Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 51, Number 1 (2021)
Cover and Contents
Articles
Perspectives for immune plasma treatment of COVID-19
BAŞAK SAYINALP, OLGU ERKİN ÇINAR, and İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU
Pages 1-9
Hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin and early hospital admission are beneficial inCOVID-19 patients: Turkish experience with real-life data
ELİF TANRIVERDİ, MUSTAFA ÇÖRTÜK, BİNNAZ ZEYNEP YILDIRIM, EFSUN GONCA UĞUR CHOUSEIN, DEMET TURAN, HALİT ÇINARKA, MEHMET AKİF ÖZGÜL, and ERDOĞAN ÇETİNKAYA
Pages 10-15
Projecting the course of COVID-19 in Turkey: A probabilistic modeling approach
AYBAR CAN ACAR, AHMET GÖRKEM ER, HÜSEYİN CAHİT BURDUROĞLU, SEHER NUR SÜLKÜ, YEŞİM AYDIN SON, LEVENT AKIN, and SERHAT ÜNAL
Pages 16-27
Impact of low molecular weight heparin administration on the clinical course of theCOVID-19 disease
BURCU YORMAZ, DİLEK ERGÜN, BAYKAL TÜLEK, RECAİ ERGÜN, UĞUR ARSLAN, and FİKRET KANAT
Pages 28-38
Do initial hematologic indices predict the severity of COVID-19 patients?
ALİ ASAN, YASEMİN ÜSTÜNDAĞ, NİZAMEDDİN KOCA, ABDULLAH ŞİMŞEK, HALİL ERKAN SAYAN, HÜLYA PARILDAR, BURCU DALYAN CİLO, and KAĞAN HUYSAL
Pages 39-44
Efficacy of convalescent plasma according to blood groups in COVID-19 patients
TUBA HACIBEKİROĞLU, YASİN KALPAKÇI, AHMED CİHAD GENÇ, İLHAN HACIBEKİROĞLU, CENK SUNU, ADEM SARICAOĞLU, YAKUP TOMAK, OĞUZ KARABAY, and MEHMET KÖROĞLU
Pages 45-48
IgE-mediated food allergy throughout life
EBRU ÇELEBİOĞLU, AYŞEGÜL AKARSU, and ÜMİT MURAT ŞAHİNER
Pages 49-60
The effect of comorbidity on mortality in elderly patients undergoing emergencyabdominal surgery: a systematic review and metaanalysis
FADİME ÇINAR, GÖKNUR PARLAK, and FATMA ETİ ASLAN
Pages 61-67
Efficacy of the in vitro splitting of human preimplantation embryos from ART programs
MARJAN OMIDI, MOHAMMAD ALI KHALILI, AZAM AGHA-RAHIMI, STEFANIA NOTTOLA, FATEMEH ANBARI, AZITA FARAMARZI, and MARIA GRAZIA PALMERINI
Pages 68-75
Comparison of the clinical and sonographic effects of ultrasound therapy, extracorporealshock wave therapy, and Kinesio taping in lateral epicondylitis
TARIK ÖZMEN, SALİH SÜHA KOPARAL, ÖZLEM KARATAŞ, FİLİZ ESER, BÜLENT ÖZKURT, and TUBA ÜMİT GAFUROĞLU
Pages 76-83
Comprehensive assessment of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel for Turkish advancedParkinson's disease patients
YEŞİM SÜCÜLLÜ KARADAĞ, TUĞÇE SALTOĞLU, FADİME ERDOĞAN KÜÇÜKDAĞLI, ÖMER ÖZTÜRK, HASAN TANKUT KÖSEOĞLU, and EMİN ALTIPARMAK
Pages 84-89
Distribution of nuchal translucency thickness at 11 to 14 weeks of gestation in a normalTurkish population
GÜLSEREN DİNÇ and İLKER EYÜBOĞLU
Pages 90-94
Placement of hemodialysis catheters with the help of the micropuncture technique inpatients with central venous occlusion and limited access
ERDEM BİRGİ and HASANALİ DURMAZ
Pages 95-101
Effective dose of intravenous oxycodone depending on sex and age for attenuation ofintubation-related hemodynamic responses
KEUM YOUNG SO, KI TAE JUNG, BO HYUN JANG, and SANG HUN KIM
Pages 102-110
