, TAHA KELEŞTEMUR, ERTUĞRUL KILIÇ, and ERKAN KAPTANOĞLU
Pages 1825-1837
Survival analysis and factors affecting survival in patients who presented to the medicaloncology unit with non-small cell lung cancer
ÖZGÜR ÖNAL, MURAT KOÇER, HANDE NUR EROĞLU, SERVET DERYA YILMAZ, İSMET EROĞLU, and DİLEK KARADOĞAN
Pages 1838-1850
CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cell dose as a predictor of engraftment and survival inmultiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation
ELİFCAN ALADAĞ KARAKULAK, HALUK DEMİROĞLU, YAHYA BÜYÜKAŞIK, MEHMET TURGUT, SALİH AKSU, NİLGÜN SAYINALP, İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU, OSMAN İLHAMİ ÖZCEBE, and HAKAN GÖKER
Pages 1851-1856
The effects of hand splinting in patients with early-stage thumb carpometacarpaljoint osteoarthritis: a randomized, controlled study
ASLI CAN and NİHAL TEZEL
Pages 1857-1864
Rare occurrence of common filaggrin mutations in Turkish children with food allergyand atopic dermatitis
NEŞE VARDAR ACAR, ÖZLEM CAVKAYTAR, EBRU ARIK YILMAZ, AYŞE BETÜL BÜYÜKTİRYAKİ, ÖZGE UYSAL SOYER, ÜMİT MURAT ŞAHİNER, BÜLENT ENİS ŞEKEREL, İBRAHİM ÇAĞATAY KARAASLAN, and CANSIN SAÇKESEN
Pages 1865-1871
Serum paraoxonase 1 and 3 activities in benign and malignant diseases of the prostateand changes in levels following robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
FEVZİ BEDİR, HÜSEYİN KOCATÜRK, MEHMET SEFA ALTAY, ENGİN ŞEBİN, and BANU BEDİR
Pages 1872-1878
Seasonal variations of patients presenting dyspnea to emergency departments in Europe:Results from the EURODEM Study
MEHMET AKİF KARAMERCAN, ZERRİN DEFNE DÜNDAR, MEHMET ERGİN, OENE VAN MEER, RICHARD BODY, VELİ-PEKKA HARJOLA, FRANCK VERSCHUREN, MICHEAL CHRIST, ADELA GOLEA, JEAN CAPSEC, CINZIA BARLETTA, LUIS GARCIA-CASTRILLO, YUSUF ALİ ALTUNCI, YAVUZ KATIRCI, and ANNE-MAREE KELLY
Pages 1879-1886
Silent cerebral infarct in sickle cell anemia patients of southern Turkey
EZGİ NAFİLE SAYMAN, GÖKSEL LEBLEBİSATAN, ŞERİFE LEBLEBİSATAN, YUNUS KENAN BIÇAKCI, YURDANUR KILINÇ, and ADNAN BARUTÇU
Pages 1887-1893
Relationship between malnutrition and coronary microvascular dysfunction in patientswith nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
ŞEREF KUL, TOLGA SİNAN GÜVENÇ, and MUSTAFA ÇALIŞKAN
Pages 1894-1902
Tetanus vaccine during pregnancy: data of a tertiary hospital in Turkey
GÜLŞAH DAĞDEVİREN, GÖKÇEN ÖRGÜL, AYKAN YÜCEL, and DİLEK ŞAHİN
Pages 1903-1908
Effects of immunization program on morbidity and mortality rates ofvaccine-preventable diseases in Turkey
TUFAN NAYİR, ERSİN NAZLICAN, MUSA ŞAHİN, FATİH KARA, and EMİNE ALP MEŞE
Pages 1909-1915
Cross-sectional study: long term follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors in adeveloping country, Turkey: current status, challenges, and future perspectives
SONAY İNCESOY ÖZDEMİR, NURDAN TAÇYILDIZ, ALİ VARAN, REJİN KEBUDİ, OSMAN BÜLENT ZÜLFİKAR, TÜLİN TIRAJE CELKAN, GÜRSES ŞAHİN, FUNDA VESİLE ÇORAPCIOĞLU, ZUHAL KESKİN YILDIRIM, FARUK GÜÇLÜ PINARLI, HATİCE NUR OLGUN, NERIMAN SARI, AYHAN DAĞDEMİR, DERYA ÖZYÖRÜK, and TUBA EREN
Pages 1916-1921
A novel Turkish instrument for assessing quality of life in chronic otitis media -translation and validation of Zurich chronic middle ear inventory
BELGİN TUTAR, ZİYA SALTÜRK, GÜLER BERKİTEN, MUHAMMET ENİS EKİNCİOĞLU, SEMİH KARAKETİR, MELİS ECE ARKAN, MUHAMMED FATİH AKGÜN, AYÇA BAŞKADEM YILMAZER, ERCAN KULAK, DAVİD BAECHİNGER, and YAVUZ UYAR
Pages 1922-1929
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile inoutpatients with respiratory disease
BUSE ÖZCAN KAHRAMAN, TURHAN KAHRAMAN, İSMAİL ÖZSOY, AYLİN TANRIVERDİ, ASLI PAPURCU, NAZENİN HANDE SEZGİN, KARYA POLAT, SERAP ACAR, AYLİN ÖZGEN ALPAYDIN, CAN SEVİNÇ, and SEMA SAVCI
Pages 1930-1940
Correlation between serum vitamin D level and dichotomous distribution ofhematological parameters in a cohort of 12709 patients
