•  
  •  
 

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 51, Number 5 (2021)

Cover and Contents

Articles

PDF

Allergic reactions against Covıd-19 vaccines
HİLAL ÜNSAL, BÜLENT ENİS ŞEKEREL, and ÜMİT MURAT ŞAHİNER
Pages 2233-2242

PDF

A single center survey study of systemic vasculitis and COVID-19 during the first months of pandemic
BURAK İNCE, MURAT BEKTAŞ, NEVZAT KOCA, BESİM FAZIL AĞARGÜN, SİBEL ZARALI, DAMLA YENERSU GÜZEY, AYŞE İNCE, MEHMET SALİH SEVDİ, YASEMİN YALÇINKAYA, BAHAR ARTIM ESEN, AHMET GÜL, MAHDUME LALE ÖÇAL, and MURAT İNANÇ
Pages 2243-2247

PDF

Pulse steroid treatment for hospitalized adults with COVID-19
AYŞE BATIREL, RECEP DEMİRHAN, NURULLAH ESER, EZGİ KÖRLÜ, and MEHMET ENGİN TEZCAN
Pages 2248-2255

PDF

Galectin-3: can it be a diagnostic tool for pneumonia in covid-19 patients?
EMİNE KARTAL BAYKAN, ENGİN ŞEBİN, ÖMER KARAŞAHİN, AHMED RAMİZ BAYKAN, SERKAN CERRAH, HASAN GÖĞEBAKAN, CAN SEVİNÇ, MUSTAFA KAHRAMAN, and YASEMİN COŞKUN YAVUZ
Pages 2256-2262

PDF

History repeats itself: horse originated hyperimmune sera production against SARS CoV-2
AHU PAKDEMİRLİ, ELVİN ÇALIŞKAN, SABRİ HACIOĞLU, ERDEM DANYER, ÖZLEM KARDOĞAN, ZÜLEYHA ERGÜN KURT, ÖZCAN YILDIRIM, HAKAN TAŞKAYA, BORA ÜNDAR, YASEMİN SEZGİN, GENCAY ERGİN, HİMMET EKİCİ, UFUK ÜLKER, ERKAN TAÇBAŞ, and ŞAHİN ÇAKIR
Pages 2263-2273

PDF

Interleukin-21: a potential biomarker for diagnosis and predicting prognosis in COVID-19 patients
NİLÜFER AYLİN ACET ÖZTÜRK, AHMET URSAVAŞ, ASLI GÖREK DİLEKTAŞLI, EZGİ DEMİRDÖĞEN, NECMİYE FUNDA COŞKUN, DANE EDİGER, AYŞE ESRA UZASLAN, DİĞDEM YÖYEN ERMİŞ, MERT KARACA, ORKUN ERAY TERZİ, MERVE BAYRAM, DİLARA ÖMER TOPÇU, BÜŞRA YİĞİTLİLER, AHMET YURTTAŞ, and SHAHRİYAR MAHARRAMOV
Pages 2274-2284

PDF

Clinical characteristics and risk factors for 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
MEHMET NURİ YAKAR, BEGÜM ERGAN, BİŞAR ERGÜN, MURAT KÜÇÜK, ALİ CANTÜRK, MAHMUT CEM ERGON, NACİYE SİNEM GEZER, ERDEM YAKA, BİLGİN CÖMERT, and ALİ NECATİ GÖKMEN
Pages 2285-2295

PDF

Assessment of olfactory and gustatory functions in COVID-19 patients
MUAMMER MELİH ŞAHİN, ERAY UZUNOĞLU, MÜCAHİT YALÇIN, GÖKÇEN CESUR, MEHMET YILDIZ, PINAR AYSERT YILDIZ, HASAN SELÇUK ÖZGER, SÜLEYMAN CEBECİ, RECEP KARAMERT, MEHMET DÜZLÜ, HAKAN TUTAR, MURAT DİZBAY, and ALPER CEYLAN
Pages 2296-2303

PDF

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale
EBRU ÇALIK KÜTÜKCÜ, ASLIHAN ÇAKMAK, ESRA KINACI, OĞUZ ABDULLAH UYAROĞLU, NACİYE VARDAR YAĞLI, GÜLAY SAİN GÜVEN, MELDA SAĞLAM, LALE ÖZIŞIK, NURSEL ÇALIK BAŞARAN, and DENİZ İNAL İNCE
Pages 2304-2310

