60 research outputs found

    A Newborn With Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Feeding Problems

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    DergiPark: 584646tmsjAims: Esophageal atresia is the most common congenital malformation of the esophagus. It can be diagnosed in the prenatalperiod, during the delivery or at the neonatal intensive care unit. With the operation, the respiratory system and digestive tractare being corrected to the anatomic position. In this case, we wanted to emphasize that patients with esophageal atresia maycontinue to have functional problems even after successful surgical treatment. Case Report: After preterm delivery, a femalepatient was consulted to Trakya University Department of Pediatric Surgery, at one day of age with the symptom of regurgitationof saliva. There were no abnormalities on physical examination. Due to the inability to pass an orogastric tube to the stomach,esophageal atresia was suspected. Thus, radiocontrast x-ray study was performed: the proximal esophageal pouch was identified,and malformation was diagnosed. After the diagnosis, tracheoesophageal fistula has been ligated. The patient received physicaltherapy after the operation, and she was followed-up for 10 months. A full recovery was observed, and the patient was able toswallow food. Conclusion: Esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula is not an uncommon malformation. Thepatients can have problems with swallowing in their infancy even they are treated surgically in the neonatal period.Keywords: Esophageal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula, newbor

    Perspektifler 2017 Denizli dosyası

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    Okumaya koyulduğunuz derleme, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mimarlık ve Tasarım Fakültesi öğretim elemanlarının bir kısmının yazılarını bir araya getiriyor. Yazı davetine fakültemizin Denizli vizyonunu ortaya koyan geleceğine ilişkin notlar düşen bir broşür-rapor kitaptan söz ederek çıkmıştık. Amaçladığımız, hem bizlerin akademik-proje bilgi ve fikirlerini ortaya koymak hem de yaşadığımız şehrin hızlı akan zaman içinde verilerini ve envanterini içeren raporunu tutmaktı. Bu bakımdan kitabın ismi şimdiki zamandan geleceğe bakış açısını anlatan ‘Perspektifler’ genel başlığını aldı. Her yıl çıkabilir mi bilemem ama belirli yıllarda çıkma hedefini gerçekleştirebilir. Kitabın alt başlığında bu yılın tarihinin (2017) yer alması bu yüzden. Denizli üzerinde benzer alandaki yazıları bir bütün halinde derlediğinden ilaveten ‘Denizli Dosyası’ dedik. Bölüm yazıları, ilgilisi ve meraklısına nazaran akademik-popülerlik arasındaki zor bir üslupta istendi. Yazı uzunluğunun 3500 kelime ile sınırlanması bile birikimli ve deneyimli yazarlarımız için kolay olmadı. Nihayet, ilgi çekecek bir dosya-kitap çıktı ortaya. Katkı veren yazar arkadaşlara minnettarım. Son teşekkür notu MAC ART Ajansına. Çünkü aklımda şöyle bir tasarım var düşüncemi aşan bir kitap çıkarttılar. Faydalı olması ümidiyle

    Procalcitonin and other acute phase reactants in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

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    The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between procalcitonin and other acute phase reactants, and also analyze their relationship with clinical situation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) acute exacerbations.Materials and methods: The study was made with 122 acute COPD exacerbated patients, who were admitted to emergency service. Patients with below 0.25 ng/ml PCT value included Group 1, and the patients with PCT values ≥ 0.25 ng/ml Group 2. Serum procalcitonin levels, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) values and white blood cell (WBC) counts were measured. Also, patients hospitalization time and mortality rates were recorded and compared with PCT.Results: Patients were divided in 3 groups according to their clinical diagnosis; Pneumonia (n=27), Mycoplasma-Chlamydia pneumonia (n=11) and the patients with only COPD exacerbation(n=84). Mean PCT values according to the groups were 9.47 ± 8.1 ng/ml, 0.41 ± 0.2 ng/ml, and 0.21 ± 0.05 ng/ml respectively. The relationship between PCT with CRP and white blood cell has been found between significiant (p=0.001, p=0.005 respectively), whereas the relationship between PCT and ESR was nonsignificant (p=0.55). Procalcitonin and CRP had a positive correlation with the hospitalization time (p=0.034, p=0.022 respectively). The mean ± standard error of PCT for the patients who died was 28.3 ± 27.5 ng/ml, and the difference between patients who died or were discharged was statistically significant (p= 0.012).Conclusion: PCT can be a useful indicator for morbidity and prognosis in COPD patients

    Cardiac and Vascular α1-Adrenoceptors in Congestive Heart Failure: A Systematic Review

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    As heart failure (HF) is a devastating health problem worldwide, a better understanding and the development of more effective therapeutic approaches are required. HF is characterized by sympathetic system activation which stimulates α- and β-adrenoceptors (ARs). The exposure of the cardiovascular system to the increased locally released and circulating levels of catecholamines leads to a well-described downregulation and desensitization of β-ARs. However, information on the role of α-AR is limited. We have performed a systematic literature review examining the role of both cardiac and vascular α1-ARs in HF using 5 databases for our search. All three α1-AR subtypes (α1A, α1B and α1D) are expressed in human and animal hearts and blood vessels in a tissue-dependent manner. We summarize the changes observed in HF regarding the density, signaling and responses of α1-ARs. Conflicting findings arise from different studies concerning the influence that HF has on α1-AR expression and function; in contrast to β-ARs there is no consistent evidence for down-regulation or desensitization of cardiac or vascular α1-ARs. Whether α1-ARs are a therapeutic target in HF remains a matter of debate

