Browsing by Author "Kart, Levent"

A Case of Pulmonary Mucormycosis Presenting with Endobronchial Involvement

ATALAY, FİGEN; Tomruk, Aysegul; Altuntas, Murat; Kart, Levent; Tanriverdi, Hakan (2014-12-01)

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that is rare but has a fatal course, occurs especially in patients with immunodeficiency, and is caused by fungi in the Zygomycetes class. Since the infection is generally ...

Brain Diffusion Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome

KILICARSLAN, Rukiye; Sharifov, RASUL; Aralasmak, AYŞE; Bayram, MEHMET; Kart, Levent; Akkoyunlu, MUHAMMED EMİN; Alkan, ALPAY (2013-01-01)

Background: Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder characterized by repeated apnoeic episodes during sleep. Neurocognitive changes secondary to OSAS are likely to occur due to hypoxia in certain brain ...

COPD: an underdiagnosed disease at hospital environment

YAKAR, Fatih; Akkoyunlu, MUHAMMED EMİN; KARAKOSE, Fatmanur; Bayram, MEHMET; SEZER, Murat; Kart, Levent; OZCELIK, Hatice Kutbay (2014-02-01)

Background and Aim Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious disease with morbidity and mortality due to delayed diagnosis until significant symptoms arise. We aimed to assess the utility of spirometry and ...

Diagnostic Value of Strain Echocardiography, Galectin-3, and Tenascin-C Levels for the Identification of Patients with Pulmonary and Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Uyarel, Huseyin; Yalcinsoy, Murat; Guvenc, Tolga Sinan; Kul, Seref; Ozcelik, Hatice Kutbay; KARAKUS, Gultekin; Goktekin, Omer; Kart, Levent; KARAARSLAN, Ercan; Gungor, Sinem; Tasal, Abdurrahman; Kemik, Ahu Sarbay; Asoglu, Emin (2014-08-01)

Cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis has been associated with poor prognosis. We evaluated myocardial contractility quantitatively in a cohort of pulmonary sarcoidosis (PS) patients with and without cardiac involvement. We ...

Does hormonal control obviate positive airway pressure therapy in acromegaly with sleep-disordered breathing?

KARAKOSE, Fatmanur; Akkoyunlu, MUHAMMED EMİN; YAKAR, Fatih; OZCELIK, Hatice Kutbay; Kart, Levent; Ilhan, MAHMUT MUZAFFER; Bayram, MEHMET; Tasan, ERTUĞRUL (2013-11-01)

Acromegaly is a disease in which uncontrolled release of growth hormone occurs after closure of epiphyseal plates, causing changes in the body that can lead to sleep disordered breathing (SDB). No definite guidelines ...

Effects of body position on sleep architecture and quality in subsyndromal adults without apparent obstructive sleep apnea

Doganay, Emine; Akkoyunlu, MUHAMMED EMİN; Bayram, MEHMET; KUTBAY OZCELIK, Hatice; SEZER, Murat; YAKAR, Fatih; Kart, Levent; KARAKOSE, Fatmanur (2015-07-01)

There is a well-known relationship between sleep quality and body position during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of body position on sleep architecture ...

Evaluation of nephrotoxicity due to the use of colistimethate sodium in a intensive care unit

Ceylan, Bahadir; AKKOYUNLU, YASEMİN; AKKOYUNLU, MUHAMMED EMİN; Kart, Levent; Aslan, Turan; Ozcelik, Hatice; ÖZKAN, DİDEM (2013-09-01)

Geriatric patients with known acute kidney injury and normal renal function at the time of admittance to the intensive care unit/assessment of RRT requirement and mortality: retrospective case-control study

ERKOC, Reha; Kart, Levent; OZCELIK, Hatice; AKKOYUNLU, Muhammet Emin; SEZER, Murat; Bayram, MEHMET; KANSU, ABDULLAH; KARAKOSE, Fatmanur (2015-04-01)

Background The objective of our study was to investigate the renal functions on admittance, chronic disease status, the diagnosis on admittance to the intensive care unit (ICU), need for mechanical ventilation and medication ...

Investigation of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome prevalence among long-distance drivers from Zonguldak, Turkey

Tor, Meltem; Bayram, MEHMET; Akkoyunlu, Muhammed E.; Kart, Levent; Altin, Remzi; Atalay, Figen; Ornek, Tacettin (2013-02-06)

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) in long-distance drivers located in the Zonguldak area and to show the correlation between OSAS and traffic ...

PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY APPLICATION TO GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Kart, Levent; Akkoyunlu, YASEMİN; Akkoyunlu, MUHAMMED EMİN; KUTBAY OZCELIK, Hatice; DANALIOGLU, Ahmet; Bayram, MEHMET; KARAKOSE, Fatmanur (2013-01-01)

Introduction: Nutritional support is very important in geriatric patients with insufficient or no oral intake in intensive care units (ICU). The need for active enteral nutrition by means of nutrition tubes in patients ...

Relationship of CTLA4 and CD28 polymorphisms with lung involvement, HRCT findings and pulmonary function tests in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Uysal, Omer; Sezer, Murat; Yaylim, Ilhan; Kart, Levent; Rezvani, AYLİN; Okyaltirik, FATMANUR; GÜLER, Mustafa; Bayram, MEHMET; SÖZGEN, Hatice; YAKAR, Fatih; Ozcelik, Hatice Kutbay; Turan, Saime; Akkoyunlu, Muhammet Emin; Ozkan, Nazli Ezgi (2017-09-01)

Background and AimsAnkylosing spondylitis (AS) is a multisystem disorder with ocular, pulmonary, and cardiovascular involvement. The incidence of pulmonary involvement varies from 1 to 52%. Abnormal T-cell function-derived ...