Browsing by Author "Guven, Ahmet Sami"
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Cardiac findings in children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Gul, Ibrahim; Kaya, Ali; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Karapinar, Hekim; Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya; Yilmaz, Ahmet; Icagasioglu, Fusun Dilara; Tandogan, Izzet (INT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, INC, 2011)Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) involves the multi-organ systems. The involvement of the heart in adult patients has been described previously. We investigated the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic ... -
A child with an unusual complication of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Hemorrhagic pleural effusion
Sahin, Irfan Oguz; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Kaya, Ali; Guney, Cengiz; Cevit, Omer; Arslan, Mesut (MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD, 2016)… -
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever disease due to tick bite with very long incubation periods
Kaya, Ali; Engin, Aynur; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Icagasioglu, Fusun Dilara; Cevit, Omer; Elaldi, Nazif; Gulturk, Abdulaziz (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2011)Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonotic viral disease with a high mortality rate, and is one of the viral hemorrhagic fever syndromes. The average mortality rate of CCHF is 3-30%. Research indicates ... -
Effect of Antiepilepsy Drug Therapy on Ventricular Function in Children With Epilepsy: A Tissue Doppler Imaging Study
Kibar, Ayse Esin; Unver, Olcay; Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Balli, Sevket; Ece, Ibrahim; Erdem, Sevcan; Icagasioglu, Fusun Dilara (SPRINGER, 2014)Impaired cardiac myocardial function may contribute to the risk for sudden unexpected death of a patient with epilepsy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of antiepilepsy drugs (AEDs) on cardiac function in pediatric ... -
Evaluation of cochlear involvement by transient evoked otoacoustic emission test in children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Uysal, Ismail Onder; Kaya, Ali; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Muderris, Suphi (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2011)Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate cochlear involvement in child patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) disease. Methods: Twenty-eight CCHF disease patients (56 ears) and 26 sex- and age-matched ... -
Evaluation of cytokines as Th1/Th2 markers in pathogenesis of children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Sancakdar, Enver; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Uysal, Elif Bilge; Kaya, Ali; Deveci, Koksal; Karapinar, Hekim; Akkar, Ismail (E-CENTURY PUBLISHING CORP, 2014)Cytokine networks play a key role in the pathogenesis of the disease in Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) patients. Therefore, our aim was to study the effects of cytokine levels on the pathogenesis and severity of ... -
Evaluation of Endothelium Functions by Flow-mediated Dilatation in Pediatric Patients With Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Karapinar, Hekim; Kaya, Ali; Uysal, Elif Bilge; Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya; Deveci, Koksal; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Sancakdar, Enver; Yilmaz, Ahmet (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2015)Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a systemic viral disease that also affects the endothelium. Thrombocytopenia and hemorrhage are seen in this disease. But, the cause of thrombocytopenia is not clear. ... -
The Evaluation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 in N-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester Preeclampsia Model of Pregnant Rats
Kaya, Ali; Boztosun, Abdullah; Seckin, Hulya; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya; Gulturk, Sefa; Cevit, Omer (BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, 2011)Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), which plays a major role in the stimulation of angiogenesis in placental tissues, by using immunohistochemical staining in preeclampsia ... -
Evaluation of the serum levels of soluble IL-2 receptor and endothelin-1 in children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Deveci, Koksal; Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Sancakdar, Enver; Uysal, Elif Bilge; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Kaya, Ali; Alkan, Filiz; Cevit, Omer (WILEY, 2014)We aimed to assess the association between serum levels of soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2r) and endothelin-1 and severe infection in children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Fifty-two patients under 18 years of ... -
Immunological Evaluation of Children with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Addition to Routine Clinical and Laboratory Tests Who Were Admitted to Sivas, Cumhuriyet University
Demir, Mevlut; Duksal, Fatma; Dogan, Melih Timucin; Aygunes, Utku; Kaya, Ali; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Cevit, Omer (GALENOS YAYINCILIK, 2015)Introduction: In our study, it was aimed to evaluate clinical and routine laboratory findings and serum immunoglobulin and complement levels of pediatric patients with the diagnosis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). ... -
Is Atrial Electromechanical Coupling Delayed in Patients with Secundum Atrial Septal Defect?
Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Karapinar, Hekim; Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Gumrukcuoglu, Hasan Ali; Sarikaya, Savas; Yilmaz, Ahmet (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013)Background: There is no available published information about the atrial electromechanical coupling time (AEMCT) in patients with atrial septal defect (ASD). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ... -
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in children with familial Mediterranean fever: Original article
Duksal, Fatma; Alaygut, Demet; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Ekici, Mahmut; Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Tuncer, Rukiye; Cevit, Omer (AVES, 2015)Objective: The aim of present study was (a) to evaluate the relationship between the neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio and mutation types of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in children and (b) to evaluate the relationship ... -
Noninvasive evaluation of cardiac autonomic modulation in children with primary Raynaud's phenomenon: a controlled study
Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Ece, Ibrahim; Kibar, Ayse Esin; Balli, Sevket; Alaygut, Demet; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Bolat, Fatih; Duksal, Fatma; Cevit, Omer (SPRINGER LONDON LTD, 2014)This study aimed to objectively evaluate autonomic nervous function in children with primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP). Thirty-two children with PRP and 30 healthy subjects were included in the study. We analyzed heart ... -
The Prevalence and Outcomes of Thrombocytopenia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Three-Year Report
Bolat, Fatih; Kilic, Suar Caki; Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Gulhan, Elif; Kaya, Ali; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Aygunes, Utku; Icagasioglu, Dilara; Gultekin, Asim (TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2012)Neonatal thrombocytopenia is one of the most common hematologic disorders in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of thrombocytopenia and whether thrombocytopenia ... -
Resting Heart Rate in Children with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: A Tool to Identify Patients at Risk?
Oflaz, Mehmet Burhan; Bolat, Fatih; Kaya, Ali; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Kucukdurmaz, Zekeriya; Karapinar, Hekim; Gulsever, Osman; Dogan, Melih; Cevit, Omer; Icagasioglu, Fusun Dilara (MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2014)Objective: We aimed to assess the association between resting heart rate (RHR) and severe infection in children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Methods: In all, 121 patients under 18 years of age with a ... -
Rotavirus and adenovirus gastroenteritis: time series analysis
Celik, Cem; Gozel, Mustafa Gokhan; Turkay, Hakan; Bakici, Mustafa Zahir; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Elaldi, Nazif (WILEY, 2015)BackgroundThis study investigated the effects of changes in weather conditions (monthly average temperature, monthly minimum temperature, monthly average humidity) on rotavirus and adenovirus gastroenteritis frequency and ... -
Treatment failure of gentamicin in pediatric patients with oropharyngeal tularemia
Kaya, Ali; Uysal, Ismail Onder; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Engin, Aynur; Gulturk, Abdulaziz; Icagasioglu, Fusun Dilara; Cevit, Omer (INT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, INC, 2011)Background: Tularemia is a zoonotic infection, and the causative agent is Francisella tularensis. A first-line therapy for treating tularemia is aminoglycosides (streptomycin or, more commonly, gentamicin), and treatment ... -
Tularemia in children: evaluation of clinical, laboratory and therapeutic features of 27 tularemia cases
Kaya, Ali; Deveci, Koksal; Uysal, Ismail Onder; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Demir, Mevlut; Uysal, Elif Bilge; Gultekin, Asim; Icagasioglu, Fusun Dilara (TURKISH J PEDIATRICS, 2012)Kaya A, Deveci K, Uysal IO, Guven AS, Demir M, Uysal EB, Gultekin A, Icagasioglu FD. Tularemia in children: evaluation of clinical, laboratory and therapeutic features of 27 tularemia cases. Mirk J Pediatr 2012; 54: 105-112. ...