Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 51, Number 6 (2021)
Cover and Contents
Articles
Treatment approaches for managing patients with hematological malignancies in thetime of COVID-19 pandemic
GÜLDANE CENGİZ SEVAL, PERVİN TOPÇUOĞLU, and TANER DEMİRER
Pages 2799-2809
Which hematological markers have predictive value as early indicators of severeCOVID-19 cases in the emergency department?
İSHAK ŞAN, EMİN GEMCİOĞLU, MEHMET DAVUTOĞLU, RAMİS ÇATALBAŞ, BERKAN KARABUĞA, ENES KAPTAN, ABDULSAMET ERDEN, ORHAN KÜÇÜKŞAHİN, İHSAN ATEŞ, SELMA KARAAHMETOĞLU, İMRAN HASANOĞLU, OSMAN İNAN, BÜŞRA NUR ÜNAL, ECEM ERDEMİR, and FATİH AHMET KAHRAMAN
Pages 2810-2821
The analysis of pleural complications of COVID-19 pneumonia
MERVE ŞATIR TÜRK, IRMAK AKARSU, İSMAİL TOMBUL, AYKUT KANKOÇ, NUR DİLVİN ÖZKAN, ELGUN VALIYEV, MUHAMMET SAYAN, ALİ ÇELİK, İSMAİL CÜNEYT KURUL, OLGUN KADİR ARIBAŞ, and ABDULLAH İRFAN TAŞTEPE
Pages 2822-2826
Effects of hydroxychloroquine and favipiravir on clinical course in outpatients withCOVID-19
SEYDA KAYHAN ÖMEROĞLU, FEHMİNAZ TEMEL, DİLEK ALTUN, and MEHMET BURAK ÖZTOP
Pages 2827-2834
Retrospective evaluation of seven different treatment protocols in hospitalizedCOVID-19 patients
KÜBRA DEMİR ÖNDER, AYŞEGÜL SEREMET KESKİN, HANDE BERK CAM, DERYA SEYMAN, and NEFİSE ÖZTOPRAK ÇUVALCI
Pages 2835-2849
Correlation of neuroimaging and thorax CT findings in patients with COVID-19:A large single-center experience
HEDİYE PINAR GÜNBEY, GÜNAY RONA, ÖZGE ADIGÜZEL KARAOYSAL, AYŞE BATIREL, and BANU ÖZEN BARUT
Pages 2850-2860
Decrease of left ventricular ejection fraction in severe illness patients due to COVID-19may improve as the disease resolves
AYKUT DEMİRKIRAN, LÜTFİ ÇAĞATAY ONAR, and MUSTAFA DOĞAN
Pages 2861-2869
Rituximab for the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy with nephroticsyndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
LU YOU, PEIYI YE, GUANGQING XIAO, JIABAO LIANG, and YAOZHONG KONG
Pages 2870-2880
Influenza and pneumococcus vaccination rates in pediatric dialysis patients inEurope: recommendations vs realityA European Pediatric Dialysis Working Group and European Society for PediatricNephrology Dialysis Working Group study
YEŞİM ÖZDEMİR ATİKEL, SEVCAN AZİME BAKKALOĞLU EZGÜ, FABIO PAGLIALONGA, CONSTANTINOS J. STEFANIDIS, VARVARA ASKITI, ENRICO VIDAL, GEMA ARICETA, ENGİN MELEK, ENRICO VERRINA, NIKOLETA PRINTZA, KAREL VONDRAK, ALEKSANDRA ZUROWSKA, ILONA ZAGOZDZON, MESİHA EKİM, and ELİF NURSEL ÖZMERT
Pages 2881-2886
Surgical outcome of laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a singleinstitution experience
MEHMET ERHAN TÜRKOĞLU, AHMET GÜLMEZ, ÇAĞRI ELBİR, ÖMER SELÇUK ŞAHİN, ŞAHİN HANALİOĞLU, SAMET DİNÇ, ÇAĞHAN TÖNGE, and MEHMET KALAN
Pages 2887-2896
Effect of hyperparathyroidism on coagulation: a global assessment by modifiedrotation thromboelastogram (ROTEM)
GÖKNUR YORULMAZ, AHMET TOYGAR KALKAN, AYSEN AKALIN, ELİF SEVİL ALAGÜNEY, EREN GÜNDÜZ, BARTU BADAK, BETÜL AYDIN BUYRUK, MEDİNE NUR KEBAPÇI, FATMA BELGİN EFE, MUZAFFER BİLGİN, and OLGA MELTEM AKAY
Pages 2897-2902
Can thrombocytosis or thrombocytopenia predict complicated clinical course and30-days mortality in patients with pneumonia?
