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OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the risk perceptions of midwifery and nursing senior students regarding COVID-19 and compliance with vaccination and protective measures. METHOD: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two academic years on senior midwifery and nursing students (n = 358). In the present study, the descriptive characteristics of the students and the COVID-19 risk perception scale were used. RESULTS: The students' COVID-19 Risk Perception Scale scores were at a moderate level and a similar level in both years of this study...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the complications, mortality, and survival rates of patients aged >70 years undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy, and to determine associated risk factors. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: General Surgery Clinic of Eskişehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkiye, from January 2014 to September 2020. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective scrutiny of 94 patients who had undergone pancreaticodueodenectomy, was carried out...

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PURPOSE: Polymeric clips (Hem-o-lok ligation system) are now widely used to securing the base of the appendix during laparoscopic appendectomy. Studies comparing the use of single or double hem-o-lok clips are limited. The aim of this study was to compare the reliability of a single hem-o-lok clips with a double hem-o-lok clips for closure of an appendiceal stump. METHODS: This prospective randomized study includes patients from two centers who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy with the diagnosis of appendicitis between September 2020 and March 2023...

BACKGROUND: To compare the reliability of the House-Brackmann (HB), Facial Nerve Grading System 2.0 (FNGS 2.0), and Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SB) which are widely used in the evaluation of peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) patients. METHODS: Thirty-five video-recorded adult PFP patients were included in the study. The evaluators comprised 6 physicians. Evaluations were conducted twice independently, utilizing video recordings. Simultaneously, the evaluators were asked to keep time during the evaluation...

BACKGROUND: Resident training programs in the US use the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) developed by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) to assess the current knowledge of their residents and to identify the residents at risk of failing the Amerian Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) examination. Optimal strategies for OITE preparation are constantly being explored. There may be a role for Large Language Models (LLMs) in orthopaedic resident education. ChatGPT, an LLM launched in late 2022 has demonstrated the ability to produce accurate, detailed answers, potentially enabling it to aid in medical education and clinical decision-making...

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of upper eyelid blepharoplasty surgery on corneal topography, visual field, ocular surface, meibography, corneal biomechanics and dry eye parameters. METHODS: This prospective study included a total 80 eyes of 40 patients. Following a detailed ophthalmological examination, standardized patient satisfaction questions were posed to patients before and after upper eyelid blepharoplasty surgery. Visual field test, non-invasive break up time (NIBUT), meibography, and corneal topography parameters were analyzed and evaluated...

OBJECTIVE: Reliable interpretation of imaging findings is essential for the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and requires a high level of experience. We investigated experience-dependent differences in diagnostic accuracies using X-ray (XR), MRI and CT. METHODS: This post hoc analysis included 163 subjects with low back pain. Eighty-nine patients had axSpA, and 74 patients had other conditions (mechanical, degenerative or non-specific low back pain)...

As the number and complexity of transcriptomic datasets increase, there is a rising demand for accessible and user-friendly analysis tools. Here, we present hCoCena (horizontal construction of co-expression networks and analysis), a toolbox facilitating the analysis of a single dataset, as well as the joint analysis of multiple datasets. We describe steps for workspace setup, formatting tables, data processing, and network integration. We then detail procedures for gene clustering, gene set enrichment analysis, and transcription factor enrichment analysis...

School refusal is considered a risk factor for academic, social, and personal situations, such as school dropouts. Studies have been carried out on school refusal for almost 50 years. However, general research trends have not been mapped yet. This study summarizes the bibliometric analysis of scientific collaborations and prevalence across locations by country and institution, leading researchers, journals, and trends (keywords) in school refusal research. The United States, Japan, Spain, and England are the countries that stand out in terms of school refusal...

The production of crops depending on many factors including water, nutrient, soil types, climate and crops types, water stress and drought is in one of the important factors affecting crop productivity. The experiment was conducted in pots to evaluate the effect of biofertilizers (Bacillus simplex) with deficit irrigations on the early development and growth of maize crop under greenhouse condition. Pre sowing seed was inoculated with strain of bacteria (B+/B-) and different irrigation levels (no stress: 100% (I1 ) and deficit irrigation: 75 (I2 ), 50 (I3 ), 25 (I4 ) % of required water amount to reach pot capacity) was performed...

Background: Boston Keratoprosthesis Type I (BI-KPro I) is a synthetic cornea that can be used to restore vision in patients with corneal blindness. This retrospective study evaluated the outcomes of BI-KPro implantation in 118 patients. Material: The mean age of the patients was 56.76 ± 14.24 years. Indications for keratoprosthesis implantation were as follows: graft failure, 47 (39.83%); ocular burn, 38 (32.20%); neurotrophic keratopathy, 11 (9.32%), mucous membrane pemphigoid 9 (7.67%); autoimmune, 6 (5...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is mostly diagnosed at advanced or even metastasized stages, limiting the prognoses of patients. Metastasis requires high tumor cell plasticity, implying phenotypic switching in response to changing environments. Here, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), being associated with an increase in cancer stem cell (CSC) properties, and its reversion are important. Since it is poorly understood whether different CSC phenotypes exist along the EMT axis and how these impact malignancy-associated properties, we aimed to characterize CSC populations of epithelial and mesenchymal-like PDAC cells...

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between mobile phone usage and miRNA-574-5p and miRNA-30C-5p levels in patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). METHODS: Fifty patients diagnosed with DTC and 50 healthy volunteers were included in the study. miRNA-574-5p and miRNA-30C-5p gene expression levels in the blood of all subjects were analyzed by real time-polymerase chain reaction, and a questionnaire including various questions was administered to both groups...

BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are gaining favor in clinical and research settings given their ability to capture a patient's symptom burden, functional status, and quality of life. Our objective in this systematic review was to summarize studies including PROMs assessed among older adults (age ≥ 65 years) after seeking emergency care. METHODS: With the assistance of a medical librarian, we searched Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science-Core Collection, and Cochrane CENTRAL from inception through June 2023 for studies in which older adult ED patients had PROMs assessed in the post-emergency care time period...

INTRODUCTION: Obesity plays a major role in the development of many inflammatory disorders including psoriasis. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to demonstrate how treatment responses change according to body mass index (BMI) among patients with psoriasis. METHODS: In our study, Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) 75 and PASI 90 responses were assessed at baseline and at months 1 and 3 among patients who received TNF-α inhibitors, ustekinumab, IL-17 blockers, and IL-23 blockers...

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BACKGROUND: Pan-immuno-inflammation value (PIV) is a new and comprehensive index that reflects both the immune response and systemic inflammation in the body. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic relevance of PIV in predicting in-hospital mortality in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients and to compare it with the well-known risk scoring system, PE severity index (PESI), which is commonly used for a short-term mortality prediction in such patients...

BACKGROUND: We aim to assess the effects of gastric posterior fixation with fibrin sealant in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in aspects of 12th-month body mass index and gastric volume. METHODS: The patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy between January 2019 and February 2021 were divided into two groups preoperatively. The first 75 patients were appointed to the posterior fixation group, and the second 75 were to the control group. Changes in gastric volume and body mass index were assessed in the postoperative 12th month...

Pulmonary sleeve resection is a complex lung resection and reconstruction surgery mostly performed in patients with centrally located locally invasive lung cancers which often penetrate into central airways and vasculature. This approach was initially used for patients unable to tolerate pneumonectomies, while it is currently also being preferred in patients whose tumors are anatomically suited. Today, thoracic sleeve resections include a wide range of procedures ranging from bronchial and tracheal sleeve resections to carinal sleeve pneumonectomies...