OKTAY OLMUŞÇELİK and ÖMÜR GÖKMEN SEVİNDİK
Pages 1941-1950
Clinical and demographic characteristics of children and adolescents with acute vertigosymptoms: A cross-sectional study
ARZU YILMAZ and SEMA NİLAY ABSEYİ
Pages 1951-1954
Effects of different epidural initiation volumes on postoperative analgesia in cesarean section
OSMAN KAÇMAZ, NURÇİN GÜLHAŞ, GÜLAY ERDOĞAN KAYHAN, and MAHMUT DURMUŞ
Pages 1955-1962
The effect of long-term systemic immunosuppressive drug use on druse formation: a newperspective to age-related macular degeneration
ÖZKAN SEVER and RIDVAN MERCAN
Pages 1963-1969
A new predictor of bleeding based on ultrasonographic features in percutaneous livermass biopsy
ÖMER FARUK ATEŞ, ONUR TAYDAŞ, AHMET BURAK KARA, MEHMET GÖKTEPELİ, and MUSTAFA ÖZDEMİR
Pages 1970-1975
The role and importance of auxiliary tests in differential diagnosis in patients withmildly high basal 17-OH-progesterone levels in the evaluation of hirsutism
TANER DEMİRCİ, HASRET CENGİZ, CEYHUN VARIM, and SEDAT ÇETİN
Pages 1976-1982
Peripheral axonal excitability in hemiplegia related to subacute stroke
ZEYNEP TURAN and MURAT ZİNNUROĞLU
Pages 1983-1992
Proteomic analysis of the anticancer effect of various extracts of endemicThermopsis turcica in human cervical cancer cells
MUSTAFA YILDIZ, HAKAN TERZİ, SALİHA HANDAN YILDIZ, NURAY VAROL, MÜJGAN ÖZDEMİR ERDOĞAN, MURAT KASAP, NERMİN AKÇALI, and MUSTAFA SOLAK
Pages 1993-2004
Iron homeostasis is altered in response to hypoxia and hypothermic preconditioning inbrain glial cells
LATİFE ARZU ARAL, MEHMET ALİ ERGÜN, AYŞE BAŞAK ENGİN, ALP ÖZGÜN BÖRCEK, and HAYRUNNİSA BOLAY BELEN
Pages 2005-2016
Genetic evaluation of Mycobacterium bovis isolates with MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping
NEVİN TUZCU and FATİH KÖKSAL
Pages 2017-2023
Comparison of the Sensititre YeastOne antifungal method with the CLSI M27-A3reference method to determine the activity of antifungal agents against clinical isolatesof Candida spp.
RABİYE ALTINBAŞ, AYŞE BARIŞ, SÜMEYYE ŞEN, RECEP ÖZTÜRK, and NURİ KİRAZ
Pages 2024-2031
Research on the protective effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester on testicular damagecaused by cisplatin
TAYFUN CEYLAN, EMİN KAYMAK, FAZİLE CANTÜRK TAN, and BİRKAN YAKAN
Pages 2032-2039
Mango ginger (curcuma amada) inhibits collagen-induced arthritis by modulatinginflammatory cytokine levels in rats
AHMET KARATAŞ, CEMAL ORHAN, MEHMET TUZCU, NURHAN ŞAHİN, İBRAHİM HANİFİ ÖZERCAN, SÜLEYMAN SERDAR KOCA, VIJAYA JUTURU, and KAZİM ŞAHİN
Pages 2040-2047
Anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, increases the morphine analgesic effectand decreases morphine tolerance development by modulating oxidative stress andendoplasmic reticulum stress in rats
ONUR AVCI and AHMET ŞEVKİ TAŞKIRAN
Pages 2048-2058
Antioxidative effects of uridine in a neonatal rat model of hyperoxic brain injury
NEVİN AL, AYŞEN ÇAKIR, CANSU SEVİNÇ, MEHMET CANSEV, and TÜLİN ALKAN
Pages 2059-2066
Comparing performance of McGrath MAC videolaryngoscope in morbidly obese andnonobese patients
YING GAO, Liu-Jia-Zi Shao, and FUSHAN XUE
Pages 2067-2068
In reply: Comparing performance of McGrath MAC videolaryngoscope in morbidlyobese and nonobese
ZEHRA İPEK ARSLAN AYDIN
Pages 2069-2070
Comment on: ?Treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and factors related withdisease recurrence?
AHMET SAMİ AKBULUT and TEVFİK TOLGA ŞAHİN
Pages 2071-2072
Comment on `Treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and factors related withdisease recurrence?
EMRE TEKGÖZ, SEDA ÇOLAK, MUHAMMET ÇINAR, and SEDAT YILMAZ
Pages 2073-2074
Preemptive action saves lives in a pandemic: closing the Grand Bazaar before theCOVID-19 infection starts
ABDULLAH EMRE GÜNER, KEMAL MEMİŞOĞLU, and ŞUAYIP BİRİNCİ
Pages 2075-2076
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
