Articles on COVID-19

Z GÜREL, İBRAHİM ERAYMAN, RUKİYYE BULUT, BAHAR KANDEMİR, BAHADIR FEYZİOĞLU, ESMA KEPENEK KURT

2024, Vol 40, Issue 2, Page 74-81

ABSTRACT Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world. Understanding the humoral immune response is crucial for protection against the disease, prevention of reinfections and guiding vaccine development. Materials and Methods: A hundred patients who were over 18 years of age, did...

DURMUŞ ALI ASLANLAR, ÖNDER AYDEMIR, MUAMMER KUNT, EKIN KOÇ, MEHMET KOÇ

2023, Vol 39, Issue 1, Page 19-23

Aim: This study aimed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients infected with the VOC 202012/01-B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 and to compare these patients with those infected with other variants of SARS-CoV-2, in order to demonstrate the differences. Patients and...

HÜLYA VATANSEV, MEHMET ALİ KARASELEK, SERKAN KÜÇÜKTÜRK, SONER DEMIRBAŞ, ÖZCAN ÇENELİ, BÜLENT IŞIK, KAZIM ÇAMLI, CELALETTIN KORKMAZ, ŞEBNEM YOSUNKAYA, ADIL ZAMANI, TURGUT TEKE

2022, Vol 38, Issue 4, Page 203-209

Aim: Convalescent plasma (CP) therapy has been used for treatment, although it has not been Corona Virus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) specific antiviral agent so far. However, the effectiveness of CP treatment on prognosis and mortality is still a matter of debate. In this study, we aimed to share our...

DUYGU İLKE YILDIRIM

2022, Vol 38, Issue 3, Page 156-164

Since the identification of SARS-CoV-2, a multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) that appears in children after COVID-19 disease and mimics Kawasaki disease was reported in the UK in April 2020, while it is associated with Covid-19 in adults. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-A) was...

GÜLŞAH BARĞI, MERVE KOKU

2022, Vol 38, Issue 3, Page 106-113

Aim: The prolonged process of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and related restrictions cause physical inactivity, fear of COVID-19, and fatigue in individuals. During the pandemic, kinesiophobia may raise fear of death and physical inactivity in patients. However, kinesiophobia and its...

ALPER YILDIRIM, ABDULLAH YAZAR, FATİH AKIN, AHMET OSMAN KILIÇ, MEHMET UYAR, AYŞEGÜL ZAİMOĞLU

2022, Vol 38, Issue 3, Page 121-127

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical features and consultation process of the patients who were consulted from the pediatric emergency department to the surgical departments during the pandemic period, and to compare the findings with the data before the pa ndemic. Patients and...

FATİH YÜCEDAĞ, ŞERİFE ŞAMİL KAHRAMAN

2022, Vol 38, Issue 2, Page 71-75

Aim: To compare patients applied with tracheotomy because of prolonged intubation before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the pandemic. Patients and Methods: A retrospective examination was made of the records of 179 patients with a tracheotomy opened following prolonged intubation in the Intensive...

MUHAMMET RAŞİT ÖZER, ALİ AVCI, İSMAİL BALOĞLU, KADER ZEYBEK AYDOĞAN

2022, Vol 38, Issue 2, Page 76-81

Aim: In this study, it was aimed whether biochemical parameters, vital signs and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) values could be used in determining the indication for intensive care hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. Patients and Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted...

MEHMET YILMAZ SALMAN, ORHUN SİNANOĞLU, GÖKSEL BAYAR

2022, Vol 38, Issue 2, Page 96-101

Aim: In this pre-and post- study, we aimed to compare changes in urological consultations and emergencies between before and after the pandemic at the same time period o f 2019 and 2020 as two groups. Patients and Methods: Patient files were retrospectively screened and numbers of consultations,...

GÖKNİL ARI, EVRE YILMAZ, HATİCE BALCI, HALİL TÜRKTEMİZ, GÜLFİDAN BAŞER, DOĞA BAŞER

2022, Vol 38, Issue 1, Page 23-29

Aim: The clinical course of COVID-19 cases and the severity of symptoms vary according to the case. However, it has been seen in the cases examined that it poses a greater risk for those with chronic diseases and elderly individuals. In order to protect elderly individuals from COVID-19,...

FAKİH CİHAT ERAVCI, NECDET POYRAZ, CELALETTİN KORKMAZ, HİLMİ ALPER, MİYASE ORHAN, MEHMET AKİF DÜNDAR, PINAR DİYDEM YILMAZ, HAMDİ ARBAĞ

2021, Vol 37, Issue 4, Page 339-344

Aim: The literature revealed that group of COVID-19 patients who experience anosmia and ageusia symptoms is younger, is predominantly female, and experiences a milder course of the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of the presence of anosmia and ageusia symptoms with the...

YASEMİN DURDURAN, LÜTFİ SALTUK SALTUK DEMİR, MEHMET UYAR, HASAN KÜÇÜKKENDİRCİ, GÜLLÜ EREN, TAHİR KEMAL ŞAHİN

2021, Vol 37, Issue 3, Page 200-208

STUDY AIM: In this study, it was aimed to identify the accurate and inaccurate conceptions among the society on COVID-19 disease, which is considered as a public health problem and has a high risk of transmission. METHODS: The research was performed online at https://docs.google.com/forms in May...

ÖZLEM DÜNDAR ŞAHİN

2021, Vol 37, Issue 3, Page 269-275

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of hypermetabolic axillary lymph nodes due to COVID-19 vaccines and the factors affecting hypermetabolic axillary lymph nodes in F18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in on cology patients. Patients and...

AHMET ÇİZMECİOĞLU, BURCU YORMAZ, HİLAL AKAY ÇİZMECİOĞLU, MEVLÜT HAKAN GÖKTEPE, NİJAT AHMADLİ, DİLEK ERGUN, BAYKAL TÜLEK, FİKRET KANAT

2021, Vol 37, Issue 3, Page 224-230

Aim: Hypoxemia is a vital criterion used to determine prognosis in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. This study thus examined the effectiveness of capillary refill time (CRT) in defining hypoxiadependent disease severity in COVID-19 patients. Patients and Methods: This prospective study was...

EMİNE TÜREN DEMİR, FATMA İLKAY KILIÇ

2020, Vol 36, Issue 4, Page 352-356

Objective: To determine the effect of COVID-19 infection on anxiety level in pregnant women. Material and Methods: In this study, a questionnaire and Beck anxiety scale were applied to pregnant women who referred to outpatient clinic for routine pregnancy control in June 2020 to determine their...