Turk J Med Sci
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To the Editor, In February 2020, the Word Health Organization (WHO) announced the name for a disease caused by the SARS-CoV virus: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 1. On March 11, 2020, the first case was officially confirmed in Turkey2, and the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. ⋯ The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of popliteal sciatic nerve block (PSNB) in the treatment of postinjection sciatic neuropathy (PISN) resistant to conservative treatments. ⋯ The outcome of this research proved the effectiveness of PSNB with methylprednisolone in the management of PISN, especially in patients whose pain was located below the knee. EPSs findings and loss of muscle strength indicated the severity of the nerve damage affect the success of PSNB in pain management, but the length of time that elapsed after the nerve injury did not.
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a major cause of death in the intensive care unit. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced lung injury is the most widely used experimental ALI model and provides opportunities for new targeting therapy. In this study, we investigated the effects of tocilizumab, adalimumab, and methylprednisolone in LPS-induced acute lung injury. ⋯ Adalimumab and/or tocilizumab significantly reduce the release of proinflammatory cytokines and improve the tissue inflammation in the experimental model of ALI. Our results suggest that adalimumab and/or tocilizumab have a more potent antiinflammatory effect on lung injury than the steroid.
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In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of antioxidant iloprost (ILO) and ß3 adrenergic receptor agonist (BRL) on transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) and transient receptor potential canonical 1 (TRPC1) ion channels on an experimental ischemia and reperfusion injury model in 30 male Wistar albino rats aged 8-10 weeks. ⋯ In IR group serum TOS, TRPA1 and TRPC1 levels ,and tissue TRPA1 and TRPC1 immunoreactivity were statistically significant increase when compared to the sham group. In IR+ILO, IR+BRL and IR+ILO+BRL groups serum TRPA1 and tissue TRPA1 immunoreactivity did not change when compared to IR group. Serum TOS and TRPC1 levels, tissue TRPC1 immunoreactivty were statistically significant decreased when compared to IR group. More detailed and expanded population studies are needed to discuss our results.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the administration of cinnamon extract that is known to be effective in decreasing the high blood glucose and the distribution of NGF and Trk-A receptor in pancreas with immunohistochemistry way. ⋯ As a result, it was determined that the cinnamon, which is effective on blood glucose levels, has a positive effect on the NGF production in pancreas.