PDF

Low immunity against vaccine preventable diseases in Turkish HIV cohort
ASLIHAN CANDEVİR, FERİT KUŞCU, FİGEN YILDIRIM, SÜHEYLA KÖMÜR, GÖNÜL ÇİÇEK ŞENTÜRK, AYŞE SEZA İNAL, FATMA ESER, SALİH ÇETİNER, BEHİCE KURTARAN, and YEŞİM TAŞOVA
Pages 2311-2317

PDF

A novel marker of systemic inflammation in psoriasis and related comorbidities: chitotriosidase
BİLAL İLANBEY, ÖMER FARUK ELMAS, ESER YILDIRIM SÖZMEN, ÜMRAN GÜNAY, ABDULLAH DEMİRBAŞ, MUSTAFA ATASOY, ÜMİT TÜRSEN, and TORELLO LOTTİ
Pages 2318-2323

PDF

Role of frailty in prediction of hospitalized older adult patient's outcomes: a prospective study
MARYAM CHEHREHGOSHA, REZA FADAYE VATAN, MAHTAB ALIZADEH KHOEI, FARSHAD SHARIFI, REYHANEH AMINALROAYA, ZAHRA VAHABI, ABOLFAZL ZENDEDEL, and HAMIDREZA HEKMAT
Pages 2324-2333

PDF

Association of physical frailty with cognitive function and mood in older adults without dementia and depression
RANA TUNA DOĞRUL, HACER DOĞAN VARAN, MUHAMMET CEMAL KIZILARSLANOĞLU, MUSTAFA KEMAL KILIÇ, ÖZGÜR KARA, GÜNEŞ ARIK, MELTEM GÜLHAN HALİL, MUSTAFA CANKURTARAN, and BURCU BALAM DOĞU
Pages 2334-2340

PDF

Intraoperative ultrasound imaging and sono-scintigraphic concordance improvessuccess rates of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
RABİYE USLU ERDEMİR, İLHAN TAŞDÖVEN, TANER BAYRAKTAROĞLU, and GÜLDENİZ KARADENİZ ÇAKMAK
Pages 2341-2345

PDF

Central nervous system involvement in patients with acute myeloid leukemia
HATİME ARZU YAŞAR, OLGU ERKİN ÇINAR, NUR YAZDALI KÖYLÜ, İBRAHİM BARIŞTA, HAKAN GÖKER, and YAHYA BÜYÜKAŞIK
Pages 2351-2356

PDF

Non-adherence to colchicine treatment is a common misevaluation in familialMediterranean fever
EMRE TEKGÖZ, SEDA ÇOLAK, FATMA İLKNUR ÇINAR, SEDAT YILMAZ, and MUHAMMET ÇINAR
Pages 2357-2363

PDF

Mean platelet volume in familial Mediterranean fever related AA amyloidosis andcomparison with common primary glomerular diseases
TOLGA YILDIRIM, BERRANUR KÜTAHYA, FATMA İŞ, MEHMET ERDEVİR, MÜGE ÜZERK KİBAR, NERİMAN SILA KOÇ, EMİNE ARZU AYHAN, ŞEREF RAHMİ YILMAZ, and YUNUS ERDEM
Pages 2364-2368

PDF

Risk factors related to the size and volume of femoral artery pseudoaneurysm aftercatheter angiography: a single-center-study
ÖZGÜR ÇAKIR, ZEKİ TALAS, DUYGU TEMİZ KARADAĞ, AYŞEGÜL DURMAZ, İSA ÇAM, ERCÜMENT ÇİFTÇİ, and MÜHİP KANKO
Pages 2377-2382

PDF

Are the criteria always right? Assessment of hepatocellular carcinoma cases in livingdonor liver transplantation at a high-volume center
YÜCEL YANKOL, GÜLTEKİN HOŞ, TURAN KANMAZ, NESİMİ MECİT, YILMAZ ÇAKALOĞLU, MÜNCİ KALAYOĞLU, and KORAY SADIK ACARLI
Pages 2383-2395

PDF

The utility of magnetic resonance angiography in children with nutcracker syndrome
DİLARA ATASOY, AYŞEGÜL CANSU, AYŞE FÜSUN BEKİRÇAVUŞOĞLU, ELİF BAHAT ÖZDOĞAN, and ALİ AHMETOĞLU
Pages 2396-2402

PDF

Oxygen reserve index guided oxygen titration in one lung ventilation with low freshgas flow
AYTEN SARAÇOĞLU, ESRA YAMANSAVCI ŞİRZAİ, BEDRETTİN YILDIZELİ, MUSTAFA YÜKSEL, and ZEYNEP ZUHAL AYKAÇ
Pages 2413-2419

