{"title":"COVİD-19 Pnömonisinde Prokalsitonin Düzeylerinin Önemi","authors":"E. Demir, Ramazan Giden, Z. Demir","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.880048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.880048","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of procalcitonin Objective: Our aim in this study is to determine how procalcitonin levels are affected in RT-PCR positive COVID-19 pneumonia. To investigate the value of this parameter in terms of biochemical parameters in RT-PCR (Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) positive patients and to propose new opinions on the subject. Method: One hundred COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital with positive RT-PCR test and above the age of 18 were included in our study. The data of the patients were collected retrospectively from the hospital system. RT-PCR positive patients were divided into two groups as thoracic CT (computed tomography) positive and CT negative, and procalcitonin values were investigated between these two groups. The obtained results were evaluated in the SPSS 25 program. Results: Of the 100 patients with positive RT-PCR tests, 39 patients were CT negative and 61 patients were CT positive. Although the procalcitonin levels measured in the CT positive patient group were higher than the CT negative group, it was not statistically significant (0.113 ± 0.154 ng / mL, 0.064 ± 0.058 ng / mL, p = 0.510). Conclusion: Our results show that the procalcitonin level cannot distinguish the presence of COVID-19 pneumonia in RT-PCR positive patients. High procalcitonin levels may predict that the disease becomes more complicated.","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67637984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Secinti, B. Şimşek, S. Şimşek, Süleyman Uysal, Ozan Öztürk
{"title":"Colon lipoma mimicking colon cancer: A case report","authors":"I. Secinti, B. Şimşek, S. Şimşek, Süleyman Uysal, Ozan Öztürk","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.915352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.915352","url":null,"abstract":"Lipom, matür adipoz dokudan gelişen ve yumuşak dokuda sık gözlenen benign mezenkimal bir tümördür. Kolon yerleşimi nadir olup insidansı %0,2-4 olarak bildirilmektedir. Çoğunlukla 5.-6. dekatta, kadın hastalarda görülür. En sık çekum ve çıkan kolon yerleşimlidir. Sıklıkla soliter, küçük ve asemptomatik olup insidental olarak saptanır. Ancak tümör boyutuna ve yerleşim yerine bağlı olarak karın ağrısı, kanama, invajinasyon bulguları, obstrüksiyon bulguları göstererek klinik ve radyolojik olarak maligniteyi taklit edebilir. Bu nedenle preoperatif dönemde tanınması zordur. Genellikle 2 cm’den büyük olan lipomlar semptomatiktir. Histopatolojik olarak sıklıkla submukoza yerleşimli, mukozadan kapsülle ayrılan, matür adipoz dokudan oluşan, iyi sınırlı tümöral lezyon izlenir. Kesin tanı ancak histopatolojik incelemeyle konulabilir. Lezyonun cerrahi olarak çıkarılması hem tedavi için hem de malignensi tanısını dışlamak için gereklidir. Karın ağrısı şikâyeti ile acil servise başvuran, 52 yaşındaki kadın hastada klinik olarak maligniteyi taklit eden kolon lipomu olgusu sunuldu.","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48251362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proteozom İnhibitörü Carfilzomib’in Multipl Miyelom Hücrelerinde Piroptozis Hücre Ölüm Yolağı Üzerine Olan Etkisi","authors":"Dilara AKÇORA YILDIZ, Yakuphan Baykan, F.Reyhan Aşik","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.969159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.969159","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67638753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Can Hüzmeli, Murat Güllü, Kazım Öztürk, Yılmaz Canım, Yasin Kilinc, Ibrahim Yilmaz
{"title":"Crohn’s Disease and Membranous Glomerulonephritis Case Report","authors":"Can Hüzmeli, Murat Güllü, Kazım Öztürk, Yılmaz Canım, Yasin Kilinc, Ibrahim Yilmaz","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.819439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.819439","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49155733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Romatoid Artritli Hastaların Perspektifinden Yaşam Deneyimleri: Fenomenolojik Bir Yaklaşım","authors":"Sibel Şentürk, Gezmiş Kimyon","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.974629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.974629","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67639992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Duman, S. Davul, H. Hallaçeli, Y. Doğramacı, Vedat Uruç
{"title":"Excursion of The Median, Ulnar and Radial Nerves During the Nerve Gliding Exercises Used in The Orthopedic Physiotherapy: A Cadaveric Study","authors":"I. Duman, S. Davul, H. Hallaçeli, Y. Doğramacı, Vedat Uruç","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.905206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.905206","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67638308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pediatri Ünitelerinde Çalışan Hemşirelerin Duyarlı Sevgi Düzeyleri ile Merhamet Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişki","authors":"E. Orhan, Aysel KOKCU DOGAN","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.908807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.908807","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67638356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Familial Mediterranean Fever Disease on The Cornea","authors":"Ahmet Elbeyli","doi":"10.17944/mkutfd.978113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.978113","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30746,"journal":{"name":"Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tip Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49585066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}