Browsing by Author "Akkurt I."
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Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of respiratory isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in a Turkish University Hospital
Gonlugur U.; Akkurt I.; Ozdemir L.; Bakici M.Z.; Icagasioglu S.; Gultekin F. (2003)A total of 391 respiratory isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Sivas (Turkey) were studied between January 1999-2002. The organisms were cultured from the following specimens: throat (43%), sputum (28%), transtracheal/ ... -
Classification of fibreoptic bronchoscopic findings: Analysis of 2,698 cases
Gonlugur U.; Akkurt I.; Efeoglu T. (2004)Fibreoptic and rigid bronchoscopy are widely used diagnostic and therapeutic tools in pulmonary medicine, but there is little available knowledge regarding the classification of bronchoscopy findings. We aimed to propose ... -
Clinico-pathological characteristics in young and elderly patients with lung cancer [Genç ve yaşli akcig?er kanserli hastalarda klinikopatolojik özellikler]
Arslan S.; Özşahin S.L.; Akkurt I. (2011)Introduction: The aim of the present study was to determine the differences between the clinico-pathological characteristics of lung cancers among elder and young patients Materials and Method: 160 patients with lung cancer ... -
The comparison of the result of exercise bronchoprovocation test and methacholine bronchoprovocation test in athletes [Sporcularda metakolin ve egzersiz bronkoprovokasyon testleri sonuçlarinin karşilaştirilmasi.]
The excess contraction respond of the bronchiols to the specific and non-specific agent is called bronchial hyperresponsiveness. In our study we compared the result of exercise bronchoprovocation test and methacholine ... -
The effects of long-term oxygen therapy on survey in patients with chronic respiratory failure [Kronik solunum yetmezli?i olan olgularda uzun süreli oksijen tedavisinin yaşam süresi üzerine etkisi]
Düzenli H.; Do?an Ö.T.; Berk S.; Özşahin S.L.; Akkurt I. (2008)Long-term (? 15 hours) oxygen therapy (LTOT) increases life-span and improves quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic respiratory failure (CRF). However, in our clinical practice, we observed that very few patients ... -
Empyema in adults and children: Difference in surgical approaches, report of 139 cases
Nadir A.; Kaptanoglu M.; Gonlugur U.; Cevit O.; Sahin E.; Akkurt I. (2007)Aim : We investigated specific aetiology and different therapeutic approaches in patients with empyema in a General Thoracic Surgery Clinic. Material and methods : Charts of 139 patients admitted with empyema, between ... -
Environmental diseases due to asbestos exposure in two different regions in the rural area of Sivas [Sivas ki{dotless}rsali{dotless}ndaki i?ki ayri{dotless} bölgede asbeste maruz kalma sonucunda gelişen çevresel hastali{dotless}klar]
Objective: Sivas is the leading region with regard to the intensity of environmental asbestos exposure in our country. Clinical observations suggest pulmonary and/or pleural involvements to various degrees, due to this ... -
Evaluation of pulmonary changes due to biomass fuels using high-resolution computed tomography
Kara M.; Bulut S.; Tas F.; Akkurt I.; Seyfikli Z. (2003)Biomass fuels are frequently used in rural areas of the world for cooking and heating frequently. It has been reported that the use of these fuels causes hazardous effects on the lungs. In this study, we evaluated the ... -
Habitual snoring in primary school children: Prevalence, risk factors and school performance
Arslan S.; Özşahin S.L.; Do?an Ö.T.; Berk E.; Akkurt I. (2010)Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of snoring in primary school children in Sivas city and to evaluate the nighttime and daytime symptoms and learning problems that may be associated with sleep problems in ... -
High-level mixed-type hyperbilirubinaemia due to rifampicin
Gonlugur U.; Akkurt I.; Yaldiz I.; Efeoglu T. (2004)Rifampicin, a highly colephilic antibiotic, is rarely toxic: its toxicity has predominantly minor hepatic and immunological effects. A 42-year-old man was admitted to our institution because of hepatotoxicity as a result ... -
Major anatomical variations of the tracheobronchial tree: Bronchoscopic observation
Gonlugur U.; Efeoglu T.; Kaptanoglu M.; Akkurt I. (2005)Fiberoptic and rigid bronchoscopy are widely used diagnostic and therapeutic tools in pulmonary medicine. Investigators often neglect the bronchial variations; however, bronchial variations may have important implications ... -
Malignant mesothelioma presenting with unexplained recurrent pleurisy episodes
Gönlugur U.; Akkurt I.; Kaptano?lu M.; Arici S.; Efeo?lu T. (2006)Although it can remain stable for prolonged periods, malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive tumor usually associated with asbestos exposure. Herein we present a case of pleural MM characterized by recurrent exudative ... -
Nanoparticle: A nightmare for the future [Nanopartikül: Gelece?in korkulu rüyasi{dotless}]
Nanotechnology is a new discipline where 1-100 nanometers long particles are used, with an extensive field of application including physics, chemistry, electronics, energy production, biology, and medicine. Just as in every ... -
The practice of respiratory disability assessment in a university hospital: The analysis of 136 patients [Bir üniversite hastanesinde solunumsal maluliyet de?erlendirme prati?i: 136 hastani{dotless}n analizi]
Berk S.; Şanli G.C.; Özşahin S.L.; Do?an Ö.T.; Arslan S.; Akkurt I. (2012)Introduction: This study, to examine the outcomes of the respiratory disability assessment in our clinic. Materials and Methods: The reports of 136 patients who attended the chest diseases clinic between January 2010 and ... -
Prevalence of respiratory abnormalities and pneumoconiosis in dental laboratory technicians
Özdemir Do?an D.; Özdemir A.K.; Polat N.T.; Dal U.; Gümüş C.; Akkurt I. (2010)A preventable occupational disease, pneumoconiosis that is often widespread on to a very kind of quartz, carbon and metal dust exposed work place.The data for the prevalence of pneumoconiosis and respiratory findings among ... -
The prevalence of sleep related disorders among the drivers and it's relation with traffic accidents [Sürücülerde uyku ile ilgili hastaliklarin prevalansi ve trafik kazalari ile ilişkisi]
Do?an Ö.T.; Dal U.; Özşahin S.L.; Akkurt I.; Seyfikli Z. (2006)Studies consistently show that patients with sleep related diseases (SRD) have higher accident rates. Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of SRD. Sleep habits questionnaires are also useful tool ... -
The prevalence of sleep related disorders in Sivas, Turkey.
Ozdemir L.; Akkurt I.; Sümer H.; Cetinkaya S.; Gönlügür U.; Ozşahin S.L.; Nur N.; Dogan O. (2005)The prevalence of sleep-related disorders (SRD) in adults in Turkey is unknown. The main objective of our study was to assess the prevalence of SRD in Sivas, Turkey. Adults living in Sivas, a city of Turkey from the central ... -
Retrospective analysis of antibiotic susceptibility patterns of respiratory isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Turkish University Hospital
Gonlugur U.; Bakici M.Z.; Ozdemir L.; Akkurt I.; Icagasioglu S.; Gultekin F. (2003)Background: Lower respiratory tract infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa have a high mortality rate. Antibacterial activity of various antibiotics against P. aeruginosa isolated from each hospital depends on the variety ... -
Spontaneous remission in cancer [Kanserin spontan remisyonu.]
Gönlügür U.; Akkurt I. (2004)Spontaneous remission of malignancy is a rare biological event. About 20 cases of regression of cancer are reported in the literature each year. This process is more rare in lung cancer than other solid tumors. Only six ...