Review

Oral and Dental Health in Paediatric Oncology Patients

• Dila Özyılkan

Anesthesia Management in Patients with Covid-19

• Ayşe Hande Arpacı
• Berrin Işık

A Multidimensional Approach to Chronic Disease Management: The Patient Health Engagement Model

• Dilara Cengiz
• Fatoş Korkmaz

Original Article

Percutaneous Tracheostomy Application to Geriatric Patients in an Intensive Care unit by Anaesthesiologists: An Analysis of 47 Cases

• Fulya Yılmaz Duran
• Duygu Albayrak

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in Immunocompetent Patients: A Literature Review and the Experiment

• Özben Yalçın
• Canan Tanık
• Yalçın Polat
• Meltem Can
• Fevziye Kabukçuoğlu

The Prevalence of Sarcopenia Using Different Formulas in Patients with Prediabetes

• Sabah Tüzün
• Elif Sevinç
• İsmet Tamer
• Ekrem Orbay
• Reşat Dabak

The Prevalence and Patient Characteristics of Primary Antibody Deficiencies in a Tertiary Care Setting in North Cyprus

• Özel Yürüker
• Burçin Şanlıdağ
• Nerin Nadir Bahçeciler

Characteristics of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries Hospitalized at a Rehabilitation Centre

• İlknur Albayrak
• Ahmet Çalışkan
• Funda Levendoğlu
• Önder Murat Özerbil
• Hatice Türk Dağı

Awareness of Radiation among Physicians Dealing with Pediatric Patients

• Mehmet Alp Dirik
• Burçin Şanlıdağ

Demographic and Clinical Analysis and Outcome of Critically Ill Patients in a Northern Cyprus Hospital

• Atalay Arkan
• Nedim Çakır
• Kaya Süer
• İlker Gelişen
• Selin Bardak-Özcem
• İlker Etikan

Evaluation of the Glycemic Fluctuation as Defined as the Mean Amplitude of Glycemic Excursion in Hospitalized Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

• Şeniz Sevimer Tuncan
• Mehmet Uzunlulu
• Özge Telci Çaklılı
• Hasan Hüseyin Mutlu
• Aytekin Oğuz

Is There Any Correlation Between Preoperative Platelet Indices and Surgical Prognostic Factors in Patients with Cervical Cancer?

• Emre Erdem Taş
• Gülin Feykan Yeğin
• Hüseyin Levent Keskin
• Edip Alptuğ Kır
• Ayşe Filiz Yavuz

Investigating Relationships Between Pain, Comfort, Anxiety and Depression in Surgical Patients

• Kevser Karacabay
• Ayşegül Savcı
• Filiz Kabu Hergül

Predictive Value of Fragmented QRS in Response to Levosimendan Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure

• Zehra Erkal
• Nermin Bayar
• Murat Esin
• Selçuk Küçükseymen
• Ramazan Güven
• Şakir Arslan

Can Liver Imaging for Focal Lesions be Limited with Only Diffusion-Weighted Sequences in Patients without Known Malignancy?

• Sertan Gezgin
• Murat Kocaoğlu

Patient Satisfaction with Enhanced Recovery after Colorectal Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

• Mercedes Cabellos Olivares
• María Labalde Martinez
• Miguel Torralba
• José Ramón Rodriguez Fraile
• Beatriz Amorós Alfonso
• Juan Carlos Atance Martínez

Validity and Reliability of Turkish Version of the Self- Awareness of Falls in Elderly Scale Among Elderly Inpatients

• Fatma Birgili
• Seda Kılınç
• Nezihe Bulut Uğurlu

Attitudes and Behaviors of Nursing Students towards Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction

• Hülya Fırat Kılıç
• Bahar Ak

Cardiopulmonary Functions and Aerobic Capacity in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

• Bilge Kesikburun
• Belma Füsun Köseoğlu
• Asuman Doğan
• Ali Şahin
• Murat Turgay

Hidden Danger: Superbug Escherichia coli Isolated from Urine Isolates of Outpatient Women with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection

• Sinem Özdemir
• Okan Aydoğan
• Ahmet Özbek
• İhsan Hakkı Çiftçi
• Fatma Köksal Çakırlar

A Qualitative Study: What Did Say the Patients with Total Knee Arthroplasty About Their Lived Experiences

• Çiğdem Kaya
• Özlem Bilik

A Comparison of The Effects of Lidocaine and Saline Injection on Pain, Disability, and Shear-Wave Elastography Findings in Patients with Myofascial Trigger Points

• Pınar Doruk Analan
• Hülya Aslan
• Sermin Tok Umay

Evaluation of the Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors and Results of the Patients Hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit Due to Thoracic Trauma