    Recent Advances in Health Biotechnology During Pandemic

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    The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in 2019, cut the epoch that will make profound fluctuates in the history of the world in social, economic, and scientific fields. Urgent needs in public health have brought with them innovative approaches, including diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. To exceed the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, various scientific authorities in the world have procreated advances in real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) based diagnostic tests, rapid diagnostic kits, the development of vaccines for immunization, and the purposing pharmaceuticals for treatment. Diagnosis, treatment, and immunization approaches put for- ward by scientific communities are cross-fed from the accrued knowledge of multidisciplinary sciences in health biotechnology. So much so that the pandemic, urgently prioritized in the world, is not only viral infections but also has been the pulsion in the development of novel approaches in many fields such as diagnosis, treatment, translational medicine, virology, mi- crobiology, immunology, functional nano- and bio-materials, bioinformatics, molecular biol- ogy, genetics, tissue engineering, biomedical devices, and artificial intelligence technologies. In this review, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of various scientific areas of health biotechnology are discussed

    Washington uzlaşısından küresel krize.

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    This thesis focuses on the changing modes of state intervention into the economy in neoliberalism. It contends that the so called free market is neither a natural process nor an inevitable result of the harmony of interest, but the result of a deliberate political making process. The global economic crisis provided ample evidence to refute the claim that state and market are separately existing and antagonistic entities and indicates that the issue is not the market or the state, since the state in a capitalist society is equally subordinate to capital, simply providing an alternative mode of regulation of capital accumulation. The state has always been essential for "proper" workings of the market, especially for the interests of capital and the neoliberal state is not an exception.M.S. - Master of Scienc

    Gıda Sektöründe Hizmet Kalitesinin Ölçülmesi (Adana Kentsel Alanda Kebapçı Örneği)

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    Hizmetlerin soyut ve ayrılmazlık (üretildiği anda tüketilme) özelliği, hizmet kalitesinin kontrolünde ve müşteriler açısından değerlendirilmesinde sorunlara neden olmaktadır. Bundan dolayı hizmet kalitesinin ölçülmesi için çeşitli yöntemler geliştirilmiştir. Literatürde sıklıkla kullanılan SERVQUAL ölçeği bu çalışmada, tüketiciler açısından kebapçılarda sunulan hizmet kalitesinin mevcut düzeyinin belirlenmesi için kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca tüketicilerin kebapçı türü tercihindeki etkenler ve bu etkenlerin göreceli önemlerinin hizmet kalitesi açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda ulaşılan bazı önemli bulgulara göre, tüketicilerin genel olarak kebapçılarda beklentilerinden daha az hizmet buldukları belirlenmiştir. Özellikle güvence, heveslilik ve güvenirlilik boyutlarında beklenen ile algılanan hizmet kalitesi ortalama değerler arasındaki fark, diğer boyutlardan daha fazladır. Hizmet kalitesi boyutlarından biri olan güvenirliliğin, tüketim yerleri arasında restoranlarda yemeyi tercih etme olasılığı üzerinde pozitif bir etkisi olduğu saptanmıştır.Intangibility and simultaneity of production and consumption attributes of services caused to the problems of quality control and evaluation of services in terms of customers. Therefore several methods have been developed to analyze service quality. One of the most used methods is SERVQUAL in literature. In this study SERVQUAL scale is used to determine the actual level of service quality offered by kebab sellers. Besides it is aimed to examine the factors in consumers' preferences of kebab sellers and relative impotance of these factors in terms of service quality. According to some important findings of the study, it has been observed that consumers' perceptions of the service were less than their expectations. The difference in mean scores of expectation and perception of service quality is higher in dimensions of security, resonsiveness and reliability. Also, reliability has the positive effect on the probability of prefering restaurants among the others

    Digital Parenting: Perceptions on Digital Risks

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    Dijital teknolojideki ilerlemeler günlük hayatı doğrudan etkilemekte ve özellikle bu teknolojilerin çocuklar ve gençler tarafından kullanımı, ebeveynlerin temel sorumluluğu olan çocuk yetiştirme işini karmaşıklaştırmaktadır. Dijital medya kullanıcılarına, öğrenme fırsatlarını sunarken bir yandan da dijital riskleri beraberinde getirmektedir. Ebeveynler ise çocuklarını öğrenme fırsatlarından yararlandırma ve onları dijital risklerden koruma arasında kalmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmanın amacı, ebeveynlerin dijital risklere ve bu risklere yönelik tedbir almak konusunda kendilerini ne kadar yeterli gördüklerine dair algılarının ve dijital medyanın çocukları tarafından kullanımına aracılık ederken hangi boyutlarda daha fazla bilgi sahibi olmak istediklerinin incelenmesidir. Bu amaçla, 38 anne ve 41 babadan oluşan, çocuklarının yaşları 10 ila 18 arasında değişen 79 ebeveyne, kapalı ve açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket uygulanmıştır. Bu sorulardan elde edilen bulgular ise nicel ve nitel olarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçları, ebeveynlerin riskler hakkında bilgili olduklarını, önlemler konusunda da kendilerini bilgi sahibi olarak değerlendirdiklerini gösterirken, yapılan içerik analizi ebeveynlerin dijital ebeveynlik stratejilerini ve dijital medyanın riskleri ve olanaklarına dair hangi noktalarda daha fazla bilgi sahibi olmak istediklerini ortaya koymuştur
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