Browsing by Author "Baha, Ayşe"
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Are Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and RDW/ Hemoglobin Ratio Predictable in Mortality Among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third most common cause of death in the world, is a multicomponentdisease with pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. The red blood cell distribution width ... -
A Case of Sjögren’s Syndrome-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Iloprost and Bosentan Combination Therapy
Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), which is characterized bylymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands, is thesecond most common multisystem autoimmune disease after rheumatoid arthritis. Pulmonary involvement ranges from 9% ... -
Coexistence of three malignancies: Two different lung cancers synchronous with lymphoma
Ogan, Nalan; Baha, Ayşe; Akıncıoğlu, Egemen; Kaplan, Tevfik; Doğan, Handan; Gülhan, Meral (2017-10-26)Epithelial tumors synchronous with hematologic malignancies are very rare. The hystopathologic type and stage of synchronous tumors are very important for prognosis. A 77-year-old male patient was diagnosed with lymphoma ... -
Comorbidities: assessment and treatment
Köktürk, Nurdan; Baha, Ayşe; Dursunoğlu, Neşe (2017)COPD is an umbrella term that is associated with several systemic manifestation, lung involvement, and comorbidities [1, 2]. Currently, the description of comorbidity is complicated and has three different domains: “(1) ... -
Covid-19 The biggest threat of the 21st century in respectful memory of the warriors all over the world
Karcıoğlu, Oğuz; Yüksel, Aycan; Baha, Ayşe; Er, Aslıhan Banu; Esendağlı, Dorina; Gülhan, Pınar Yıldız; Köktürk, Nurdan (Aves, 2020)Since the first case was diagnosed in China, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has become the number one issue in the world and it seems to remain trend-topic for a long time. Until 17 April, it affected 210 countries, ... -
Cryptogenic and secondary organizing pneumonia: Clinical presentation, radiological and laboratory findings, treatment, and prognosis in 56 cases
Baha, Ayşe; Yıldırım, Fatma; Köktürk, Nurdan; Galata, Züleyha; Akyürek, Nalan; Demirci, Nilgün Yılmaz; Türktaş, Haluk (2018)OBJECTIVES: Organizing pneumonia is an important disease that is associated with non-specific clinical findings and radiographic appearance. Our aim was to examine the clinical and radiological features, laboratory findings, ... -
Do N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels determine the prognosis of community acquired pneumonia?
Akpınar, Evrim Eylem; Hoşgün, Derya; Akpınar, Serdar; Ateş, Can; Baha, Ayşe; Sayın Gülensoy, Esen; Ogan, Nalan (2019)Objective: Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, especially in theelderly. The use of clinical risk scores to determine prognosis is complex and thereforeleads to errors in clinical practice. Pneumonia can ... -
The effect of serum electrolyte disturbances and uric acid level on the mortality of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of electrolyte and uric acid disturbances and their effects on mortality in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... -
Evaluation of COPD patient’s relatives assessment of disease awarness, load of care giving and loss of workforce: Turkish Thoracic Society COPD working group
Baha, Ayşe; Köktürk, Nurdan; Yıldırım, Elif; Özmen, İpek; Topçu, Füsun; Akpınar, Eylem; Şen, Hatice; Ogan, Nalan (2018)Objective: Our aim is to measure the level of awareness of patient’s relatives COPD, to determine the caregiver burden of patient's relatives, and to determine whether there is a work day loss. Material and method: 252 ... -
The incidence of polyneuropthy and its relation with disease parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Objective: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is accompanied by several concomitant conditionsdue to its systemic effects. Hypoxia and oxidative stress associated with COPD are also believed to contributeto the ... -
Kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığında komorbiditelerin hastalık üzerine etkileri
Dursunoğlu, Neşe; Köktürk, Nurdan; Baha, Ayşe; Bilge, Ahmet Kaya; Börekçii, Şermini; Çiftci, Fatma; Yıldız, Öznur Akkoca (2016)Kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığında komorbiditelerin hastalık üzerine etkileriKronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı (KOAH), akciğer etkilenimi ve çeşitli komorbidetelerden kaynaklanan yıkıcı sonuçları olan kompleks bir ... -
Morphological overview of cardiovascular comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Frank's sign
Ogan, Nalan; Günay, Ersin; Ekici, Berkay; Baha, Ayşe; Gülensoy, Esen Sayın; Akpınar, Evrim Eylem; Yüksel, Aycan (Mosby-Elsevier, 2020)Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common and important comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Literature indicates that there may be a relationship between diagonal earlobe ... -
Prasugrel Kullanırken Trombolitik Tedavi Uygulanan Masif Pulmoner Emboli Olgusu
Baha, Ayşe; Baha, Reşat Mehmet; Yıldız, İbrahim (2017)Elli beş yaşında, koroner arter hastalığı nedeni ile prasugrel ve asetilsalisilik asit kullanmakta olan kadın hasta, senkop ve hipotansiyon ile acile servise getirildi. Ekokardiyografide paradoks septum ve sağ ventrikülde ... -
Rarely occurrance of two diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia cases
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) is a rare disease which needsa long time for diagnosis and usually defined by case reports and small series. We reported two cases,one with 67 and the ... -
Sex difference in chronic obstructive lung disease. Does it matter? a concise review
Köktürk, Nurdan; Kılıç, Hatice; Baha, Ayşe; Lee, Shou Dong; Jones, Paul Wayne (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2016)Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) primarily affects men; however, its epidemiology has been changing because more women have become smokers. Recently, investigators found that although women and men were exposed to ... -
Short-term variations of optic coherence tomography findings in mild and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Ogan, Nalan; Altıaylık Özer, Pınar; Kocamaz, Mehmet Fatih; Akpınar, Evrim Eylem; Baha, Ayşe; Sayın Gülensoy, Esen (2020)Objective To evaluate the short-term changes in subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), ganglion cell complex (GCC) analysis, and retinal nerve fiber length (RNFL) of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...