PDF

Assessment of fragmented QRS formation and its relationship with left ventricularhypertrophy in nonhypertensive acromegaly patients
Muhammet DURAL, GÖKNUR YORULMAZ, ELİF SEVİL ALAGÜNEY, KADİR UĞUR MERT, EZGİ ÇAMLI, AHMET TOYGAR KALKAN, AYSEN AKALIN, MEDİNE NUR KEBAPÇI, AHMET SERDAR YILMAZ, SELDA MURAT, and FATMA BELGİN EFE
Pages 2437-2444

PDF

Quantitative analysis of distal femoral epiphysis blood supply in healthy infants withsuperb microvascular imaging: a pilot study
EMİNE ÇALIŞKAN, MUHAMMED SAMED CANSIZ, HATİCE ARIÖZ HABİBİ, and MEHMET ÖZTÜRK
Pages 2445-2450

PDF

Associations between the radiographic phenotypes and the presence of metabolicsyndrome in patients with knee osteoarthritis
BERNA GÜZEL, MEHMET DERYA DEMİRAĞ, DÜRİYE SILA KARAGÖZ ÖZEN, NİZAMETTİN GÜZEL, MUKADDER ERDEM, and BERNA GÖKER
Pages 2461-2466

PDF

Translation and validation of a Turkish version of the Xerostomia Inventory XI inpatients with primary Sjögren's syndrome
BİLGE BAŞAKCI ÇALIK, ELİF GÜR KABUL, AYLİN KESKİN, SİNEM BOZCUK, HANDE ŞENOL, and VELİ ÇOBANKARA
Pages 2477-2484

PDF

Can omentin-1 be a prognostic marker in surgical intensive care patients?
YÜCEL GÜLTEKİN, İSMAİL BİRİ, AFİG GOJAYEV, SELEN YILMAZ IŞIKHAN, OYTUN PORTAKAL AKÇİN, and YUSUF ALPER KILIÇ
Pages 2485-2493

PDF

What plays a role in the severity of atopic dermatitis in children?
MURAT CANSEVER and ÇİĞDEM ORUÇ
Pages 2494-2501

PDF

The contribution of neurocognitive situation, physical capacity and daily life activities toquality of life in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors
ELİF KELEŞ GÜLNERMAN, YAĞMUR ÇAM, BÜLENT ELBASAN, ŞEBNEM SOYSAL, ZÜHRE KAYA, İDİL YENİCESU, and ÜLKER KOÇAK
Pages 2510-2515

PDF

Country-based report: the safety of omalizumab treatment in pregnant patients withasthma
BİLUN GEMİCİOĞLU, ARZU DİDEM YALÇIN, YAVUZ HAVLUCU, GÜL KARAKAYA, LEVENT ÖZDEMİR, METİN KEREN, SEVİM BAVBEK, DANE EDİGER, İPEK KIVILCIM OĞUZÜLGEN, ZEYNEP FERHAN ÖZŞEKER, and AYŞE ARZU YORGANCIOĞLU
Pages 2516-2523

PDF

The effects of vitamin D supplemantation on prognosis in patients with mildobstructive sleep apnea syndrome
FERİDE AYYILDIZ, HİLAL YILDIRAN, Nigar AFANDIYEVA, Özlem GÜLBAHAR, and OĞUZ KÖKTÜRK
Pages 2524-2533

PDF

Clinical trials of 3D printing splints to avoid contracture development in burned children
ATİLLA ŞENAYLI, GÜVEN ÇANKAYA, CAN İHSAN ÖZTORUN, HAKAN OFLAZ, and EMRAH ŞENEL
Pages 2543-2553

PDF

Allergic bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in children
ÖZGE ATAY, SUNA ASİLSOY, GİZEM ATAKUL, SERDAR AL, ÖZGE KANGALLI BOYACIOĞLU, NEVİN UZUNER, and ÖZKAN KARAMAN
Pages 2554-2563

PDF

A nationwide retrospective study in Turkish children with nephrocalcinosis
SERRA SÜRMELİ DÖVEN, SEBAHAT TÜLPAR, FUNDA BAŞTUĞ, ZEYNEP NAGEHAN YÜRÜK YILDIRIM, ESRA KARABAĞ YILMAZ, NESLİHAN ÇİÇEK, NURAN KÜÇÜK, ELİF ÇOMAK, BURCU YAZICIOĞLU, HÜLYA NALÇACIOĞLU, ALİ DELİBAŞ, BERFİN UYSAL, AYŞE AĞBAŞ, ATİLLA GEMİCİ, and NESLİHAN GÜNAY
Pages 2564-2569