RAZİYE SİNEM MISIRLIOĞLU, ERSİN AKSAY, EMRE ŞANCI, and KEMAL CAN TERTEMİZ
Pages 2903-2907
Comparison of USG-guided or landmark approach fascia iliaca compartment blockfor positioning in elderly hip fracture patients with spinal anesthesia: a randomizedcontrolled observational study
TUNA ERTÜRK, İBRAHİM GÜNDOĞMUŞ, TEMEL GÜNER, CENGİZ YILDIRIM, and AYŞIN ERSOY
Pages 2908-2914
Maintenance of pulmonary rehabilitation benefits in patients with COPD: is a structured5-year follow-up program helpful?
İPEK CANDEMİR, PINAR ERGÜN, and MUSTAFA ENGİN ŞAHİN
Pages 2915-2923
Assessment of diagnostic value of preoperative elastography in thyroid nodules havingindeterminate cytology results
BEKİR UÇAN, MUSTAFA ŞAHİN, BİNNUR ÖNAL, MUHAMMED KIZILGÜL, HAKAN DÜĞER, MUHAMMED ERKAM SENCAR, ERMAN ÇAKAL, and MUSTAFA ÖZBEK
Pages 2924-2930
Diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography and diffusion-weighted magneticresonance imaging in cervical lymph nodes: a comparative study
VELİ SÜHA ÖZTÜRK and ERSEN ERTEKİN
Pages 2931-2942
Giant hepatic hemangioma treatment with transcatheter arterial embolisation andtranscatheter arterial chemoembolisation; Comparative results
ÖZHAN ÖZGÜR and HAKKI TİMUR SİNDEL
Pages 2943-2950
Value of strain-wave sonoelastography as an imaging modality in assessment ofbenign acute myositis in children
AYŞE SEÇİL EKŞİOĞLU, AYLA AKCA ÇAĞLAR, SEDA KAYNAK ŞAHAP, CAN DEMİR KARACAN, and NİLDEN TUYGUN
Pages 2951-2958
Differentiation of benign and malignant superficial soft tissue lesions using real-timestrain elastography
GÖKÇE ANNAÇ, MURAT CANYİĞİT, SİNAN TAN, ERSİN AKŞAM, NURAN SÜNGÜ, and HALİL ARSLAN
Pages 2959-2967
Prognostic factors for 30-days mortality in eighty years aged and older critically illpatients: a single center retrospective cohort study
UMUT SABRİ KASAPOĞLU, OSMAN KAÇMAZ, ABDULLAH GÖK, MERİH YILDIZ EGLEN, HASAN ŞAYAN, and FATİH ÇOLAK
Pages 2968-2977
Distal spread and tumor regression patterns following preoperative chemoradiotherapyin rectal cancer patients
İLTER ÖZER, NESLİHAN İNCİ ZENGİN, HACI MURAT ÇAYCI, ADEM YÜKSEL, TAHSİN DALGIÇ, MURAT ULAŞ, ERDAL BİROL BOSTANCI, and MUSA AKOĞLU
Pages 2978-2985
Electrocardiography clues in assessment of patients with premature ventricularcontractions
AHMET AKDİ, BAHAR TEKİN TAK, ELİF HANDE ÖZCAN ÇETİN, MEHMET SERKAN ÇETİN, and ÇAĞRI YAYLA
Pages 2986-2993
Clinicopathological features of mammary Paget's disease: a single-center experience inTurkey
HALDUN KAR, SULTAN DENİZ ALTINDAĞ, DEMET ETİT, SEYRAN YİĞİT, NİHAN ACAR, MUSTAFA AGAH TEKİNDAL, EMİNE ÖZLEM GÜR, BETÜL BOLAT KÜÇÜKZEYBEK, ÖZGÜN AKGÜL, and MURAT KEMAL ATAHAN
Pages 2994-3000
Frequency of peripheral blood eosinophilia and obstructive airway disease in sarcoidosis
BİLAL RABAHOĞLU, FATMA SEMA OYMAK, BURCU BARAN KETENCİOĞLU, NURİ TUTAR, İNCİ GÜLMEZ, and İNSU YILMAZ
Pages 3001-3007
Investigation of the correlation between mood disorder symptoms and disease activityand functional status in rheumatoid arthritis patients
MELİH PAMUKCU, TUĞBA İZCİ DURAN, HASAN ULUSOY, and KÜRŞAT ALTINBAŞ
Pages 3008-3016
The potential role of human HIV-1 TAT-Interactive Protein 2levels in the pathogenesis of contact dermatitis
MAHMUT SAMİ METİN, HANDAN BİLEN, ÖMER FARUK ELMAS, and NECMETTİN AKDENİZ
Pages 3017-3021
Three-dimensional assessment of pharyngeal airway in individuals with myotonicdystrophy type 1
BURCU EVLİCE, AYŞE FİLİZ KOÇ, HAZAL DUYAN, and DAMLA SOYDAN ÇABUK
Pages 3022-3029
Heart rate turbulence measurements in patients with dipper and non-dipperhypertension: the effects of autonomic functions
ÇAĞLAR ALP, MEHMET TOLGA DOĞRU, and VAHİT DEMİR
Pages 3030-3037
Serum chitotriosidase and YKL-40 in acute pancreatitis: Reliability as prognostic markerfor disease severity and correlation with inflammatory markers
ECE ÜNAL ÇETİN, FATİH KAMIŞ, ADİL UĞUR ÇETİN, YAVUZ BEYAZİT, and MURAT KEKİLLİ
Pages 3038-3046
Investigation of the effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensinreceptor blockers on anemia in patients with normal or mildly low glomerular filtrationrate
BETÜL ERGÜN, AYSUN AYBAL KUTLUGÜN, MUSTAFA ÇAĞRI ERGÜN, GALİP AKTÜRK, and ESİN BEYAN
Pages 3047-3052
A newly described imaging finding for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Canhummingbird sign contribute to the diagnosis?
