Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the levels of health literacy and patient learning needs among patients who had undergone otolaryngological or head and neck surgery and to examine the relationship between these variables. Method: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted…
Objective: To evaluate the association of commonly used clinical scores, frailty and comorbidity burden with intensive care unit(ICU) admission and ICU length of stay(LOS) in geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department(ED). Methods: This retrospective single-center study included 294 patients aged ≥65 years presenting to…
Aim: Large language models such as ChatGPT are increasingly used by patients to obtain perioperative information. Given the complexity and potential risks associated with anesthetic management, the accuracy and safety of such information are of critical importance. This study aimed to evaluate the quality and…
To the Editor, Approximately half of acute headaches occurring during pregnancy are associated with hypertension, with preeclampsia being the most
Aim: This study investigated whether systemic inflammatory indices, including SII, NLR, and PLR, were associated with propofol injection pain and explored associations between clinical characteristics and pain occurrence. Methods: This prospective observational study included 84 adults with American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status I–II who…
Background: Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is characterized by morphological irregularities in ventricular depolarization on a standard 12-lead surface electrocardiogram (ECG) and is considered a non-invasive indicator of myocardial conduction heterogeneity. Microstructural changes such as non-uniform anisotropy, gap junction reorganization, and interstitial fibrosis can disrupt the propagation…
Background/Objective: Intractable bladder hematuria may persist despite continuous bladder irrigation and endoscopic hemostasis, exposing frail patients to repeated transfusions and the morbidity associated with urinary diversion or palliative cystectomy. This study evaluated the outcomes and safety of salvage microcatheter-based superselective vesical artery embolization (SVAE) in…
Objective: To evaluate the association between preoperative thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and postoperative histopathological malignancy in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for thyroid nodules, and to compare the discriminative performance of thyroid-stimulating hormone with that of the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System score. Material and Methods: A…
Objective: To evaluate demographics, injury patterns, diagnostics, surgical strategies, and outcomes in cardiac trauma managed at tertiary hospitals, and to contextualize findings against contemporary literature. Materials and Methods: This retrospective observational study included 108 patients with consecutive cardiac injury cases from January 2006 to December…
Aim: Recurrent febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is associated with renal scarring and long-term morbidity. This retrospective cohort study aimed to identify clinical and imaging factors associated with recurrent febrile UTI in children with VUR. Materials and Methods: We…