PDF

Serum antiganglioside antibodies in patients with autoimmune limbic encephalitis
AYLA ÇULHA OKTAR, ÖZLEM SELÇUK, CANSU TUNÇ, ŞENOL IŞILDAK, ELİF ŞANLI, VUSLAT YILMAZ, BİRGÜL BAŞTAN TÜZÜN, MURAT KÜRTÜNCÜ, AYŞE ÖZLEM ÇOKAR, and ERDEM TÜZÜN
Pages 2570-2574

PDF

Dual energy CT in necrotizing enterocolitis; a novel diagnostic approach
ÖZGÜR ÇAĞLAR, EMRULLAH CESUR, RECEP SADE, BİNALİ FIRINCI, MUSTAFA KARA, MEHMET EMİN ÇELİKKAYA, AKGÜN ORAL, MURAT YİĞİTER, and SEVİLAY ÖZMEN
Pages 2575-2583

PDF

The role of gold weight implants in the management of paralytic lagophthalmos
MUAMMER MELİH ŞAHİN, ERAY UZUNOĞLU, RECEP KARAMERT, SÜLEYMAN CEBECİ, GÖKÇEN CESUR, MÜCAHİT YALÇIN, MEHMET DÜZLÜ, HAKAN TUTAR, MEHMET BİROL UĞUR, and ALPER CEYLAN
Pages 2584-2591

PDF

Fatty acid-binding protein-4 as a biomarker predicting acromegaly-associated diabetesmellitus
SEMA HEPŞEN, PINAR AKHANLI, HAKAN DÜĞER, MURAT ÇALAPKULU, BEKİR UÇAN, MUHAMMED ERKAM SENCAR, DAVUT SAKIZ, İLKNUR ÖZTÜRK ÜNSAL, SEYİT MURAT BAYRAM, MUSTAFA ÖZBEK, and ERMAN ÇAKAL
Pages 2592-2599

PDF

The visceral adiposity index, lipid accumulation product, and plasma atherogenicindex are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with newly diagnosedacromegaly
MUSTAFA ÖZBEK, MURAT ÇALAPKULU, SEMA HEPŞEN, MUHAMMED ERKAM SENCAR, HAYRİ BOSTAN, İLKNUR ÖZTÜRK ÜNSAL, and ERMAN ÇAKAL
Pages 2600-2606

PDF

Warfarin is associated with the risk of vascular calcification in abdominal aorta inhemodialysis patients: a multicenter case-control study
REZZAN EREN SADİOĞLU, EVREN ÜSTÜNER, İHSAN ERGÜN, SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK ECDER, GÖKHAN NERGİZOĞLU, and KENAN KEVEN
Pages 2607-2615

PDF

Exercise capacity, muscle strength, dyspnea, physical activity, and quality of life inpreoperative patients with lung cancer
GÜLŞAH BARĞI, ECE BAYTOK, ZELİHA ÇELİK, MERVE ŞATIR TÜRK, ALİ ÇELİK, İSMAİL CÜNEYT KURUL, and MERAL BOŞNAK GÜÇLÜ
Pages 2621-2630

PDF

Allergic diseases in the elderly population: a single-center experience
ERAY YILDIZ, FATİH ÇÖLKESEN, ŞEVKET ARSLAN, RECEP EVCEN, FİLİZ SADİ AYKAN, MEHMET KILINÇ, and GÖKHAN AYTEKİN
Pages 2631-2640

PDF

Diagnostic value of procalcitonin and C reactive protein for infection and sepsis inelderly patients
ÇİLER ZİNCİRCİOĞLU, KAZIM ROLLAS, IŞIL GÜLDOĞAN, AYKUT SARITAŞ, HÜSEYİN ÖZKARAKAŞ, GÜRSEL ERSAN, and NİMET ŞENOĞLU
Pages 2649-2656

PDF

Risk of autism spectrum disorder in children with a history of hospitalization forneonatal jaundice
GAFFARİ TUNÇ, AYLA UZUN ÇİÇEK, and FATİH KILIÇBAY
Pages 2657-2665

