Melike Ozkan, Irfan Karahan, Selim Yalcin, Gozde Sengul Aycicek
{"title":"Effects of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Patients with Gastrointestinal System Cancer.","authors":"Melike Ozkan, Irfan Karahan, Selim Yalcin, Gozde Sengul Aycicek","doi":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2023.03063","DOIUrl":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2023.03063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) is a crucial problem in the geriatric population. The amount of prescription and unadherence increase because of the different problems encountered in cancer patients. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of PIM in patients with gastrointestinal system cancer and to investigate its relationship with chemotherapy side effects, mortality, and progression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study assessed 154 patients with gastrointestinal system cancer. Demographics and disease features, the presence of PIM according to the \"TIME-to-STOP\" criteria and baseline laboratory parameters were recorded. The effects of PIM on survival and adverse treatment events were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>66.9% of the cases were male and 33.1% were female. The mean age was 71.9±6.4 years. The most common side effects of chemotherapy are nausea, vomiting, kidney injury, and pain. The most frequently used prescriptions among the 98 PIMs were gliclazide, hyoscine N-butylbromide, simethicone, diphenoxylate atropine, and thiocolchicoside. PIM was detected in 68.1% of the participants. Chemotherapy side effects were more common in PIM group (p<0.001, odds ratio =5.6). PIM had no effect on mortality. Factors associated with mortality were age, stage, albumin, creatinine, operation history, and progression. A significant relationship was found between age, cancer stage, albumin, creatinine, operation history, and PIM in the regression model. There was no relationship between PIM and progression-free survival.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Chemotherapy toxicity may increase with PIM detected on diagnosis. We suggest that PIM is an important factor in predicting the side effects of chemotherapy and minimizing the adverse effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"38 4","pages":"284-290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10759939/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139040610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akif Kavgacı, F. Tunaoglu, S. Kula, A. Oguz, S. Terlemez, Fatma Incedere
{"title":"Early Echocardiographic Findings of Pulmonary Hypertension-specific Therapy in Children","authors":"Akif Kavgacı, F. Tunaoglu, S. Kula, A. Oguz, S. Terlemez, Fatma Incedere","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.06706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.06706","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"116 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138965011","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":"Speech Perception as a Function of the Number of Channels and Channel Interaction in Cochlear Implant Simulation","authors":"Mustafa Yuksel, Sultan Nur Kaya","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.73454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.73454","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":" 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138964417","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}
Ariyanachi Kaliappan, Dr. Rohini Motwani, Mrudula Chandrupatla
{"title":"Unusual Pattern of Coeliac Trunk and Its Branches: A Cadaveric Study of Two Cases with its Embryological and Clinical Correlation","authors":"Ariyanachi Kaliappan, Dr. Rohini Motwani, Mrudula Chandrupatla","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.63993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.63993","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"39 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138602533","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":"Comment on the “The Effects of Thyroid Hormone Levels on Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Newborns”","authors":"M. Al-Mendalawi","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.36724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.36724","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"361 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138625889","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":"Novel Predictor of the Development of AF in Patients with OSAS: Importance of Visceral Adipose Index","authors":"Uğur OZKAN, Muhammet GURDOGAN","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.07455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.07455","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"107 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135476419","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":"Vulnerabilities of Prostate Glandular Concretions Considered as Artefacts: A Cross-sectional Biopsy Slide Study","authors":"Surraj SUSAI, Rohini MOTWANI, Mrudula CHANDRUPATLA","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.34683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.34683","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136211396","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":"Interatrial Block and Electrocardiographic Markers of Repolarization in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Classical and Bayesian Analysis","authors":"Rengin CETIN GUVENC, Ali Kaan GUREN, Busra ENGUR, Selin CELİK, Refik DEMIRTUNC","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.87400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2023.87400","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135141174","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}
Ahmet Ferhat Kaya, Mehmet Hasan Ozdil, Cemalettin Yilmaz, Raif Kilic, Mehmet Ozbek, Hasan Kaya
{"title":"Non-invasive Evaluation of Electromechanical Transmission in Patients with Hypertensive Response to Exercise Stress Test.","authors":"Ahmet Ferhat Kaya, Mehmet Hasan Ozdil, Cemalettin Yilmaz, Raif Kilic, Mehmet Ozbek, Hasan Kaya","doi":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2023.42027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2023.42027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Excessive hypertensive response to exercise testing is associated with adverse cardiovascular events such as left ventricular hypertrophy and atrial fibrillation (AF). In this study, we examined the relationship between electromechanical delay and excessive hypertensive response to exercise testing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-five people who had a hypertensive response to the exercise stress test and 28 people who were similar in age and gender with a normal blood pressure response in the exercise stress test as the control group were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no statistical difference between the study groups in blood pressure holter values, conventional echocardiography findings, and exercise stress test findings. Lateral PA-TDI time (the time from the beginning of the P wave measured by tissue Doppler imaging to the beginning of the A' wave), left atrial electromechanical delay, and interatrial electromechanical delay were observed to be significantly longer in the hypertensive response group to exercise stress test compared with the control group (74.0±6.3 vs. 68.8±5.7, p=0.003; 24.7±7.0 vs. 19.6±7.1, p=0.013; 36.8±8.5 vs. 30.6±6.6, p=0.003, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early detection of electromechanical delay non-invasively may be useful in this patient group in predicting the development of new AF risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":"38 3","pages":"180-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a1/4a/medj-38-180.PMC10542984.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41151608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}