Medicine
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The objective of this study was to investigate the difference in clinical features according to age and factors affecting recovery of acquired sixth cranial nerve (CN6) palsy. A total of 156 patients with acute CN6 palsy between March 2016 and August 2021 who were followed up for at least 3 months were included in this study. Etiology, rate of recovery, and factors associated with recovery were retrospectively investigated. ⋯ Comparison of age (<50years vs ≥50years), between recovery and non-recovery groups showed that etiology was significantly different. The recovery rate of acquired CN6 palsy was about 82% and about 27% of patients had brain lesions. Also, varying rates and duration of recovery were found according to etiology, so we should be pay attention to diagnosis of causative disease in CN6 palsy patients.
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Our aim in this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of sialic acid (SA) and prolidase activity and to evaluate the association between airflow obstruction severity and these parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Ninety-four patients (84 M, 10 F) and 34 healthy subjects (19 M, 15 F) were included into the study. COPD staging was performed to COPD patients according to new global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease criteria which includes pulmonary function tests, symptoms and hospitalization; COPD patients were divided into 4 subgroups as group A (n = 25), group B (n = 19), group C (n = 20), and group D (n = 28). ⋯ There was weak positive correlation between prolidase and FEV1 (r = 0.222, P = .033) and FEV1/forced vital capacity (r = 0.230, P = .027). Our study shows that systemic inflammation, prolidase activity, and SA levels in stable COPD patients are associated with airflow obstruction severity. In addition to the prolidase activity; SA levels might be associated with inflammation.
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Little systematic information has been collected about the nature and types of articles published in 2 journals by identifying the latent topics and analyzing the extracted research themes and sentiments using text mining and machine learning within the 2020 time frame. The goals of this study were to conduct a content analysis of articles published in 2 journals, describe the research type, identify possible gaps, and propose future agendas for readers. ⋯ The main approaches frequently used in Meta-analysis for drawing forest plots contributed to the following: 1. Comparing abstract mood in 2 journals, which is modern and innovative in the literature. 2. Extracting article topics from MeSH terms using SNA, 3. drawing visual representations by using SNA, choropleth map, and forest plots that can inspire other relevant research to replicate the approaches for the other 2 paired journals in comparison of differences in research topics in the future.
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During coronavirus pandemic, despite the increase in the number of studies on spontaneous pneumothorax (SP), there is not enough bibliometric study in the literature. In this study, it was aimed to analyze scientific articles published on SP. ⋯ In this comprehensive bibliometric study, we summarized 1403 articles about SP, which has an increasing trend in the number of articles during the COVID-19 pandemic process. This article can be a useful resource for clinicians and scientists through presenting a summary of worldwide studies related to SP, including the ones during COVID-19 pandemic.
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Left bundle branch area pacing (LBBaP) has recently emerged as a new physiological pacing strategy. The purpose of this study is to compare LBBaP with right ventricular sepal pacing (RVSP) in terms of their clinical safety and efficacy. From February 2019 to May 2020, consecutive pacing-indicated patients were prospectively enrolled and divided into 2 groups. ⋯ No serious complications were found in both 2 groups at implantation and follow-ups. This study confirms the clinical safety and efficacy of LBBaP, and it produces better ventricular electrical-mechanical synchrony than RVSP. The event of pacing-induced left ventricular dysfunction is lower in the LBBaP-H group than RVSP-H group.