BAŞAK ATALAY, UMUT PERÇEM ORHAN SÖYLEMEZ, and HÜSEYİN YILDIZ
Pages 3053-3060
Calcitonin levels in washout samples vs. cytology in the detection of malignant lymphnode metastasis in recurrent medullary thyroid cancer
ASENA GÖKÇAY CANPOLAT, MUSTAFA ŞAHİN, KORAY CEYHAN, SERPİL SAK, ÖZGÜR DEMİR, RIFAT EMRAL, MURAT FAİK ERDOĞAN, SEVİM GÜLLÜ, and DEMET ÇORAPÇIOĞLU
Pages 3061-3066
Biliary stents are forgotten more frequently in elderly patients
ALİ ERKAN DUMAN, HASAN YILMAZ, and SADETTİN HÜLAGÜ
Pages 3067-3072
The evaluation of breast findings detected through different visualisation techniques inacromegaly patients ? a retrospective study
PINAR AKHANLI, SEMA HEPŞEN, BEKİR UÇAN, HAKAN DÜĞER, HAYRİ BOSTAN, MUHAMMED KIZILGÜL, MUHAMMED ERKAM SENCAR, and ERMAN ÇAKAL
Pages 3073-3081
Evaluation of efficacy and safety of pirfenidone 200 mg tablets in patients with idiopathicpulmonary fibrosis in a real-life setting
NECMİYE FUNDA COŞKUN, AYKUT ÇİLLİ, İSMAİL HANTA, CAN SEVİNÇ, AYŞE ÖDEMİŞ, and AHMET URSAVAŞ
Pages 3082-3088
Comparison of different neuromuscular facilitation techniques and conventionalphysiotherapy in knee osteoarthritis
AYŞENUR GÖKŞEN, FİLİZ CAN, SEVAL YILMAZ, and FEZA KORKUSUZ
Pages 3089-3097
Protective effects of anandamide against cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy inrats
ÇİĞDEM ÇENGELLİ ÜNEL, BAŞAK AYAZ, ŞULE AYDIN, EMEL ULUPINAR, ORHAN ÖZATİK, BİLGİN KAYGISIZ, ENGİN YILDIRIM, and KEVSER EROL
Pages 3098-3107
The investigation of adrenal involvement in carbapenem resistant Acinetobacterbaumannii sepsis: experimental mouse model
ESMA ERYILMAZ EREN, GÖKÇEN DİNÇ, OLGUN KONTAŞ, EMİNE ALP MEŞE, and MEHMET DOĞANAY
Pages 3108-3114
Evaluation of the effects of locally applied rosuvastatin on bone formation in a threedimensional reconstruction rabbit xenograft model
TAHA ÖZER, ALPER AKTAŞ, CANSEDA AVAĞ, AYŞEGÜL FIRAT, MERT OCAK, FEVZİYE FİGEN KAYMAZ, and HAKAN HAMDİ ÇELİK
Pages 3115-3125
Neuropeptide-S affects cognitive impairment and depression-like behavior on MPTPinduced experimental mouse model of Parkinson?s disease
AYŞE ÖZKAN, MEHMET BÜLBÜL, NARİN DERİN, OSMAN SİNEN, GÜVEN AKÇAY, HANDE PARLAK, MUTAY AYDIN ASLAN, and AYSEL AĞAR
Pages 3126-3135
Trace element & vitamin content of Ankaferd hemostat and hepatoprotective effect
BEGÜM GÜNEŞ, NAZİFE YASEMİN ARDIÇOĞLU AKIŞIN, and MEHMET NEJAT AKAR
Pages 3136-3137
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