PDF

Clinicopathologic comparisons of IgA nephropathy and IgA vasculitis nephropathy inchildren: a ten-year single-center experience
QINGXIAO SU, YUHENG LIANG, NA WANG, ZHIYAN DOU, ZANHUA RONG, XUE ZHAO, BO YU, YUXUE WANG, and XINLIANG WANG
Pages 2683-2689

PDF

High mobility group box-1 levels may be associated with disease activity of Behcet's disease
DİLARA DÖNMEZ GÜLER, AYŞE BAHAR KELEŞOĞLU DİNÇER, ZEYNEP CEREN KARAHAN, HASAN SELİM GÜLER, MÜÇTEBA ENES YAYLA, SERDAR SEZER, EMİNE GÖZDE AYDEMİR GÜLÖKSÜZ, İLYAS ERCAN OKATAN, MURAT TORĞUTALP, DİDEM ŞAHİN EROĞLU, MEHMET LEVENT YÜKSEL, TAHSİN MURAT TURĞAY, GÜLAY KINIKLI, and AŞKIN ATEŞ
Pages 2690-2697

PDF

What is the restorative effect of VEGF inhibitor bevacuzimab against subarachnoidhemorrhage in an experimental model?
ADNAN YALÇIN DEMİRCİ, YAHYA GÜVENÇ, ERSİN ÖZEREN, ÇETİN AKYOL, PINAR BAYRAM, DENİZ BİLLUR, SEVİM AYDIN, HAKAN SEÇKİN, and KAZIM YİĞİTKANLI
Pages 2698-2704

PDF

The protective effect of boric acid on cholestatic rat liver ischemia reperfusion injury
SERKAN GÜLER, ARİF ASLANER, HAMİT YAŞAR ELLİDAĞ, ŞENAY YILDIRIM, and TUĞRUL ÇAKIR
Pages 2716-2726

PDF

The protective effects of Anakinra in a neonatal rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis
HATİCE GÜNEŞ, SEVCAN İPEK, SADIK YURTTUTAN, TUNCAY KULOĞLU, FATMA İNANÇ TOLUN, ÜLKÜ KAZANCI, and ADEM DOĞANER
Pages 2727-2733

PDF

Melatonin has favorable preventive effects on experimental chronic pancreatitis rat model
ESRA GUZEL TANOGLU, ALPASLAN TANOĞLU, MAKBULE ÇİSEL AYDIN MERİÇÖZ, and MUHAMMED FEVZİ ESEN
Pages 2734-2740

PDF

Antiinflammatory effects of adalimumab, tocilizumab, and steroid onlipopolysaccharide-induced lung injury
NURHAN SARIOĞLU, FATMA BAHAR SUNAY, ARZU HANIM YAY, OĞUZHAN KORKUT, FUAT EREL, ADNAN ADİL HİŞMİOĞULLARI, MEHMET KÖSE, and BETÜL YALÇIN
Pages 2741-2751

PDF

Effects of bevacizumab administration on the hypoxia - induced pulmonaryhypertension rat model
CANAN DEMİR, MERAL KARAMAN, EYÜP SABRİ UÇAN, ALİ NECATİ GÖKMEN, DUYGU GÜREL, ŞADİYE CANAN ÇOKER, YASEMEN ADALI, and OSMAN YILMAZ
Pages 2752-2762

PDF

Pretreatment serum uric acid level is not a surrogate marker for the outcome offavipiravir treatment in COVID-19 patients
AHMET ÇAĞKAN İNKAYA, EMRE KARA, NURSEL ÇALIK BAŞARAN, TAHA KORAY ŞAHİN, OĞUZ ABDULLAH UYAROĞLU, ÖMRÜM UZUN, and SERHAT ÜNAL
Pages 2786-2788

PDF

Effect of coronavirus pandemic on organ donation and transplantation in Turkey
EMİNE GÜLŞAH TORUN and MUTLU UYSAL YAZICI
Pages 2792-2794

PDF

Comparison of SARS-COV-2 antibody assays in PCR negative and PCR positive Turkishpatients
AYŞEGÜL KARAHASAN, RABİA CAN SARINOĞLU, BARIŞ CAN, HÜSEYİN BİLGİN, NURİ ÇAGATAY ÇİMŞİT, and VOLKAN KORTEN
Pages 2795-2797

PDF

High zinc content of ankaferd hemostat and wound healing effect
NAZİFE YASEMİN ARDIÇOĞLU AKIŞIN and MEHMET NEJAT AKAR
Pages 2798-2798

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

Editorial Board