Clinical and oncological outcomes of the low ligation of the inferior mesentericartery with robotic surgery in patients with rectal cancer following neoadjuvantchemoradiotherapy
İSMAİL GÖMCELİ and ORHAN ARAS
Pages 111-123
A survey of bullous diseases in a Turkish university hospital: clinicoepidemiologicalcharacteristics and follow-up
ZEKAYİ KUTLUBAY, AYŞEGÜL SEVİM KEÇİCİ, UĞUR ÇELİK, and MEHMET CEM MAT
Pages 124-133
Utility of the Pleth Variability Index in predicting anesthesia-induced hypotension ingeriatric patients
AHMET YÜKSEK
Pages 134-139
Magnetic resonance imaging histogram analysis of corpus callosum in a functionalneurological disorder
SEMA BAYKARA, MURAT BAYKARA, OSMAN MERMİ, HANEFİ YILDIRIM, and MURAD ATMACA
Pages 140-147
Clinicopathological characteristics and mutational profile of KRAS and NRAS inTunisian patients with sporadic colorectal cancer
DONIA OUNISSI, MARWA WESLATI, RAHMA BOUGHRIBA, MERIAM HAZGUI, and SAADIA BOURAOUI
Pages 148-158
Evaluating the Persian versions of two psoriatic arthritis screening questionnairesearly arthritis for psoriatic patients questionnaire (EARP) and psoriasis epidemiologyscreening tool (PEST) in Iranian psoriatic patients
VAHIDE LAJEVARDI, SEYED ZAHRA GHODSI, MAHDIEH SHAFIEI, AMIR TEIMOURPOUR, and IFA ETESAMI
Pages 159-166
Exenatide improves cardiovascular risk factors in obese patients with type 2 diabetesmellitus: a prospective study
DERYA KÖSEOĞLU, SALİH SÜHA KOPARAL, ÖZDEN ÖZDEMİR BAŞER, and DİLEK BERKER
Pages 167-174
Can urinary biomarkers predict acute kidney injury in newborns with critical congenitalheart disease?
ÖZGÜN UYGUR, ÖZGE ALTUN KÖROĞLU, REŞİT ERTÜRK LEVENT, ESER SÖZMEN, FIRAT ERGİN, YÜKSEL ATAY, MEHMET YALAZ, METE AKISÜ, and NİLGÜN KÜLTÜRSAY
Pages 175-180
How does rerupture affect sleep and quality of life in patients undergoing arthroscopicrotator cuff repair?
İZZET BİNGÖL and VEDAT BİÇİCİ
Pages 181-187
Continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill children: single-center experience
GÜL HATİCE ERKOL TUNCER, MESİHA EKİM, EMEL OKULU, BEGUM ATASAY, and TANIL KENDİRLİ
Pages 188-194
Is there any difference between oral preemptive pregabalin vs. placebo administration onresponse to EBUS-TBNA under sedation?
SEMİH AYDEMİR, ALİ ALAGÖZ, FATMA ULUS, MEHTAP TUNÇ, HİLAL SAZAK, and NİLGÜN YILMAZ DEMİRCİ
Pages 195-203
The importance of histological patterns on PD-L1 staining heterogeneity: Should weuse pattern-based approach for selecting tumor samples for PD-L1 testing in lungadenocarcinomas?
PINAR BULUTAY, PINAR FIRAT, EMİNE HANDAN ZEREN, SUAT ERUS, SERHAN TANJU, and MUSTAFA ŞÜKRÜ DİLEGE
Pages 204-213
Nontraumatic coma in the pediatric intensive care unit: etiology, clinical characteristicsand outcome
MUHTEREM DUYU, ZEYNEP KARAKAYA ALTUN, and SELİN YILDIZ
Pages 214-223
Imaging modalities used in diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Takayasu's arteritis
AYŞE BAHAR KELEŞOĞLU DİNÇER, LEVENT KILIÇ, ABDULSAMET ERDEN, UMUT KALYONCU, TUNCAY HAZIROLAN, SEDAT KİRAZ, and ÖMER KARADAĞ
Pages 224-230
Does fludrocortisone treatment cause hypomagnesemia in children with primaryadrenal insufficiency?