• Mustafa Kuzucuoğlu
• Zerrin Özçelik
• Cenk Balta

Disease and Treatment Experiences of COVID-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study

• Ceyda Uzun Sahin
• Merve Aydin
• Abdullah Usta
• Mustafa Sakin

Use of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width, Platelet Distribution Width, and Mean Platelet Volume Values as Diagnostic Markers in Patients with Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis

• Deniz Avcı

Clinical Value of Hemoglobin and Albumin Levels and Lymphocyte And Platelet Count (HALP) Combination in Predicting Postoperative Complications, Lymph Node Positivity and Prognosis in Gastric Cancer Patients Who Underwent Curative Surgical Resection

• Orçun Yalav
• Uğur Topal
• Ayşe Gizem Ünal
• Ahmet Gökhan Sarıtaş

Correlation of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale with Polysomnography Parameters in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients

• Şeyda Akbal
• Süleyman Emre Karakurt
• Zekiye Orhan
• Mustafa Çolak
• Mehmet Fatih Karakuş
• Fakih Cihat Eravcı

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire in Postoperative Patients

• Aysun Keskin
• Gülten Sucu Dağ
• Debra B. Gordon

Evaluation of Drug-Drug Interactions and Side Effects in COVID-19 Patients in an Intensive Care Unit

• Neda Taner
• Betül Şirin
• Deniz Kızılaslan
• Cem Erdoğan

Correlation of Rapid Antibody and RT-PCR Tests With Clinical and Radiological Findings in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to an Employee Health Outpatient Clinic

• Şükran Köse
• Pınar Şamlıoğlu
• Gözde Derviş Hakim
• Mutluhan Yiğitaslan
• Rıfat Somay
• Bengü Tatar
• Mehmet Bozkurt

A New Insight Into the Treatment-Naive HIV Infected Patients: Whole Blood Viscosity

• Hakan Evren
• Emine Ünal Evren
• Elif Çekirdekçi
• Kaya Süer
• Figen Sarıgül Yıldırım
• Ali Asan
• Barış Buğan

Effects of Alprazolam and Clonazepam on Blood Sugar in Patients with Panic Disorder

• Ali Akbar Moghadamnia
• Sussan Moudi
• Narges Tamaskani
• Mohamad Saleki
• Angela Hamidia
• Marjan Mouodi
• Ali Bijani

Is Autonomic Function Impaired in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome?

• Ayhan Coşgun
• Alper Güneş

The Relationships between the Pain Beliefs and Coping Strategies of Palliative Care Patients

• Tuğba Menekli
• Runida Doğan
• Ciğdem Erce
• Derya Atik

The Effect of Exercise and Shortwave Diathermy Treatment on the Quality of Life of Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

• Seide Karasel
• Sema Öncel
• İpek Sönmez

Epidemiological Surveillance of Rotavirus and Adenovirus among Patients with Acute Gastroenteritis: A Single-Center Experience in Northern Cyprus

• Emrah Güler
• Buket Baddal
• Meryem Güvenir
• Kaya Süer

Assessment of ELR, NLR, MPV, and CRP Levels in Patients With Acne Vulgaris

• Munise Daye
• Selami Aykut Temiz
• Elif Nur Yıldırım Öztürk
• Begüm Işık

Investigation of Anomalous Origin of Coronary Arteries in 8,366 Adult Patients Who Had Coronary Angiography: A Single Center Study

• Fatma Yilmaz Coskun

Evaluation of Platelet Large Cell Ratio (PLCR) Results in Patients with Preeclampsia and HELLP

• Berna Şermin Kılıç
• Nil Atakul

Comparison of Intubation Difficulty in Patients with and Without Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome

• Ülkü İnce
• Hanife Karakaya Kabukçu

Factors in Relation with in-Hospital Mortality in Geriatric Patients with COVID-19

• Emine Emektar
• Filiz Koç
• Emine Fırat Göktaş
• Seda Dağar
• Hüseyin Uzunosmanoğlu

The Impact of Preoperative Nutritional Status of Elderly Patients on the Postoperative Outcome: Comparison of Two Nutritional Assessment Tests and Biochemical Tools

• Özlem Sezen
• Banu Çevik

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Pediatric Patients With Celiac Disease

• Zeynep Civelek
• Nafiye Urgancı
• Merve Usta
• M. Banu Özgüven

Mechanical Heart Valve Surgery Patients’ Experience with Warfarin: A Qualitative Study

• Eda Ayten Kankaya
• Özlem Bilik

Determination of the Technology Use Status and Attitudes Towards Technology of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

• Nurten Terkeş
• Ferya Çelik
• Hicran Bektaş

A Retrospective Analysis of Anaesthesia Management for Geriatric Patients in the Non-Operating Room

