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Paraoxanase as an indicator of myocardial ischemia and its utility in determining extension of ischemia
(W.B. Saunders, 2016)
Background The aim of this study was to investigate Paraoxanase 1 (PON-1) activity in patients with ST-elevated and non-ST-elevated acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to determine its correlation with Gensini scores ...
Predicting tularemia with clinical, laboratory and demographical findings in the ED
(W.B. Saunders, 2016)
Introduction We aimed to determine clinical, laboratory and demographical characteristics of tularemia on admission to Emergency Department (ED). Material and Methods Medical data of 317 patients admitted to ED and ...
An unusual complication of Behcet disease: Spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax
(W.B. Saunders, 2016)
Behcet disease is a multisystem vasculitis of unknown etiology, and pulmonary involvement is unusual. Concurrent bilateral pneumothorax is also seen rarely. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of ...
Characteristics of refugee patients admitted to the emergency department
(W.B. Saunders, 2018)
In 1991, thousands of Iraqi civilians passed the border to seek refuge in Turkey [1]. After the –so called– Arab Spring uprising, a civil war emerged in Syria in 2011. Millions of Syrians were internally displaced and ...
Hyponatremia due to escitalopram and thiazide use after cardiac surgery
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2016)
Depression and mood disorders occur commonly following emergent cardiac surgery. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are commonly used antidepressants. We report the development of severe hyponatremia leading to adverse ...
The role of protein Z and protein Z-dependent protease ınhibitor polymorphisms in the development of prosthetic heart valve thrombosis
(2017)
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Protein Z (PZ) is a vitamin K-dependent factor that is synthesized mainly by the liver. It acts as an activator of serpin, the protein Z-dependent inhibitor (ZPI), which inhibits factor Xa. ...
Intermittent malfunction and regurgitation of a mitral prosthetic valve due to entrapment by a residual subvalvular apparatus
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2018)
Intermittent malfunction is a rare but potentially serious complication of prosthetic heart valve (PHV) replacement. It may be observed in both mitral and aortic valve prosthesis and may lead to either paroxysmal obstruction ...
How to perform and manage low-dose and slow/ultra-slow tissue type plasminogen activator infusion regimens in patients with prosthetic valve thrombosis
(Springer New York LLC, 2018)
Over the last two decades, thrombolytic therapy (TT) has become an alternative to surgery as a first-line therapy in patients with thrombosed mechanical valves [1, 2, 3]. In TROIA Trial, low dose (25 mg)—slow infusion (6 ...
What is the importance of real-time three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and time in therapeutic range in patients with prosthetic valve thrombosis?
(Springer New York LLC, 2018)
We have recently read with great interest the article reported by Cınar et al. which was published in the last issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis [1]. We appreciate the authors for their report describing ...
The future of elderly care in Turkey
(2014)
Although elderly and end-of-life care have been neglected in Turkey, because older people did not constitute a high percentage of the population, the proportion of citizens aged >65 years is now 7.5%, with this proportion ...