İBRAHİM MERT ERBAŞ, SELDA AYÇA ALTINCIK, GÖNÜL ÇATLI, TOLGA ÜNÜVAR, BAYRAM ÖZHAN, AYHAN ABACI, and AHMET ANIK
Pages 231-237
The evaluation of intracellular energy metabolism in prediabetic patients and patientsnewly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus
ERKAN DULKADİROĞLU, HÜSEYİN ÖZDEN, and HÜSEYİN DEMİRCİ
Pages 238-245
Family-centeredness of services for young children with Down syndrome: anobservational study from Turkey
EMİNE BAHAR BİNGÖLER PEKCİCİ, EZGİ ÖZALP AKIN, FUNDA AKPINAR, GAMZE HAYRAN, CANSU KELEŞ, BETÜL YAĞBASAN, NAZMİYE KURŞUN, and İLGİ ERTEM
Pages 246-255
Diagnostic efficacy of apparent diffusion coefficient measurements in differentiation ofmalignant intra-axial brain tumors
İLKER EYÜBOĞLU, İSMET MİRAÇ ÇAKIR, SERDAR ASLAN, and AHMET SARI
Pages 256-267
Turkish reliability and validity study of the medical outcomes study (MOS) sleep scale inpatients with obstructive sleep apnea
BÜLENT DEVRİM AKÇAY, DUYGU AKÇAY, and SİNAN YETKİN
Pages 268-279
The effect of induction loop system use training on adults with hearing aids
MERVE BURCU ÖZAY, HÜSEYİN ÖZAY, SELHAN GÜRKAN, SERPİL MUNGAN DURANKAYA, TAHSİN OĞUZ BAŞOKÇU, and GÜNAY KIRKIM
Pages 280-287
An evaluation of suspected cases of Hantavirus infection admitted to a tertiary care university hospital in Düzce, Turkey, between 2012 and 2018
NEVİN İNCE, KÜRŞAD ÖNEÇ, TANSU SAV, MEHMET ALİ SUNGUR, and DİLEK MENEMENLİOĞLU
Pages 288-296
Efficacy, retention, and safety of tofacitinib in real-life: Hur-bio monocentric experience
EMRE BİLGİN, FURKAN CEYLAN, EMİNE DURAN, BAYRAM FARİSOĞULLARI, ERTUĞRUL ÇAĞRI BÖLEK, GÖZDE KÜBRA YARDIMCI, LEVENT KILIÇ, ALİ AKDOĞAN, ÖMER KARADAĞ, ŞAZİYE ŞULE APRAŞ BİLGEN, SEDAT KİRAZ, ALİ İHSAN ERTENLİ, and UMUT KALYONCU
Pages 297-308
MUC1 and MUC5AC implication in Tunisian colorectal cancer patients
MERIAM HAZGUI, MARWA WESLATI, RAHMA BOUGHRIBA, DONIA OUNISSI, DHOUHA BACHA, and SAADIA BOURAOUI
Pages 309-318
Validation of the NoSAS score for screening sleep-disordered breathing: A sleep clinicbasedstudy in Turkey
BURCU OKTAY ARSLAN, ZEYNEP ZEREN UÇAR, ÖZGÜR BATUM, and MEHMET NURULLAH ORMAN
Pages 319-327
Impaired integrity of commissural and association fibers in essential tremor patients:Evidence from a diffusion tensor imaging study
AYGÜL TANTİK PAK, YILDIZHAN ŞENGÜL, HAFİZE OTCU TEMUR, and ALPAY ALKAN
Pages 328-334
What is the predictive value of preoperative CA 125 level on the survival rate of type 1endometrial cancer?
ŞAFAK YILMAZ BARAN, SONGÜL ALEMDAROĞLU, GÜLŞEN DOĞAN DURDAĞ, SEDA YÜKSEL ŞİMŞEK, FİLİZ BOLAT, FATİH KÖSE, and HÜSNÜ ÇELİK
Pages 335-341
Subcapsular local anesthesia approach in percutaneous liver biopsy: less pain, morecomfort
ÖZGÜR ÇAKIR and CAN AKSU
Pages 342-347
The prognostic value of serum levels of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) intreatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
SİNEM NİHAL ESATOĞLU, DİLEK KESKİN, AHMET EMRE EŞKAZAN, TUĞRUL ELVERDİ, AYŞE SALİHOĞLU, MUHLİS CEM AR, ŞENİZ ÖNGÖREN, ZAFER BAŞLAR, YILDIZ AYDIN, HAFİZE UZUN, and TEOMAN SOYSAL
Pages 348-354
Assessment of ST2 and Reg3a levels in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease afterallogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
ELİFCAN ALADAĞ KARAKULAK, HALUK DEMİROĞLU, ÜMİT YAVUZ MALKAN, ÜMİT AKMAN, HAKAN GÖKER, and YAHYA BÜYÜKAŞIK
Pages 355-358
Lateral frontal galeal-cutaneous flap for reconstruction after orbital exenteration foradvanced periorbital skin cancer
PREDRAG KOVACEVIC, JASMINA DJORDJEVIC-JOCIC, and MILAN RADOJKOVIC
Pages 359-367
Lycopene sensitizes the cervical cancer cells to cisplatin via targeting nuclear factorkappaB (NF-��B) pathway
OKTAY HALİT AKTEPE, TAHA KORAY ŞAHİN, GÜRKAN GÜNER, ZAFER ARIK, and ŞUAYİB YALÇIN
Pages 368-374
Stereological and histopathological evaluation of the effect of Thymoquinone onperidural fibrosis following laminectomy in rats
DURSUN TÜRKÖZ, AYTAÇ TÜRKÖZ, MEHMET EMİN ÖNGER, and ENİS KURUOĞLU
Pages 375-381
Hepatitis A susceptibility parallels high COVID-19 mortality
FAİK SARIALİOĞLU, FATMA BURCU BELEN, and KADİR MUTLU HAYRAN
Pages 382-384
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