• Oytun Dora
• Leyla İyilikçi
• Sibel Büyükçoban
• Şule Özbilgin
• Esma Adıyaman

Research Article

Clinical, Demographic and Treatment Characteristics of Pediatric Psoriasis: A Multicenter Study of 150 Patients

• Abdullah Demirbaş
• Kemal Özyurt
• Ömer Faruk Elmas
• Mahmut Sami Metin
• Mustafa Atasoy
• Ümit Türsen
• Asuman Kilitci
• Torello Lotti

The Value of Strain Elastography in the Distinction Between Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules in Patients with Hashimoto Thyroiditis

• Evşen Polattaş Solak
• Halit Nahit Şendur
• Mahi Nur Cerit
• Emetullah Cindil
• Suna Özhan Oktar
• Cem Yücel

The Association Between Red Cell Distribution Width and Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensive Patients

• Mehmet Ali Mendi

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Among Patients of a University Hospital in Nicosia: A Retrospective Study

• Özen Asut
• Songül Vaizoğlu
• Gulifeiya Abuduxike
• Sanda Cali

Analysis of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes of Patients in the Emergency Service Toward Rational Drug Use

• Şeyda Can

What is the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Relatives of Patients Hospitalized in the Internal Medicine Clinic? A Hospital-Based Survey Study

• Birgül Vural Doğru
• Meral Gün
• Esra Çavuşoğlu
• Fatma Tülin Çelik
• Eylem Türk

Role of Inflammatory Response Biomarkers, Monocytes, and Platelets as Prognostic Indicators in Lung Cancer Patients Presenting with Malignant Pleural Effusion

• Filiz Çimen
• Melike Aloğlu
• Sevim Düzgün
• Ayşegül Şentürk
• Şükran Atikcan

Fall Event Reports of a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Retrospective Analysis

• Dilara Usta
• Neşe Altınok Ersoy
• Fatoş Korkmaz
• İmatullah Akyar
• Yasemin Akyürek
• Mine Durusu Tanrıöver

Care Dependency of Individuals Discharged from Hospital and Its Effect on Their Readiness for Discharge

• Öznur Tiryaki
• Özlem Doğu

Risk Factors of Long PICU Stay for Term-Born Bronchiolitis Patients Less than 3 Years Old

• Hakan Tekgüç
• Serhat Emeksiz
• Selman Kesici
• Ebru Azapağası

Quality of Life in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Fatma Beyazıt
• Ayşenur Çakır Güngör
• Yavuz Beyazıt
• Mesut Abdülkerim Ünsal

Evaluation of COVID-19 Anxiety and Phobia Levels of the Parents of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery

• Faruk Çiçekci
• Mehmet Selçuk Uluer
• Mehmet Sargın
• Emine Aslanlar
• Perihan Şener
• Ali Sevgili
• İnci Kara

The Effects of Using Standardized Patients on Nursing Students’ Head, Neck and Neurological Examination Skills, Self-Confidence and Satisfaction

• Serpil İnce

Evaluation of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen, Anti-HCV, and Anti-HIV Seroprevalence in Patients Operated in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department

• Serkan Güler
• Hakan Yolaçan
• Erdem Aras Sezgin

Cardiac Functions and Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Ayşe Çolak
• Mehmet Emre Özpelit
• Recep Emre Okyay
• Zeynep Kumral
• Ebru Özpelit

Patient Measure of Safety Scale: The Study of Adapting the 30 and 10-Item Form to Turkish

• Aysun Ünal
• Adem Sümen

The Effects of Propofol and Ketofol on Hemodynamics, End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide, Integrated Pulmonary Index and Recovery in Patients Undergoing Endoscopy and Colonoscopy

• Atakan Aşkın
• Hale Kefeli Çelik
• Zahide Doğanay

The Effects of Manikin-Based and Standardized-Patient Simulation on Clinical Outcomes: A Randomized Prospective Study

• Yasemin Uslu
• Meryem Yavuz Van Giersbergen

Assessment of Continuous Care Based on the Roy Adaptation Model in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement: A Quasi-Experimental Study

• Ayşegül Savcı
• Özlem Bilik

Investigation of the Relationship Between Care Dependency and Self-Care Behaviors in Chemotherapy Patients

• Naciye Esra Koyuncu
• Serpil Su

Effect of Pre-Postoperative Music Intervention on Anxiety, Pain and Patient Comfort in Patients Undergoing Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery

• Telman Gazi
• Yeliz Ciğerci
• Mustafa Karalar

The Logarithmic Ratio of Positive Lymph Nodes Predicts Survival in Patients with Larynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Nuket Özkavruk Eliyatkın
• Asuman Feda Bayrak
• Akif İşlek
• Hacer Sena Kılıç
• Safiye Aktaş

