Echocardiographic evaluation of anterior mitral valve in patients with acute myocardial infarctions (Evaluation of mitral valve closure slope, AC segment)

Bu çalışma 20 normal 30 atherosklerotik kalb hastalığı (Akut Myokard lnfarktüsü) vakasında yapıldı. Ekokardiografik olarak mitral ön kapağının kapanışı (AC. eğilimi), myokard infarktüslü hastalarda normal vakalara göre daha yatık bulundu. AC. süresi de myokard infarktüslü hastalarda normal vakalara göre daha uzun saptanmış olup, AC. segmenti myokard infarktüslü vakalarda düzensiz çentikli ve platolanma göstermekte idi. AC. segmenti değişiklikleri myokard infarktüsü vakalarında ventrikülün sistolik fonksiyonunu gösteren bir belirti olmalıdır. Kanaatımızca Ekokardiogram yardımı ile myokard infarktüslü hastalarda ventrikülün fonksiyonları hassas bir şekilde değerlendirilebilir.This study was carried an 20 normal and 30 patients with atherosclerotic heart disease. On echocardiography, anterior mitral valve closure slope has found to be slower in patients with myocardial infarctions than in normal cases. AC duration has found to be longer in patients with myocardial infarctions compared with normal cases. And also was, irregular. In some of the patients with myocardial infarctions this segment, showed notchings and plateau patterns. These changes of AC segments in ceses of systolic dysfonction of the of the left ventricle. As a result dysfunctions of the left ventricle in patients with myocardial infarctions, can easily be detected with Echocardiography

Diz Osteoartrit Tedavisinde Kanıta Dayalı Öneriler: Türkiye Romatizma Araştırma ve Savaş Derneği Uzlaşı Raporu

Objectives: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease which causes pain, disability and great socioeconomic burden as a result. Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR) initiated a project to prepare national, "evidence-based recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis" supported by expert-opinion in order to assist the physicians who are interested in knee OA in their daily clinical practice. Materials and methods: The expert committee was composed of 25 academicians, 23 of whom were physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) specialists (three also had rheumatology subspeciality) and two were orthopedic surgeons. At the first meeting, the previous guidelines were discussed, and 2008 Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) recommendations were decided to be taken as the fundamental template for national recommendations. Databases of the Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, and Turkish Medical Index were used to search the literature, and this was carried out for the period between 2009-2010 for international publications since studies up to 2009 were present in the 2010 OARSI update. No limit was applied for searching of national publications. The selected relevant publications were graded according to evidence level and quality, and were sent to the members who were then asked to suggest propositions according to their experiences, knowledge, and review of the literature. After amalgamation and editing of new proposals, Delphi rounds were started. After five Delphi rounds, the propositions on which the members were in consensus, were discussed with regard to evidence and the "strength of recommendation" was determined by measuring on visual analog scale (VAS) for each proposal at the final meeting. Results: Nineteen propositions (one for general principles, nine for non-pharmacologic treatments, seven for pharmacologic treatments, and two for surgical treatments) were accepted as the "TLAR Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Management of Knee OA" in consensus as a result of Delphi rounds. Conclusion: Evidence-based recommendations for the management of knee OA were developed by TLAR for the first time in our country. The recommendations should be updated regularly according to new evidence and insights. It is expected that physicians who are interested in knee OA will benefit greatly from this report in their daily clinical practice

Prevalence, etiology, and biopsychosocial risk factors of cervicogenic dizziness in patients with neck pain: A multi-center, cross-sectional study

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence, etiology, and risk factors of cervicogenic dizziness in patients with neck pain. Patients and methods: Between June 2016 and April 2018, a total of 2,361 patients (526 males, 1,835 females; mean age: 45.0 +/- 13.3 years; range, 18 to 75 years) who presented with the complaint of neck pain lasting for at least one month were included in this prospective, cross-sectional study. Data including concomitant dizziness, severity, and quality of life (QoL) impact of vertigo (via Numeric Dizziness Scale [NDS]), QoL (via Dizziness Handicap Inventory [DHI]), mobility (via Timed Up-and-Go [TUG] test), balance performance [via Berg Balance Scale [BBS]), and emotional status (via Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale [HADS]) were recorded. Results: Dizziness was evident in 40.1% of the patients. Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) was the most common etiology for neck pain (58.5%) and accompanied with cervicogenic dizziness in 59.7% of the patients. Female versus male sex (odds ratio [OR]: 1.641, 95% CI: 1.241 to 2.171, p=0.001), housewifery versus other occupations (OR: 1.285, 95% CI: 1.006 to 1.642, p=0.045), and lower versus higher education (OR: 1.649-2.564, p<0.001) significantly predicted the increased risk of dizziness in neck pain patients. Patient with dizziness due to MPS had lower dizziness severity scores (p=0.034) and milder impact of dizziness on QoL (p=0.005), lower DHI scores (p=0.004), shorter time to complete the TUG test (p=0.001) and higher BBS scores (p=0.001). Conclusion: Our findings suggest a significant impact of biopsychosocial factors on the likelihood and severity of dizziness and association of dizziness due to MPS with better clinical status