Determinants of Levothyroxine Treatment in Patients with Hypothyroidism

• Savaş Karataş
• Yalçın Hacıoğlu

Bariatric Surgery and Quality of Life in Obese Patients with Respiratory Difficulty

• Fadime Tulucu

Investigation of Total Antioxidant Status and Total Oxidant Status with Seizure Types in Patients with Epilepsy

• Bahadır Taşlıdere
• Ferda Uslu
• Ertan Sönmez
• Şahabettin Selek

The Impact of Foot Reflexology on Nausea-Vomiting and Sleep Quality for Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Turkey

• Hilal Pekmezci
• Sevilay Hintistan

Molecular Identification of Campylobacter Species Isolated from Patients with Gastroenteritis in Edirne, Turkey

• Canan Eryıldız
• Nermin Şakru
• Kıymet Tabakçıoğlu
• Mediha Cerrah Uğur
• Şebnem Bukavaz

Prognostic Nutritional Index as a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Hepatitis

• Aslı Vural
• Ömer Taşargöl
• Zeki Yüksel Günaydın
• Tülin Akagün
• Hasan Mücahit Özbaş
• Muhammed Ali Ayvaz
• Mustafa Yakarışık

Evaluation of Patient Safety Culture of Nurses in Northern Cyprus

• Şenay Özen Kaymakçı
• Burcu Totur Dikmen
• Nurhan Bayraktar
• Ümran Dal Yılmaz
• Nida Aydın

Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• Nihan Cüzdan Balta
• Gamze Akkuş
• Tunay Sarpel
• Murat Sert
• Ersin Nazlıcan

Investigation of Urinary Findings in Urticaria Patients

• Didem Mullaaziz
• Serap Maden
• Nuriye Sancar

The Effect of Deferasirox Dose and Treatment Duration on Frequency of Proteinuria and Renal Functions in Patients with Thalassemia Major

• Hakan Sarbay
• Mehtap Akbalık Kara

A Comparison of the Effects of Early and Late Ovarian Stimulation on Reproductive Outcomes in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

• Nurettin Türktekin
• Ramazan Özyurt
• Arzu Yurci

Case Report

Application of Umbilical Cord Serum in the Management of a Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defect in a Patient with Graft-versus-host Disease

• Erol Dülger
• Burcu Özbakır
• Rona Emiroğlu

Acute Abdominal Pain with an Unusual Etiology: Splenic Infarction in a Diabetes Patient

• Metin Yalaza
• Mehmet Tolga Kafadar
• Gürkan Değirmencioğlu
• Ahmet Türkan
• Meral Şen

A Case of Thrombus Formation in a Patient with Preserved Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction and Development of Peripheral Embolization

• Zehra Erkal
• Nermin Bayar
• Şakir Arslan

Emergency Surgical Intervention to Treat a Wide Septated Subdural Hematoma in a Patient with ITP: A Case Report

• Ziya Asan
• Asuman Kilitci

Safe Anesthetic Management and Anesthetic Considerations in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis

• Fulya Yılmaz Duran
• Mehmet Uğur Bilgin
• Ezgi Direnç Külünk

The Association between Apert Syndrome and Autistic Spectrum Disorder in a Patient of Cypriot Heritage

• Yeliz Cengiz
• Mahmut Çerkez Ergören

An Unexpected Finding on Echocardiography in a Patient with Fatigue: A Two-Centimeter Papillary Fibroelastoma

• Reşat Mehmet Baha
• Çağın Zaim
• Sonuç Büyük
• Özüm Tunçyürek
• Mehmet Müderriszade

A Diagnostic Dilemma: Thrombocytopenia and Hemolysis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Laboratory Perspective

• Amin A. Alamin

Multidrug-Resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis, A Rare Causative Agent of Bacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient Hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit: First Case in North Cyprus

• Emrah Güler
• Ulaş Hürdoğanoğlu
• Nedim Çakır
• Özgen Alpay Özbek
• Gülay Eren
• Kaya Süer

Pancreatic Ewing’s Sarcoma Synchronously Diagnosed in a Patient of Carcinoma Cervix: A Case Report and Literature Review

• Rahul Patil
• Sucheta Gandhe
• Yasam Venkata Ramesh
• Raj Nagarkar

Ascending Aorta and Aortic Root Replacement With the Bentall Procedure in a Patient With Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Totalis

• Özlem Balcıoğlu
• Barçın Özcem
• Aşkın Ali Korkmaz

The Use of Plasma-Derived Factor VIII in Two Patients Diagnosed with TTP

• Mehmet Nur Kaya
• Gül İlhan
• Hasan Kaya

Letter to the Editor

Peliosis Hepatis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Kıvılcım Erdoğan
• Perihan Alsancak
• Sedef Kuran
• Figen Doran